Araujo was good defensively but wtf was his positioning? And his coordination with Yamal was shit. Still I don't want to scapegoat him. Many played mid-bad. Yamal was invisible , Fermin was ok ok. Raphinha except his defensive contributions and workrate was mid. I loved espart's cameo. In an UCL high intensity match against a premier league team, u perform a clear tackle in ur box…damn! He also made another amazing tackle before as far as I remember.

by Aditheredditian

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  1. Honestly I would rotate most of the outfield players. Players like Raphinha, Lamine, Pedri, Bernal, Fermin etc all needs to rest for the Newcastle game.

    My lineup will be –
    GK : Garcia
    RB : Espart
    CB : Araujo (considering he is fit)
    CB : Alvaro Cortes
    LB : Maldini (rested at HT for cancelo)
    CDM : Casado
    CDM : Marques
    CAM : Olmo
    RW : Roony
    LW : Rashford
    ST : Ferran

    It’s not an ideal situation but given our 4 point lead and that the match is at home we should do the job. Plus you always have the option of bringing pedri, Lamine, Raphinha if things are not going according to plan

  2. can we play Lamine in the middle and put Rooney at wing? Lamine could save some energy playing there why still providing passes

  3. Leonopterxy10 on

    You know what? Play the entire B team and rest everyone from our main Xi

    Jokes apart,

    Rashford Ferran Roony
    Tommy
    Casado ??
    Espart
    Garcia

    LB, CBs? I don’t know man

    But we know Hansi gonna play the same xi he played against Newcastle 😫

  4. Fantastic_Place_1922 on

    Rest both Pedri and Yamal. Give Roony a chance. And Xavi a start. Start Garcia as well.

  5. ConsciousFace7907 on

    I get it we saw good glimpses from last match from Xavi Espart but it’s way to soon for him to start . Realistically he should be given minutes towards the 70-80 minute mark , there’s no point in rushing youngsters also he recently recovered from an injury.