TacheyDelBosqueHow I see this year's CL final panning out. The midfield battle will be crucial and I could see Utd tucking Valencia narrower than usual to try and help out the middle where they could be outnumbered by Messi dropping deep.He will also have to try and attack whoever is at left back for Barcelona (Abidal here but could be Adriano/Maxwell or Puyol with Mascherano at centre back)as this is a potential area of weakness for Barcelona. The United full backs may also be asked to try and push Pedro and Villa back due to their attacking capabilities and Park will be given the job of tracking Alves. If Alves pushes up, I would expect to see Rooney floating towards that space to try and stretch Barcelona into a 4-4-2 style formation with Busquets dropping back to try and fill in the space left by Alves. This would leave more space for Giggs, United's main creative force in the CL this year, in between the lines when United are attacking. Barcelona will try to recreate the situation in the 09 final in midfield where they outnumbered United in midfield with Messi playing a false 9 and using triangular passing to avail of their extra man in this area.

27.05.2011