30 seconds into the game.
I mean. Where do you even start?
That's our number #6 over there on the right back. Who's there because our right back is ON THEIR FUCKING LEFT BACK AND IS OUR HIGHEST PLAYER ON THE PITCH.
Oh, and guess where the goal came from. Yep, their left wing, in acres of space and completely unmarked by - you guessed it - Pedro Porro.
In this passage of play, Porro is late to the press, which sets the whole train in motion. Bentancur has no choice but to cover in behind him. This is clearly what Ange wants them to do.
But you can see how utterly uncoached this team is because the players aren't pressing up in unison. They're supposed to be "man to man" - how many Villa men do you see unmarked though? I count three in the middle of the pitch alone.
Furthermore, in no world should your only defensive midfielder be out on the right back: in fact, he should NEVER move from a 10m radius in the middle of the pitch in front of the centre backs. How often do you see Rodri or Busquets vacate the middle? This is schoolboy stuff.
In no world should your whole team be FUCKED if the first line of the press is broken, but that's exactly what happens here. And has happened time and time again under this clown.
Another thing - pressing is nothing to do with personnel. Someone please explain to me how having Romero or VDV available will prevent this shitshow from occurring? We know it won't, because it happened repeatedly when we had all XI players fit.
In years to come people will look back on this period and you'll not find a soul who will admit to ever backing him. It'll be seen as a Sherwood level appointment.