Champions League Group F

Manchester United 3:2 Atalanta

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Wed, 20 October 2021 @ 8:00pm BST
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    I would go:
    De Gea
    Wan Bissaka Lindelof Maguire Shaw
    McTominay Fred
    Sancho Bruno Rashford
    Ronaldo​
    Maybe swap Rashford with Greenwood if he isn't ready yet, but keep Sancho on the right.
     
    Atlanta are a poor mans Liverpool. Ole should use this game as a template for the game on Sunday. Big chance to gain some confidence for the next few games:

    Play the way Ole knows best. That’s on the counter. No point in trying to please anyone at this stage.

    Come on Ole, let’s smash these and those feckers on Sunday!

    UNITED!
     
    bosnian_red said:
    I would go:
    De Gea
    Wan Bissaka Lindelof Maguire Shaw
    McTominay Fred
    Sancho Bruno Rashford
    Ronaldo​
    Maybe swap Rashford with Greenwood if he isn't ready yet, but keep Sancho on the right.
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    Any reason you’d drop Greenwood for Sancho when he’s outperformed him by a mile so far?
     
    DWelbz19 said:
    I think only 3rd place in Europa League does, thankfully. Something like that. I hope.
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    Yep!

    If we fail to get out of the group stages I think I'd rather we finished 4th than 3rd. I don't want to endure another Europa League campaign where we'd just lose in the latter stages to a mid table Spanish side again. And hopefully the humiliation of a 4th place finish would actually prompt the board to make a change early.

    But we really, really need to qualify. I don't think I could stomach a second season of us going out at the first hurdle again.
     
    Actually looking forward to seeing Joakim Mæhle play in the flesh - was probably my favourite player at the Euros

    For us, I think Matic, Pogba and Sancho will come out for Fred, McT and Lingard.
     
    Josh 76 said:
    Atlanta are a poor mans Liverpool. Ole should use this game as a template for the game on Sunday. Big chance to gain some confidence for the next few games:

    Play the way Ole knows best. That’s on the counter. No point in trying to please anyone at this stage.

    Come on Ole, let’s smash these and those feckers on Sunday!

    UNITED!
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    In what world are Atalanta a poor man's Liverpool?
     
    A must win of course but not one that should earn Ole much credit for doing so.

    The game at the weekend is all that matters in that regard as we can't afford to go 4 Premier league games without a win.
     
    Would like to see
    Rashford Greenwood Sancho
    Bruno
    Pogba McTom
    Shaw Maguire Lindelof AWB
    De Gea
     
    Mickeza said:
    I think that’s our best team minus Varane. It’s a shame we’ll never see it due to Ronaldo.
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    Pogba McTominay is our worst midfield and it's not even close. Don't think I've ever seen a worse midfield partnership in my life.
     
    Mickeza said:
    Disagree. But then I disagree with everything you post so let’s just leave it there.
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    Neither of them is defensive minded so how can you play with a back 4 and then 6 attack minded players? Then again, you've just claimed Greenwood, a guy that has played as a #9 like 3 times in his career, is a better striker than Ronaldo so I guess nothing you say is of any relevance.
     
    Mickeza said:
    I think that’s our best team minus Varane. It’s a shame we’ll never see it due to Ronaldo.
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    Yeah Varane obviously in for Lindelöf when fit. Would like to see that too. Lots of energy and speed in that front 3. Would cause a lot of problems to any back four.
    Unfortunaly as you said, we wont see it this season.

    MichaelRed said:
    Pogba McTominay is our worst midfield and it's not even close. Don't think I've ever seen a worse midfield partnership in my life.
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    How many times have they even started together in a double pivot? Cant recall more than maybe 5 times…
    Pogba was paired with Rabiot and then Tchouameni in the NL final against Spain. Did very good. I know McTom have his limits but not that much worse than Raboit IMO.
     
    Houdini said:
    Rest him for Sunday.
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    Fair enough but I don’t think we can really afford to rest for this game. It’s vital that we win and everything says it will probably be a very hard game where we will need our best team!
     
