Entering the confrontation with Newport County, Manchester United welcomed the return of several key players after a long period of time out due to injury.

Typically, the case of Casemiro, who has not appeared in any match since November. However, contrary to the case of Luke Shaw – who also just returned from injury, Casemiro had a comeback. forgettable output.

Played quite well in the early stages of the match, but when Newport began to look for opportunities to attack, Casemiro showed heaviness and slowness in each handling phase, unable to bring the necessary certainty to the midfield.

Data from Fotmob shows that Casemiro only made 31/47 passes accurately in the last match, reaching a rate of 66% – the lowest on Man Utd’s side. Besides, he was also disappointing when he lost 4/5 duels, lost the ball 17 times and received a score of 6.6 according to Fotmob’s assessment.

People can say that the former Real Madrid player has not regained his best condition after injury, however, this is just a much lower level opponent when Newport County is only ranked 16th on the rankings. League Two, England’s fourth division tournament. This can be seen as a slap to Casemiro’s class as he was once one of the top defensive midfielders in the world.

Maybe in the upcoming match, the 1992-born midfielder will have to sit on the bench to make room for junior Kobbie Mainoo as the young British star has performed very well when replacing the senior recently. Even in the last match, the 18-year-old player also scored a goal in the 13th minute after Diogo Dalot’s cross.

Casemiro had a relatively impressive first season, but it cannot be denied that he is no longer at his peak and the Red Devils need a new factor to elevate the team.