There are different types of goalless draws, like when the two teams eliminate each other’s attacking game and neither can deal with the opponent’s defensive power, therefore, the combat ending without a goal, but the MLS midweek fixture of Minnesota United vs Los Angeles Galaxy was of a different kind. In this clash, both sides had their opportunities but still failed to score due to the lack of concentration in finishing and bad luck. Even the second top scorer, Zlatan Ibrahimović missed the opponents goal.
This is especially interesting since their first meeting a few weeks earlier ended with a 3-2 victory for Galaxy. This tactical analysis will reveal what happened in this battle and how the game played out.
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Minnesota United had a good start in this season with two victories but they quickly lost two games which caused them a lot of trouble, therefore now they trying to get back on the right track and consolidate their position. Thus this game must have been important for them, especially after the defeat when Minnesota visited Los Angeles Galaxy. For this revenge game, Adrian Heath lined up his team in a 4-4-2 shape that they mostly use.
There were some changes in the team selection. Heath had to break up the central midfielder pair of Osvaldo Alonso and Ján Greguš, replace the latter one with Rasmus Schüller due to suspension. Also, Minnesota head coach employed Kevin Molino and Abu Danladi on the wings instead of the usual Ibarra and Finlay, but upfront remained the forwards pair of Rodríguez and Quintero who have the most goals (5) in the team this season.
On the other hand, the home side has a great run with six wins so far they just behind the leader and city rival, Los Angeles FC but they played one less game. The new head coach, Guillermo Barros Schelotto deployed the usual 4-1-4-1 formation with almost the best starting XI, but there were two changes. Since both Rolf Feltscher and Romain Alessandrini left out due to injury and replaced by Julian Araujo and Emmanuel Boateng.
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