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In a much-anticipated game.
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The performance was a stunning one. Newcomer Antony played his first game against
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It was a reminder that new players usually take some time to settle in with their teammates before making their official debut, and usually wait at least one week of league play before making the starting lineup. However, Antony's sudden appearance was a rare one, and perhaps Coach Ten Hagar saw the game as a bold attempt at a practical exercise.
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The lineup was similar to the one against Villa, except that the left back was replaced by Zinchenko, but in the end it was not enough to avoid losing points. The team was physically exhausted from the consecutive matches.
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At the beginning of the game.
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Then the extremely tough foul tactics were employed. In just over a minute, Lisandro Martinez took a heavy stomp on Jesus just outside the left box that pretty much epitomized Jesus' entire game.
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The defense against Jesus was all over the place, with Jesus being put down multiple times by Lisandro Martinez and McTominay. Jesus, as
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's top scorer, whose inclusion has allowed the Gunners to extend their passing lines up front and significantly improve their attacking power, having scored three goals and pulling the strings well against the formation.
Jesus suffered greatly after a number of heavy fouls and the referee showed him a yellow card. However, Lisandro Martinez didn't get a card for that stomp in the opening half, which I thought was a successful tactic.
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There seems to be a belief that referees do not show yellow cards early in the game to influence the course of the game, and therefore are particularly ruthless in the opening stages. This is the result of a study of refereeing attributes. Jesus, while not giving up and trying to get into good positions, was met with pulling and clattering from Lisandro Martinez every time he entered the box, which caused the Gunners as a whole to suffer and passes to Jesus to become inadequate.
Gunner tries to capitalize on Martinelli's strong left-handed play
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of the right side of the road, but
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's defense was essentially on complete defense.Martinelli made a couple of kills in the box, but
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Also catching the highlights was Lisandro Martinez's defense against Jesus. Meanwhile, McTominay and the LB's defense against Ødegaard was spot on, with both
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s leading scorer.Saka was confined to the right wing, where he didn't move much toward the center.
Zinchenko didn't provide much support on the left side of the field in this game, as he was more on the lookout for newcomer Antony, and while Zinchenko did a fair job of defending Antony, he missed Antony on a crucial defensive play that became the turning point of the game.
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The goal came with 11 minutes to go when Ødegaard stole the ball from Eriksen in the middle of the field and passed it to Saka, who immediately passed the ball to the one-touch Martinelli, but then VAR intervened and proved that Ødegaard had committed a foul when he stole the ball, which was a clear foul. Although Ødegaard's upper body movement was not serious, the foul was called because he did not touch the ball. However, Ødegaard protested this and found the referee at halftime, and the whole Gunners team seemed to think that the goal should have counted, but it turned out that the Gunners were in disarray from that point on.
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Saka's performance against
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Saka's Malacia was completely guarded by his opponents, and even when his teammates came to support him, it was difficult for him to break through. In my opinion, it's a bit strange that Saka, who has been constantly breaking through all the opponents in the EPL for the past two years, couldn't break through Malacia in this match. It could be due to the fact that he is still unfamiliar with his opponents or it could be a form issue. Of course, if he tries to move to the center, he will be put down many times, so I can't rule out that his mentality has been affected.
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In the 35th minute of the first half, Rashford received a pass at the top of the box, and with Saliba and Zinchenko in close proximity, Rashford surprisingly played a very clever ball to the intervening Antony, who scored without stopping from nine yards out by firing the ball directly into the far corner.
The goal was actually a great pass by Rashford and Zinchenko missed Antony at the start. he went to wrap up Rashford and couldn't stop the pass, and allowing the pass to go through with two men shutting down was actually the defender's problem. Let's just say no one expected Rashford to pass like that.
