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The battle was raging on the field, and although the
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control the greater initiative, however
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They were not to be underestimated, and they were always able to respond well. The game was not decided until the last minute.
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At the beginning of the game, both sides launched an intense forward pressing, and the strength was equal.
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Well prepared, the players were quick to react to the ball in a short period of time, making the early stages of the game extremely competitive.
As the battle developed.
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Deploying Eriksen to the back and solidly in the middle of the defense. His partnership with McTominay carefully controlled the middle of the field and the two wing backs were always in a defensive stance, which allowed the
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Difficult to tear easily
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The defense.
However, as the game progressed
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In the scramble did not gain a clear advantage, began to change to a solid midfield defense as the basis, waiting for the opportunity to launch counterattacks. In the 17th minute, this strategy paid off, as the original
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The ball was taken at the back post for a counter-attack, but possession changed hands after a BenWhite steal.B.Fernandes controlled the ball and played it to the surging Rashford, who flashed past Thomas Partey's head-on tackle before pumping a shot from 23 yards straight in front of the back line.
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However.
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It soon returned the favor. In the 23rd minute, following a corner kick, Martinelli moved down the left side before cutting inside the box, Xhaka matched him pulling him to the left, this cross-band opened up space in the defense and created an opportunity for Ødegaard to distribute the ball. He quickly played the ball to the left, where Xhaka crossed unimpeded for Nketiah to meet at the far post for a header.Wan-Bisaka went to the other side of the defense due to a corner kick for
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Trespassing opportunities were created.
After the midway point of the first half, while the teams remained tied, the
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The ball possession is starting to exceed
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. Nevertheless.
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The defense was pretty solid in the middle of the field, and the Gunners struggled to occupy waist positions to distribute the ball.Martineli was never able to get past Wan-Bisaka, and Saka against an out-of-sorts LukeShaw could advance to the endline but couldn't make a breakthrough with a cross.
However.
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The counter-attacking strategy was obviously not well developed. The two backs, Eriksen and McTominay, spent a lot of energy in the middle of the pitch, while only Rashford was good up front, and the other two didn't play as well as they should have. New striker Weghorst had a mediocre game, struggling in direct confrontation.
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Two center backs. Meanwhile.
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Passes forward were not accurate enough and Weghorst was hardly seen as he dropped back to link up with the midfield.
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Giving the ball to Antony on the right, but Antony, despite many breakaways with the ball, was still not afraid to make aggressive breakaway moves in the final quarter of the field, his moves were almost always crosses or inside cuts after he snapped it back, which made the Gunners get used to the set piece a long time ago.
At the start of the second half.
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Replacing BenWhite, who was having a poor game, with Kenyo Tomoyasu. They were more aggressive in their overall tactics, with Zinchenko pushing the defense forward into the middle of the field and pushing Xhaka into the front left position. This was due to
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The two backs didn't get up far enough, plus Antony didn't do enough to threaten the
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backline, so Zinchenko can hand off the defense to his teammates and go straight up, aiming to add numbers in the middle and overwhelm the
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Double back.
This tactic paid significant dividends throughout the second half, as Zinchenko pressed forward, allowing the
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Saka was able to occupy the waist position and keep distributing the ball, Saka also clearly got more chances to receive the ball and better position. In the second half, Saka was clearly more forward than in the first half, and was able to get the ball in the box and start to cross the ball in a number of occasions. In the 53rd minute, Saka picked up the ball on the right and fired a 23-yard shot into the back of the net, which was even better than Rashford's long range effort in the first half.
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However.
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did not give up. On a corner kick in the 59th minute
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A defensive error occurred and Kenyo Tomiyasu, who should have taken the shot, missed it and blocked the goalkeeper's view, causing Ramsdele to hit the ball wide of the net.Lisandro Martinez quickly got down low to head the ball in from a difficult angle.
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There were chances for Rashford on the left - Ben White couldn't quite hold him in the first half, and Kenyo Tomiyasu in the second - but Zinchenko pressed forward and eventually became almost an attacking midfielder. However, Zinchenko pressed further and further forward and eventually he almost became the attacking midfielder.Zinchenko took the ball on several occasions with assisted transfers and this was the first chance in the second half and later on.
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The key to complete control of the ball. In this way.
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s counter-attacking chances were significantly reduced and Rashford were losing chances up front. Ten Hagar, despite removing Antony for Fred, could no longer hold down the Gunners midfield.
