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Thread:Casemiro at Manchester United 22/23
Through this tactical analysis, we will try to review what the player could provide to the English team Manchester United.
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⚽️Casemiro positioning outline
Casemiro is mainly present in most of Real Madrid’s matches, as he is the main centre pivot player in front of the two defensive centre-backs in the 4-3-3 system, or even when relying on the 4-2-3-1 system, whatever his team tactics,
he covers horizontally in the middle third of the field, and in sometimes he comes forward for offensive support, as we will see.
Here we can observe Case’s positioning within the RM system, with or without the ball, as it exists between the defence lines and the attacking midfielders, as a link to facilitate the ideas of transition from one side to another, whether from defensive to offensive or vice versa
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Here we can see the area Casemiro moves between his team’s penalty area and the opponent’s penalty area, both with or without the ball, where he has a progressive run of up to 0.65 per game.
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We can see his effect clearly when we talk about the defensive style in case the ball is lost to the opposing team.
⚽️Defensive style
Case has a very important defence style in the way RM played under Zidane and Ancelotti, as he is the last line of defence before reaching the Real Madrid backline because of his ability to move either vertically forward or backward and even move horizontally.
Here we can see when the ball was with the goalkeeper of Athletic Club, the positioning of Casemiro like third-back between Sergio Ramos and Eder Militao, to make the width of the defensive line and cut the ball lanes toward Raul Garcia.
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Here we can notice his success against Athletic Bilbao in the air duels because of his ability to jump in time, along with his awareness of where he is positioned, which helped him pass the ball head towards Thibaut Courtois and spoil the host’s attack.
Casemiro is one of the best players in blocking the opponent’s ball, whether it was shooting or passing.
The right positioning is an essential facility in his performance, especially in the first third as it becomes the first line of defence
Here we can see him blocking a Granada player's shot toward Thibaut Courtois when he made the decision to press on him to close the space in front of his penalty area.
Here, when the Granada team cut the ball from RM in the attacking third of the capital team in an attempt to play a quick counter-attack, we see Case’s focus on the player who owns the ball without looking at the players moving in a vertical way, in an attempt to prevent the pass
Here we see Casemiro’s success in intercepting the ball from the player by pressing it, which made it easier for Real Madrid players to return and defensive positioning, especially after Luca Modric implemented the tactical foul.
⚽️Casemiro covering the full-backs
Casemiro is the perfect player in offering coverage when one of the defensive players leaves his position to go forward, as we will notice during the next examples.
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Here we note that Casemiro moved quickly to his team’s penalty area to cover the area left by Sergio Ramos, who had gone to the flank to cover the rise of Marcelo and receive a cross from Athletic Bilbao before reaching the striker.#كريستيانو #رونالدو #مانشستر_يونايتد #ريال_مدريد
Here we note his quick return and positioning in the optimal place after covering the area, enabling him to take possession of the ball and restore it to Real Madrid and build a new attack.
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Here, when RM was applying high pressure to the Athletic defence to prevent the Basque team from building play from the back areas, we notice Casemiro seeing the right side with Carvajal in a 2v1 situation alongside his willingness to advance and put pressure
on the Athletic Club player so his teammate wouldn’t get overloaded.
Here we can see when Dani Carvajal moved up to press on the full-back of Athletic Bilbao, Casemiro goes horizontally to cover the space on the right flank.
⚽️Casemiro’s attacking contribution
Here we see Casemiro stationed on the right side of the offensive line while the ball is in Marcelo’s possession to stretch the pitch while waiting for the diagonal ball inside the area.
Here we see Casemiro in the centre of the striker’s position after he moved horizontally among the defenders of Espanyol and found the gap from which he managed to penetrate the opposing team, receive Benzema’s ball and score the winning goal.
Here we can notice his position as an outright striker when the ball was on the right side to fill the space left by Benzema who in turn went to the far post, making Casimero the closest player to receiving the cross. This, of course, ended up happening and he was able to score.
Here he has positioned himself well in the corner kick that allowed him to assist the goal for Ramos on the far post after he passed the ball header towards the team leader at the right time.
⚽️His potential issue
Losing focus made Casemiro make mistakes that led to goals against Real Madrid, as we will notice in the following examples.
Here we notice his delay in passing the ball, either to the front or to the side, causing him to lose possession under the pressure of the player of Granada, who managed to start a quick counter-attack and his team scored a goal because of the Brazilian’s mistake.

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