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After the Waterloo in the last game, the 3-2-4-1 attacking formation was called back in this game, and the goal was of course to replicate the script of the 16th round of the tournament - frantic attacking and one wave to take away the game. The trend of the game did show
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The feeling of unilaterally overpowering an opponent, but the strength of the Yellow Submarine defense, an opponent in the Elite Eight, was upgraded by more than one notch.
The starting lineup for the game, left
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, right for Yellow Submarine (cut from whoscored.com)
The HALF SPACE (or the CHANNEL left between the defenders when the Yellow Submarine narrowed their defense) that the two attacking midfielders, Musiala and Muller, could have made good use of was indeed covered by the Yellow Submarine midfielders, Capoue and Parejo.
While Yellow Submarine's side midfielders Lo Celso, Coquelin are looking after the ready to stack to the side
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Midfielders Goretzka and Kimmich, or assisted in the pack when the side defense was in a struggle, but there wasn't really much in the second half of the picture, as the two wingbacks of Foyth and Estupinan vs.
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Great one-on-one defensive holding by wingers Coman and Sane.
The defense as a whole was also very composed, even when the midfield scramble was lost, there was a slight dislocation, coupled with Foyth's release to Coman's feet, a strong disadvantage of the double chaos element, the Yellow Submarine defense was still able to put the
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The organization drove away from the box and did not allow the
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Finish threatens to shoot.
As for Yellow Submarine's offense, waiting for the right moment to counterattack is naturally the main means of attack. When the time is not right, they are able to make conservative passes to consume time and look for a breakthrough in front of the goal, but most of these passes will encounter obstacles when they reach the front edge of the center circle, and then slowly pass back to the goalkeeper's feet to reorganize, and so on and so forth, until there is an attempt to make a long pass in front of the goal or the ball is destroyed in the middle of the road.
And on the counterattacking portion of the offense, forwards Moreno and Danjuma tried to pick up the slack on both sides of the ball when they were
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Center backs Hernandez, Pavard on either side do watch; looking to go straight to the
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Behind the defense, Neuer also has complete coverage. Therefore, their relatively stable source of threat is not long passes, but quick passes to penetrate into the penalty area in counterattacks with 2 or 3 more midfielders on the attack. In addition to the term "relative", there weren't too many attacks that were fully connected, and the Yellow Jackets only managed to get 2 shots on goal in the first half.
The second half opened with Musiala breaking through the defense but having his shot blocked by Rulli's strike, a suspected foul was not blown; Upamecano had a good chance from a corner kicked away.
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The offense was heating up, and then the man came - Parejo's forward pass was intercepted in the midfield for the follow up attack, and Levine turned on the edge of the box and took a shot that hit the post and bounced into the back of the net. After 52 minutes of good defending, it was one mistake and the advantage that Yellow Submarine had won the first leg was no longer there, it was
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The awesomeness of it.
After that, the Yellow Submarine put in attackers more frequently while briefly getting out of position to allow
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The number of completed shots on goal increased, but overall
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The dynamics of the main offense and Yellow Submarine's deadly defense remain unchanged, with only a difference in degree.
The winning goal came in the closing stages of the game, when Parejo played a forward pass to the back post, Lo Celso pushed the ball forward to release Moreno on the left flank, crossed to Chukwueze on the right flank, and fired a shot into the top of the net to give Yellow Submarine the lead. Coincidentally, both managers were the main protagonists of the attack, with Emery's Chukwueze being the hero of the goal, and Nagelsmann's Davies playing as a center back, firstly failing to stand up to the offside, then failing to put pressure on the opponent in front of the goal or to break up a cross.
