Manchester United Football Formation
Lineup (4-1-2-3)
de gea · marcos rojo · jones · rafael · shaw · blind · di maria · herrera · rooney/mata · van persie/rooney · falcaoA very attacking formation which allows most of the key players to play in their comfortable and prefered position...if van persie is on the bench then rooney can pair wih falcao upfront with mata occupying the number ten role behind the two strickers or if van persie starts then he will pair with falcao in the striker position while rooney takes the number ten role...in order for di maria to be effective in this formation he should be given a free role,making runs toward the oppossition goal,giving width by stretching the oppossition defense and providing killer passes to the strickers blind covers and playing as a quarter-back providing diagonal and cross-field passes.Herrera should play as a number eight,the play-maker,linking up the attack and defense and controlling the pressure of the game.The full backs in this formation should be desciplined while going forward to overlap meaining that they should not be too exposed and return to their positions as quick as possible after attacking.The center backs should lay deep all the time,one most likely marcos rojo can go forward to attack sometimes while bling provides cover,they should not go forward all at once though because they will be exposed.