Man Utd’s 2007/08 Tactics Under Sir Alex Ferguson Explained

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In today’s video we’re looking at Sir Alex Ferguson’s 2007/08 Manchester United team and why it’s considered one the greatest European sides over the last 20 years. We breakdown the tactics deployed by Sir Alex Ferguson and we’ve also got some data provided by Instat, our professional scouting platform from the Champions League final vs. Chelsea in 2008.

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Sir Alex Ferguson mainy set his side up in a 4-4-2 in that period. The best eleven being; Edwin van der Sar in goal. Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand at centre back. Patrice Evra and Wes Brown at full back. A central midfield pairing of Paul Scholes and Michael Carrick flanked by Ryan Giggs and Cristiano Ronaldo - with Carlos Tevez and Wayne Rooney leading the line.

Combining Ferguson’s approach of looking to exploit the opposition with the intelligent and versatile players in his squad meant that trying to make a plan to stop United over 90 minutes was almost impossible. Even if the opposition created a counter for the initial tactics, Ferguson had enough variety and the players were drilled enough that he could tweak his side to break the opposition’s counter. This unpredictability when facing this Manchester United side was one of the key themes of Ferguson’s philosophy.

Let’s take a look at some tactics. Whilst this United team was deadly in attack, what made them champions was their ability to defend. In defence, when United lost possession, they’d look to counter press aggressively in a man to man scheme. But if they couldn’t win the ball back, they’d drop into their mid block, either a 4-4-1-1 or a 4-1-4-1, depending on their opposition and their own personnel.

As promised we’ve got some data from the 2008 Champions League final. Cristiano Ronaldo played with so much confidence in his first UCL final - his numbers reflected the performance as well: CR7 had the most; passes into the final third (28), passes into the penalty area (nine), fouls suffered (nine), crosses (eight) and key passes (three) on the pitch vs. Chelsea.

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