For this match, the hosts played a 433 with Saliba, Gabriel, Kiwior and Ben White in defense, Rice, Jorginho and Ødegaard in midfield, and Havertz, Saka and Martinelli in the forward line.
Newcastle discharged 433, defenders Botman, Schar, Trippier, Livramento, midfielders Longstaff, Miley, Guimarães, and in the front line Isak, Gordon, Almirón.
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The two teams started off in a heated battle against each other, and Newcastle didn't want the
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Pressing and having to press forward on offense, and the
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Both wingers were in good form, so of course they continued to play back, advancing down the wing first, and then turning the ball over to Ødegaard to handle when the attack slowed down, and with Newcastle's flush attack it was easier for them to lose their positions, and Ødegaard was able to get the ball at the top of the box.
Havertz was scrambling for the ball from the start, and it looked like that's what he was being tasked with, constant high pressure, which actually worked well
In the 17th minute, Saka kicked a corner kick from the right side, Gabriel hit the ball to the right of the goal, Newcastle substitute keeper Karius blocked the ball, but he fell into the goal, the ball was still on the line, the defender Botman tried to sweep the ball out, but failed to kick it, then Livramento who was next to him could have added a kick to clear the ball, but Botman who was on the ground was anxious to do so, so he stretched out his foot again. It was this kick that sent the ball into the goal, and it just so happened that Botman fell to the ground in a sideways position, so he couldn't see Livramento next to him and could only kick in a hurry, which can be said to be very unfortunate, and the ball was counted as his udon goal!
There appeared to be no shortage of gaps in the Newcastle defense from the 20th minute onwards
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Ben White even took the center of the box and handed the ball to a teammate for a shot, and finally in the 23rd minute Martinelli ran all the way from the center of the box to the reverse right touchline to receive the ball and then directly to the ground ball, Havertz rushed to the front of the goal and scored.
This goal has a very good tacit cooperation, first of all, Jorginho in the center of the midfield suddenly a foot forward, and the ball's lag time and the landing point is just right, and then Martinelli suddenly from the left side of the diagonal run anti-offside and then all the way down to the right bottom line, originally in the center of the defender Botman did not anticipate that the left side of the Martinelli will be rushed to this position! Botman, the center defender, had no idea that Martinelli would be in this position.
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What they did was to change positions in front of the field and drive the opponent's defenders to create gaps, and Newcastle's defense didn't seem to be able to cope with this kind of delicate running.
In the first half, Newcastle's midfield was completely lost, Guimarães was forced into a very withdrawn position, if Joelinton was not there, Newcastle's midfield's sweeping power was not as good as it could have been, when Guimarães was withdrawn it also resulted in Newcastle having no forward passes, and not being able to pick up the ball on the front line.
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Havertz was very active, constantly harassing the Newcastle backfield, and as soon as he grabbed the ball, he immediately passed it back to Martinelli and Saka, which at the same time resulted in Newcastle's midfield not being able to organize themselves properly through the half, because Havertz was simply sneaking out from behind them and grabbing the ball, and the first half was a typical example of the success of the high press.
Newcastle tried to push the midfield forward as much as possible in the second half, putting the
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Pressing back, but their attack was unchanged and looked too pure, and the Gunners' side were easily able to get their defenders to block Newcastle's line of attack, only to end up with a long pass to Isak for him to pump it hard
Newcastle replaced Isak and Almirón with Murphy and Barnes in the 64th minute in a bid to strengthen their side attacks, while the Gunners replaced Martinelli with Trossard to continue their attack.
The minute wasn't over yet, as Newcastle's ball was intercepted in midfield, and then the Gunners played a quick pass to the front, where Saka came up to receive the ball, and although Newcastle's side had already retreated a great deal, Saka had room to play, and as a result, he immediately kicked a high-speed shot with his left foot from 17 yards into the far corner of the net.
This ball is actually Havertz grabbed back, originally this is Newcastle's attack round, but Havertz see the right time, the last pass in the center line to grab down, Rice immediately went up to receive, immediately advanced to the Newcastle penalty area, Havertz's ability to steal if the use of good, is effective in destroying the opponent's offense
