this match
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Playing 4231 at home, defenders RubenDias, Akanji, Gvardiol, Walker, backs Rodri, Kovacic, attacking midfielder Alvarez, wings Grealish, Foden, strikers Haaland, DeBruyne will be out after an injury sustained at the end of the first round and will have to undergo an operation now. 4 months
Newcastle is 433, with defenders Schär, Botman, Burn, Trippier, midfielders Tonali, Guimarães and Joelinton, and strikers Isak, Almirón and Gordon.
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Both teams looked very careful at first.
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Basically locking up in the middle of the field, attacking by trying to get to Walker on the right and then passing to Foden, then trying to get a quick shot into the box, while Newcastle were almost all the way back, taking possession in the middle of the field and then launching a counterattack, with even Isak having to come back to help with the ball.
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The style of play now is to have a center back forward to the back in every game, this game remained the same as the first round, it was Akanji up front with Rodri controlling the tempo in the middle, Akanji pressed very far forward to assist in the attack in the first half
Newcastle played conservatively and
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Walker gave the ball to Kovacic in the 30th minute, Kovacic saw Foden dipping in front of him, he sent a through ball, Newcastle didn't expect Kovacic, who was a tougher player, would suddenly pass this kind of pass through the defense, and the midfield missed the ball for Foden to receive, and Foden then kicked the ball back to the center because Foden had already taken away the defenders. Foden was able to get the ball back to the center of the field against two defenders, Alvarez was able to get some space because Foden had already taken away the defender, he received the ball and shot directly into the far corner of the goal from the right side of the field from 13 yards.
Newcastle played a mature game after falling behind and didn't rush to press the attack, knowing that
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They were waiting for a counterattack to get the second point, so they still maintained the number of players in the midfield and backfield, only that the frontcourt would be more pushed forward to try to attack, but the force of this attack was not enough to cause the
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Threats in the backfield
At 40 minutes.
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On the counter attack, Foden got the ball up the left hand side of the pitch and passed it straight to Haaland who made a diagonal run into the box and then fired a shot straight at the far corner of the net in front of the defender, it skimmed the post and went out of bounds, but it was enough to give Newcastle a scare, and the visitors were able to get their hands on the ball.
Haaland has played two games this season and it's clear to see that his shooting style has changed, he now more often than not meets the ball directly without stopping it and has started to swing his legs as fast as he can to get a shot on goal, he's clearly speeding up his shooting motion against the
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The only way to get his feet up in a tight defense is to keep his movements small and quick, and he's clearly increasing the size of this change.
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Threat at the line of scrimmage
Towards the end of the first half Newcastle had a wave of attacks down the right which resulted in a cross to Gordon, however Gordon's attempt to stop the ball rather than head it straight at him was
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Defensively, I could see that Newcastle wanted to play a must-have game, and most of the time they were more careful in looking for chances.
Newcastle came up and stepped up their attack at the start of the second half
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Newcastle replaced Gordon with Barnes in the 55th minute to strengthen the left side of the attack, Walker's performance and fitness were quite good in this game, plus
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The defense was attentive to the wings, and they basically guarded Gordon, so Gordon wasn't slicing up the sides like he did in the first game in a play where he had to go back to the midfield to grab the ball and punch it up again
Newcastle also substituted Longstaff for Joelinton at the same time, who was a bit injured
Newcastle didn't launch a strong attack after the substitutions, Joelinton's injury had an impact. Although Tonali was there, he mostly stayed at the back today for the sake of defense, which made him go up less often. Even though Newcastle attacked more aggressively in the second half, Tonali still had to pay attention to the back constantly to prevent himself from being injured.
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beat back
