Sancho once again went to the forefront, and the starters in two consecutive games failed to have a positive impact, so that Manchester United legends successively bombarded Sancho's game attitude and offensive desire. Since joining Manchester United, there have been many controversial points in dealing with Sancho. Some say that Sancho is the explosive point in the wing, and some say that Sancho is the core of the wing organization.
The problem is that it is never fair to discuss performance when departing the players from the framework of game tactics. Sancho's own psychological resistance to stress seems to have also suppressed the performance of this 85 million euro gentleman. Since joining Manchester United, Sancho has never highlighted more than 5 games. This is not the game state that a giant player should have. So how can Sancho play his own strength? Kees van Hemmen made some analysis:
Sancho's goal-scoring ability is overestimated?
Sancho's highlights in Dortmund have always been a scene that is talked about. Countless fans hope that Sancho can show his performance during the Dortmund period, especially in the 2019/2020 season, Sancho scored 17 goals and 16 assists in 32 league games (25 starts), creating 33 Dortmund goals, and exceeding the average number of 1 goal per game is undoubtedly the performance of top stars.
Some people say that Sancho is a data brush, but the problem is that players also need basic abilities to be able to make it. Ordinary players can’t make it even if they want to make it. However, new problems have also arisen. Sancho scored 12 goals in the 2018/2019 season league, with an expected goal value of 7.5, and 17 goals in the 2019/2020 season league, with an expected goal value of 9.3. Sancho's expected goals were nearly half less than the actual goals.
What is this concept? Either it means that Sancho has a strong ability to seize opportunities, or it means that Sancho is very lucky to achieve half of the expected goal value. Looking at Sancho's entire career, he has created a total of 30.7 goals, but the actual goal value has reached 43 times. In fact, there are similarities in Sancho's assist data.
Is Sancho very outstanding?
Since Sancho's goal data itself is somewhat accidental, how is Sancho's extraordinary quality? Many people say that Sancho is a player with strong one-on-one ability. In terms of outs, the data should be more convincing. In the 2019/2020 season where Dortmund was more prominent, Sancho averaged 6.5 attempts per game, and the number of attempts was among the top 10 of the top 10 of the five major leagues in . It seems that Sancho is quite confident. Let’s not talk about the success rate of people who have passed the person first, first look at the expected goals and expected assists data created after passing the person.
Sancho has tried to create expected goals and expected assists. It is the top three in the five major leagues. What is this concept? We don’t talk about Sancho’s extraordinary success rate, we only talk about the direct help of people to attack, but we just want to explain one point: Sancho is not good at single-point blasting in the opponent’s hinterland.
The picture above is a collection of Sancho's handling of the ball. He has the acumen of space. He is good at handling the ball while moving. His breakthrough and dribbling use changes in his footsteps to shake the opponent, rather than using speed or extraordinary skills to pass the opponent before processing the ball. His extraordinary is more of a connection part before assisting.
The key to Sancho's limited performance at Manchester United: the decline in the proportion of ball rights
Since we know the general situation of Sancho, discussing Sancho's role in the framework of Manchester United's tactical system is a reasonable evaluation of Sancho. The most intuitive data can roughly indicate Sancho's use of Manchester United, that is, the number of passes attempted. During his time at Dortmund, Sancho's attempted passes never fell below 40 times. In the two seasons of the highlight, the number of attempted passes was higher than 50 times (picture below).
. At Manchester United, Sancho's attempted passes plummeted, and this season even had only 34.1 touches per 90 minutes, setting a career low. It is obvious that Sancho needs to play the ball, but with the sharp drop in the number of ball, Sancho's performance is unstable, and even some games are very poor, which is naturally a problem.
Why does the ball rights issue decrease? One of the reasons that cannot be ignored is the existence of fee B. No matter what flaws he thinks are, at least his passes are the most creative one in Manchester United's team. Most of the active areas in Manchester United's career are actually on the left side, and even occupying the left rib that Sancho is used to. However, when Manchester United's centers are Rashford and C Ronaldo , Sancho's activity space will be further limited, because Rashford and C Ronaldo are also players who are used to playing on the left.
Then, Sancho's movement space is limited, so his ability to handle the ball during running is naturally limited, and the lack of support from full-backs behind him becomes Sancho's barometer. Sancho needs support from an overlapping full-back, not an inverted full-back. For example, the following picture should be considered a more intuitive display.
If it is not clear enough, then the cross-running position of Lukeshau and Rashford (picture below) is actually very suitable for Sancho's role. Most of the goals and assists he scored during the Dott period were carried out according to this similar routine. Therefore, when Manchester United adopts Malaysia, Sancho's ability play seems to be further limited.
How to play the role of Sancho?
To play Sancho's role, then Manchester United's center must be a center that is good at moving in the middle, rather than often drifting to the wing and occupying the space on the left side. In this way, a center player Manchester United has and only one, that is Martial . Therefore, Sancho's performance in the preseason is far better than the new season.
Secondly, Sancho needs an overlapping fullback to frequently cross positions in the rib space. At present, this player seems to be more suitable for Lukesha, who has stronger offensive ability and more proficient routines. Finally, that is to get the B fee, Fred, with his left foot, seems to be able to give Sancho more protection and support.
When we discuss a player, we usually criticize that we will not outrage or how. But we never thought about whether this player was suitable for this system. A math genius went to participate in a physics competition and won an unqualified score. The result was that this math genius was unqualified. This is unreasonable. Do you still remember what Ronnick said: "Manchester United has too many technical talents." What does this sentence mean? Manchester United lacks blue-collar workers.
Sancho should be a player who can only play a role in the offensive core in the frontcourt. Now that he is doing blue-collar work, then don’t expect him to show his core performance. This is a problem with Manchester United's signing system. If Manchester United were willing to sign Trippier last summer, Sancho would not have to go to the left to grab a meal. So instead of criticizing Sancho, it is better to consider how to improve the signing system and take it for granted that the players can do it, but it is actually not advisable.
