Newcastle was the dominant side, especially in the first 25 minutes or so of the opening half, with a big forward attack and high-pressure pressing that left Wolves a bit breathless. However, it was hard for the Wolves' three-guard defense to beat the width of the attack; the efficiency of the middle of the field was not good; the Wolves did have a one-on-one defense when the back-field high-flying attacked the two wings, preventing them from cutting in and getting up; and the Wolves' keeper Sa and center-back Coady did cover the lucky early crosses on the sides. To summarize, Wolves' defense can easily deal with Newcastle's positional attack. Newcastle's biggest threat came when they were able to counter-attack from the spot - Wood's goal came in this way, but Guimaraes was offside when organizing the attack and the goal was disallowed, leaving Newcastle with 0 shots on target in the first half.
Wolves' defense is solid, without Neves who can try to shoot from the edge of the box, and Jimenez who is the most obvious arrow, their attacking power is close to zero. Against Newcastle's high attack, Wolves' counterattacks were not threatening at all, and they didn't even feel the intention of counterattacking. In the second half of the first half, the possession rate was gradually catching up with the opponents, but the quality of forward passes was quite poor, and most of the time it was just guided back and forth in the backfield, and there was not much attacking in front of the field. Wolves had 0 shots on goal in the first half, not to mention the shots on goal, Wolves only touched the ball once in the opponent's penalty area.
Newcastle made significant progress in the second half, with a brighter tempo in front of goal that was able to test the Wolves backline, and ASM finally came back to their senses and started to see more positive attempts to break the offside line with the ball and run without it. In one of the counter-attacks, ASM passed forward to Joelinton, and sent Wood straight into the back of the net, where he was put down by Sa to buy a 12-yard penalty, which Wood converted himself to break the deadlock.
After that, Newcastle continued to threaten with counter-attacks while keeping the ball in play. One of the closest attacks to a goal in the final period of the game was a one-touch deflection from ASM to Guimaraes on the right side of the pitch. The Wolves were unable to penetrate the Magpies' defense, despite dominating possession and attacking aggressively. Two attempts from the edge of the box left the Magpies on the wrong side of the net, but it wasn't Dubravka's ability to pull off a save that would have left Newcastle with a clean sheet and a home win.
The content of this game was a reflection of Wolves' season, the offense could not find an effective way to stabilize their output, but the solid defensive end ensured the team's competitiveness. After the disappointing loss, they are one step away from the European standings. As for the winning side, Newcastle, Guimaraes moderate start, ASM's street soccer style reproduction, and stable defensive end ...... have a lot to be happy about, but the most important thing is that the difference between them and the relegation zone came to 10 points, and the mid-season seemingly impossible
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mission, with more than a month to go before the end of the season, it's amazing that they've been able to almost assuredly
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Up.
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It was the side that kicked the better of the opening exchanges, with quality crosses being exchanged for two Rashford shots, both of which were parried by excellent saves from Pickford. After the opening flurry
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The quality of the offense is starting to decline, with poor passing and ball protection in the midfield and backfield, many times dropping the ball in dangerous areas, which gave away their own attacks and even gave the opponents chances to counterattack.
And Everton's prequel with
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After wasting a number of chances, they got a bit of luck to take the lead - Gordon's direct ball found Richarlison, a cross from the left flank was broken up and landed at Gordon's feet, and his kick from just outside the box was deflected off Maguire for a goal.
Thereafter.
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Possession increased dramatically, but the threatening offense didn't follow suit, with a threatening opening pass by
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Not too many people were willing to make a grab for the box, plus Everton's more focused defense defused each one.
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After conceding the goal, no shots were created until midfield.
In the second half, the actions of the Ivoryton players showed no sign of the fear that they are in a relegation crisis - Richarlison Seals top ball showboating,
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In addition to the confident moves of the players, the team's performance was characterized by a solid defensive line, a couple of threatening but dangerous missed counterattacks to maintain the offensive strength, and the game content was not at all difficult to see when facing the giants' deadlocked game, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that Alverton was the one who had the game under control. At the end of the game, Alverton was able to hold on to the three important points as they had hoped.
