Jose Mourinho, the former Manchester United manager has assessed the current boss of the Red Devils, Ole Gunnar Solskajer.
He has said in one of his critic reviews of United’s loss to Barcelona in the quarter finals of the Champions League that Ole got his tactics wrong by failing to cage Lionel Messi.
Speaking to Russia Today, Mourinho said: “Messi’s position is easy to understand but it is not easy to create a cage to control him.”
“He comes from the right, then stays in the middle, then [Ivan] Rakitic goes right and allows him to stay in the middle. It’s very difficult.”
“Manchester United in the first match, zonally they occupied that area very well – but I think in this match that they started with a different perspective.”
“In front of the defensive line was only Fred. That’s the area that Messi comes to get the ball and when Messi has the ball… one, one, one…you are dead.”
“That’s why I never liked individual man-on-man against Messi. Messi’s a cage, you have to create a cage.”
“But Barcelona is Barcelona, they have better players than Manchester United and I think it’s normal they won.”
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