After the winter.
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There are many wounded soldiers.
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This side is missing star striker Abraham, winger Odoi.
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Less Rashford, Lingard, McTominay on this side, but
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's linebacker Bailly finally returned, and the linebacker's stellar play was
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The key to winning in the end
Both teams actually put up a defense-biased stance that
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The 361 is a five-guard, and in fact both wingbacks Wan-Bisaka and Williams did not put in a strong attack in the first half, and newcomer B. Fernandes in the middle was only doing the distributing work, mostly without generating a key threat.
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Although lined up in 433, both defenders were very cautious about going forward, as they intended to gain midfield advantage before pushing up.
The game started with a stalemate, with both teams fighting from the start of the game until the end, with both teams playing simple counterattacks after stealing in the middle of the field.
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It was good at first, being able to keep intercepting in the middle of the road
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Offense.
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The front of the field looked thin, with Martial alone, and neither James nor B. Fernandes at the back were able to get up effectively, which, together with the fact that the two wing-backs were more inclined to defend, resulted in the first part of the game being
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Able to control the middle of the field and start pressing forward
But the game took a turn for the worse at the 12-minute mark.
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Kante suffered an injury and was replaced by Mount, and that's when things started to change.
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Relying on Kante quite a bit, especially with the ability to run around the middle of the field to create a lot of conduction routes, Kante left the field
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Immediately losing the dynamism of the midfield, although replaced by attacking midfielder Mount, the
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Already in the line of defense to do a good job of dense deployment, so that in the
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of an intense defense.
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Unable to find a means of attacking, the front three soon began to show problems, Batshuayi's running is not as good as Abraham's to support each other with teammates, he's more like a purely grabbing winger, and Pedro can only rely on passing to move forward, it's difficult for him to break into the penalty box by consecutive passes when his teammates' passes to each other are not good.
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A lot of possession up front was given to William and it was left to him to try and break through, but to no avail
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The two most critical players in the game were the returning Bailly and Fred in the back, and these two completely shut down the
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the majority of the offense.
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The most important thing is to do a good job of dividing the movement from the static in this game
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Backside Matic mostly stands in positioning, relying on a physical Fred to come out and block around
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pass routes, and the same was true at linebacker, where Maguire stood motionless in the final line of scrimmage, with Bailly very much alive beside him, sweeping constantly
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Attacks on the left side of the field led to
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The left side was completely out of attack and Bailly had a couple of key clearances and shoves in the game, he was very precise with his drop kicks, big and fast over short distances, he stood
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The right side makes this a solid spot and allows Wan-Bisaka at wingback to not have to keep going back deep, which is exactly what the final
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The key to the goal
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on the other side of the field and let LukeShaw and Williams both take up their defensive positions so that
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The whole defense is very stable, and while I don't think it's impenetrable, it's not a good idea for an out-of-form and short-strength
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It's become an impenetrable defense.
Towards the end of the first half, Wan-Bisaka advanced to the bottom right line, William back to the defense, but Azpilicueta retreated into the penalty area, as a result, Wan-Bisaka, who had been guarded by Azpilicueta for most of the game, now made it easy, he made a dinking move to slightly deceive William, and gained a little bit of space, then he passed directly into the center. Martial made a diagonal run into the center of the pitch, and headed the ball into the far post ahead of Christensen.
Christensen has been elbowed before and appears to have been injured, this ball Wan-Bisaka & Martial are the ones who have locked him into the offense
Before the end of the first half
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With a one-point lead.
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Replacing Christensen with Zouma again at halftime, things didn't get any better at the start of the second half.
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The defense has been solidified and
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doesn't have a lot of tools to rip the defense apart against such a tight defense.
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The final threat came in the 54th minute when Pedro stole the ball from Bailly on the counter attack and went on the attack with Batshuayi, but the final cross from the left was blocked, Pedro's follow-up shot was also blocked, and the following corner kick was originally headed in by Zouma from inside the box, but then VAR ruled that Azpilicueta had pushed the ball in first, and here's where the game ended. Key Points
With the back line stabilized.
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began to attack boldly, especially the Bailly to Wan-Bisaka route that in the second half had become the
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The main offensive corridor, which allows
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This side Azpilicueta can only retreat, this route is suppressed is
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The biggest reason for this is that they couldn't do anything about Bailly from the beginning to the end.
