This game saw Newcastle host the
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Newcastle played 433, with defenders Schär, Botman, Burn, Trippier, midfielders Longstaff, Miley, Guimarães, and strikers Isak, Gordon, Almirón.
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Lined up in 4231, defenders Ruben Dias, Aké, Walker, Gvardiol, backs Rodri, Kovacic, attacking midfielder B. Silva, wings Foden, Doku, strikers Álvarez
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Both teams have not been affected by the African Cup of Nations and Asian Cup of Nations, just over a minute into the match, Newcastle played a counter-attack and allowed Isak to take a one-touch shot on goal, which ended up being offside, but Isak forced Ederson to come out to save the ball, resulting in an injury, and he was barely able to hold on to the ball for five minutes before he collapsed and died.
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We'll have to change the goalie at the beginning and become a substitute for Ortega.
This change was affecting the game from the very beginning, the
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After that, Newcastle controlled the ball and pressed the attack, and Newcastle retreated all the way back, didn't do any pressing up front or in the middle of the field, and started to let the
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Controlling the game in terms of possession and time, but the atmosphere seemed bizarre, and it was clear that Newcastle, although retreating deep, were ready to counterattack at any time, and were also clearly intending to play a long, one-touch counterattack of the one-touch type, just as the
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Goalkeeper Ederson's injury this season
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With the defense already playing shaky, and now missing the all-important goalkeeper Ederson, this is clearly a great opportunity to play on the counterattack and shoot as much as possible, and in all likelihood, break through the
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So in this case, Newcastle, even if they retreated deep, could sense that they were actually waiting for a breath of fresh air to break the defense, and the
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Although they kept the ball, it was obvious that they didn't want to put the backfield under pressure, so they pushed forward as much as possible, especially when the ball was given to the defenders, facing the Newcastle side's pressing.
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The players are obviously a little nervous.
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Grabbing a first down at 25.
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After a heavy concentration on the left side of the field, which drew Newcastle's entire team to this area, Doku made a beautiful move to the right side of the field, where Walker was able to get to the right side of the field and cross the ball, which bounced off the ground, but B. Silva, who was heading towards the 6-yard line, was able to flick the ball to the far side of the field with his heel and score!
It was a bit of a backwards pass from Walker, B.Silva had already run over the top, but he handled it with great gusto and converted it straight into a back heel flick that the Newcastle keeper had no way of reacting to!
afterwards
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B.Silva took advantage of Newcastle's mistake to produce a beautiful shot that was blocked, but Newcastle quickly realized that they couldn't stay in the defensive end, so they immediately started to press forward, and this pressure was reversed and pressed out!
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Ortega was able to get the ball out of the back of the net to a Newcastle player for a shot on goal, and the Newcastle forward line was able to hold on to the ball.
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the ultimate defense, with three players on the front line standing directly in front to keep Ortega from passing to the linebackers.
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The result is that in 34 minutes Guimarães in the counterattack of a forward pass, Isak rushed forward immediately into the anti-offside, Walker urgent back to chase, although he has followed Isak, but Isak in the penalty area after suddenly deducted the ball, Walker a little slower, appeared a little bit of space, Isak in one fell swoop and shot directly into the far corner of the goal, kicked a speedy A curling ball into the far corner of the net, helping Newcastle to equalize.
That was a very nice shot by Isak.
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The defense didn't actually miss much, which can only mean that Newcastle's confidence was up, and Isak knew that generating as many shots as possible would make the
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Substitute goalkeeper Ortega was in trouble, and as a result, this mentality allowed Isak to shoot without hesitation, which is why it was so beautiful.
