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Lined up in 433, with defenders Van Dijk, Konate, Arnold, Tsimikas, midfielders Hikaru Endo, Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, and forwards Salah, Luis Diaz, Darwin Núñez.
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Lined up in 4231 with Evans, Varane, Dalot, Luke Shaw at the back, Amrabat, Mainoo at the back, McTominay at attacking midfielder, Garnacho, Antony on the wings, and Højlund up front.
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There are still a couple of players on hand that could be replaced.
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The team was riddled with injuries and B Faye was banned for yellow card accumulation, and could barely muster an 11-man starting lineup.
The game starts in the first minute.
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It's in a state of suppression.
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Not daring to go up on offense, with four linebackers on the line of scrimmage almost from start to finish, the
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It was a full retreat as they tried to play counterattacks using both sides of the field, but the
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suppress
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that quickly leads to
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Both wings and the forwards had to retreat inside, and as a result there was no offense at all
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With 15 minutes to go Arnold played a cross in from the right and Darwin Núñez was able to tip the ball in from the left side of the field from 5 yards out, but instead of going for goal he made it to the center of the field where it ended up in the back of the net.
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Defense with goalkeeper Onana blocking out
20 minutes.
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After a stoppage in play, Darwin Núñez not only went over to the referee and choked him, but when referee Michael Oliver showed him a yellow card, he clapped his hands and gave the referee a big finger, meaning that he was being a good referee, which was actually a provocation. This is actually a very excessive provocation of the referee, Salah began to take him away from the referee to indicate that he should not do so, but Darwin Núñez obviously could not control himself, this kind of intentional acid referee good judgment behavior, although it does not lead to a second yellow card red, but it is easy to cause the referee is not happy, and then it will be difficult to get a favorable decision, Darwin Núñez has long been this kind of childish behavior has not ceased. Darwin Núñez has a long history of such childish behavior, and that's why he hasn't been able to improve.
28 minutes.
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Another corner was taken and Van Dijk hit it completely over the top from the six-yard line, which was square enough to be cleared by Onana, but it was already
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The most dangerous attack in the first half
But as time passes.
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Doesn't seem to be able to break through head-on.
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The defense's approach, Szoboszlai plays too simply, he chooses to pass directly into the box more often, there is too little running and insertion without the ball, Gravenberch seems to work more backward and less often to go up for the distribution, Salah, even though he has the ball in front of him, LukeShaw is concentrating on defending him, and Salah can only try to pass it out but
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Luis Diaz also blitzed, but again, there were not many guys in front of him to pass to, and Darwin Núñez, playing under center, could not connect successfully.
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The wings, along with a similarly uncoordinated midfield, resulted in the
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It's been hard to really get a threatening attack going.
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Just keep attacking on the corners.
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couldn't be stopped either, letting the first half
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Getting a lot of corners, that's
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The most threatening offense of the first half
At the start of the second half, the situation remained the same
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suppress
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But
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A slight change was made, with the flanks a little further forward, ready for a counterattack on the
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After a prolonged attack.
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With some nice opportunities for 54 minutes
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A counter-attack suddenly allowed Garnacho to take the ball and make a long run into the box, Arnold desperately chased him down and touched his shooting foot at the last moment to hamper the shot before Alisson took it.
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A bit of a change at the start of the second half, Salah stood a bit further back and took the ball further out to try and draw LukeShaw out of the box, but LukeShaw was shrewd and stayed in the area of the box and refused to come out.
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Also ramped up the left wing with Tsimikas up top, and Gravenberch up top, which did have the effect of playing better pressure, and Salah has been delivering the ball inside on the outside as well, but
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The lack of good defensive backs, coupled with the fact that the two wing backs have moved up so when the
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When you launch a counterattack, you'll be able to advance more easily.
That's when it became clear that
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Garnacho, who has been concentrating the ball on the left flank recently, was also completely shut down in this game, relying only on his speed, Garnacho was held up against Arnold, who also has speed, but Antony played well, and in the first half he was on the defensive side of the field and already had the ball in his hands.
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Converting the pressure on the wing directly into his side's possession, Antony looked calm and used his technique well and was
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Didn't pass the ball to him otherwise
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The counterattacks should be more lethal