    Knux said:
    Yeah Varane obviously in for Lindelöf when fit. Would like to see that too. Lots of energy and speed in that front 3. Would cause a lot of problems to any back four.
    Unfortunaly as you said, we wont see it this season.


    How many times have they even started together in a double pivot? Cant recall more than maybe 5 times…
    Pogba was paired with Rabiot and then Tchouameni in the NL final against Spain. Did very good. I know McTom have his limits but not that much worse than Raboit IMO.
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    Rabiot can defend. Pogba & McTominay last played together vs Villareal and I've never seen a worse midfield performance from a United side.
     
    McTominay Matic
    VDB/Fred
    Bruno Sancho
    Ronaldo

    Is what I would try. An extra body in midfield and one less attacker that barely presses.
     
    If I was in his shoes I would genuinely try something crazy let’s say Bruno as a holding midfielder or similar just go out with the a bang rather than with a whimper. He has a good awareness and can spread the football as good as anyone.
     
    Rajma said:
    If I was in his shoes I would genuinely try something crazy let’s say Bruno as a holding midfielder or similar just go out with the a bang rather than with a whimper.
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    I'm surprised he's not tried Bruno as a false 9 yet. Rashford one side and Ronaldo the other. Pogba, Fred, McTominay in behind.

    I don't think we'd lose much from trying that out at all.
     
    All games are win win. Win we can smile for day, lose he gets closer to leaving. Win win. Worst result is a draw.
     
    Time to scramble? A 4-3-3 with lots of youth.

    AWB Lindelöf Maguire Shaw

    Donny Mctominay Fred

    Greenwood Rashford Sancho
     
    UnofficialDevil said:
    6th in the Italian league, must be crap?
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    Leicester were mid-table and they thumped us pretty hard.
    We've been getting very lucky with late Ronaldo goals and we can't keep relying on that.
    We rely on individual brilliance.
     
    sunama said:
    Leicester were mid-table and they thumped us pretty hard.
    We've been getting very lucky with late Ronaldo goals and we can't keep relying on that.
    We rely on individual brilliance.
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    Mods: I'd like to petition a ban on the phrase 'individual brilliance' due to the sheer repetetiveness.
     
    Ixion said:
    I'm actually really looking forward to this as I think Ole will try something different and I want to see what he's got up his sleeve. If we go McFred-3-Ronaldo again I'll be disappointed.
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    He's got nothing up his sleeve.
    It'll be McFred and Ronaldo, guaranteed to start.
    The aim will be to hit Atalanta, on the counterattack. We're good at that.
     
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Cristiano Ronaldo image Cristiano Ronaldo 29% of 315 votes

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Score Predictions

153,68,58
  • Man Utd win
  • Atalanta win
  • Draw

Detailed Results

  • 20% Man Utd 2:1 Atalanta
  • 11% Man Utd 1:1 Atalanta
  • 10% Man Utd 1:2 Atalanta
  • 9% Man Utd 2:2 Atalanta
  • 8% Man Utd 2:0 Atalanta
  • 8% Man Utd 3:1 Atalanta
  • 6% Man Utd 1:0 Atalanta
  • 5% Man Utd 0:2 Atalanta
  • 4% Man Utd 3:0 Atalanta
  • 4% Man Utd 1:3 Atalanta
  • 4% Man Utd 3:2 Atalanta
  • 3% Man Utd 0:1 Atalanta
  • 2% Man Utd 4:1 Atalanta
  • 2% Man Utd 4:0 Atalanta
  • 1% Man Utd 5:0 Atalanta
  • 1% Man Utd 0:3 Atalanta
  • 1% Man Utd 2:3 Atalanta
  • 1% Man Utd 0:0 Atalanta
  • 1% Man Utd 0:5 Atalanta
  • 0% Man Utd 5:1 Atalanta
  • 0% Man Utd 3:3 Atalanta
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Match Stats

  1. Man Utd
  2. Atalanta
Possession
56% 44%
Shots
22 13
Shots on Target
9 6
Corners
8 5
Fouls
10 12

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Szymon Marciniak

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