How Mauricio Pochettino Would Set Up Manchester United | Starting XI, Formation & Tactics
Published at : November 27, 2021
Welcome back! Following the mutual termination of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s contract, Manchester United are looking for a new manager and despite a whole host of names being linked to the job, such as Zinedine Zidane, Erik ten Hag and Brendan Rodgers, Mauricio Pochettino makes a lot of sense to me so today I’m going to take a look at how he’d set the Reds up.
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A progressive and modern manager with a clear style of play, Mauricio Pochettino is a top tier manager. Throughout his career he’s shown himself to be a tactically flexible manager that uses a variety of different systems. That being said his favourite shape is the 4-2-3-1. In terms of his philosophy, Pochettino deploys a vertical tiki taka style of play. Basically, Poch likes his sides to dominate the ball, using short passes to build out from the back but rather than endless possession like we see with traditional tiki taka, Pochettino uses direct passes to quickly break lines and flip the tempo. A key aspect of Pochettino’s philosophy is attacking full backs. These players are used to hold his side’s width. This allows the forwards to narrow and operate close to one another, allowing for the quick interplay that won Pochettino so many plaudits. Chances are created through direct crosses from the full backs but we also see these players play inside to the forwards who create goalscoring opportunities through interplay. The narrowness of Pochettino’s central players makes his counter press very effective as they can quickly press the ball knowing their defensive teammates will provide cover. If his side can’t regain possession they drop into a compact 4-2-3-1 and look to deploy a high press.
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Pochettino’s best 4-2-3-1 came at Spurs where he took the team from consistent 6th place finishers to Premier League and Champions League challengers in less than three seasons.
In this shape he used two attacking wing backs and two ball playing defenders shielded by a controlling, defensive midfielder and a more attack minded, ball carrying midfielder.
A deep lying forward spearheaded the attack supported by an inside forward on the left, a second striker through the middle and a playmaker on the right hand side. Given this is the system that saw his Spurs side pick up more points than anyone else between the 15/16 and 16/17 seasons (156), it’s logical to assume that Pochettino would base his Manchester United side on this 4-2-3-1.
With a plethora of attacking talent in Marcus Rashford, Mason Greenwood, Jadon Sancho, Bruno Fernandes, Anthony Martial, Paul Pogba, Donny van de Beek and Paul Pogba, Pochettino would have his work cut out identifying his best eleven.
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The Mauricio Pochettino revolution at Manchester United could actually hit the ground running. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer moved the club forward during his management and has built a side with lots of talented young players that Pochettino could work with. We’ve also seen United score Pochettino-esque goals this season with Ronaldo’s first goal against Atalanta in matchday 4 of the 21/22 Champions League being a great example.
But anyway guys what do you think? Is this how you think Pochettino would setup Manchester United? Let me know in the comments below!
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A progressive and modern manager with a clear style of play, Mauricio Pochettino is a top tier manager. Throughout his career he’s shown himself to be a tactically flexible manager that uses a variety of different systems. That being said his favourite shape is the 4-2-3-1. In terms of his philosophy, Pochettino deploys a vertical tiki taka style of play. Basically, Poch likes his sides to dominate the ball, using short passes to build out from the back but rather than endless possession like we see with traditional tiki taka, Pochettino uses direct passes to quickly break lines and flip the tempo. A key aspect of Pochettino’s philosophy is attacking full backs. These players are used to hold his side’s width. This allows the forwards to narrow and operate close to one another, allowing for the quick interplay that won Pochettino so many plaudits. Chances are created through direct crosses from the full backs but we also see these players play inside to the forwards who create goalscoring opportunities through interplay. The narrowness of Pochettino’s central players makes his counter press very effective as they can quickly press the ball knowing their defensive teammates will provide cover. If his side can’t regain possession they drop into a compact 4-2-3-1 and look to deploy a high press.
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Pochettino’s best 4-2-3-1 came at Spurs where he took the team from consistent 6th place finishers to Premier League and Champions League challengers in less than three seasons.
In this shape he used two attacking wing backs and two ball playing defenders shielded by a controlling, defensive midfielder and a more attack minded, ball carrying midfielder.
A deep lying forward spearheaded the attack supported by an inside forward on the left, a second striker through the middle and a playmaker on the right hand side. Given this is the system that saw his Spurs side pick up more points than anyone else between the 15/16 and 16/17 seasons (156), it’s logical to assume that Pochettino would base his Manchester United side on this 4-2-3-1.
With a plethora of attacking talent in Marcus Rashford, Mason Greenwood, Jadon Sancho, Bruno Fernandes, Anthony Martial, Paul Pogba, Donny van de Beek and Paul Pogba, Pochettino would have his work cut out identifying his best eleven.
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The Mauricio Pochettino revolution at Manchester United could actually hit the ground running. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer moved the club forward during his management and has built a side with lots of talented young players that Pochettino could work with. We’ve also seen United score Pochettino-esque goals this season with Ronaldo’s first goal against Atalanta in matchday 4 of the 21/22 Champions League being a great example.
But anyway guys what do you think? Is this how you think Pochettino would setup Manchester United? Let me know in the comments below!
#ManchesterUnited #Pochettino #ManUtd
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Music By: "After The Fall"
Track Name: "Pieces (Extended Version)"
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• DOWNLOAD @ https://www.chilloutmedia.com/atf
License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Full license here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
• Music released by: Chill Out Records @ https://goo.gl/fh3rEJ & https://www.LoFi-HipHop.com
• (C) Copyright Notice: This is FREE (Royalty Free Music) that has been publicly released by Chill Out Records - No Copyright Music (Chill Out Records LLC) for use by content creators within their own YouTube and TikTok Musical.ly videos.
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