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settled
advancement
European crown
Sixteen, and it's a solid first place finish with a high score differential, currently in the
England Premier Soccer League
Also on a winning streak, the midweek
European crown
They also crushed Lens 6-0, playing a 433 with Saliba, Gabriel, Tomoyasu, Zinchenko, Rice, Trossard, Ødegaard and Saka, Martinelli, Jesus.
Wolves lined up in 352 with Dawson, Kilman, Gomes at the back, Semedo, Bueno on the wing, Doyle, Traoré, Bellegarde in the midfield, and Cunha and Hwang Hee Chan up front.
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Wolves actually have a very impactful forward line, now they are used to start with Wong Hee Chan and Cunha, with strong body Cunha and strong physical and stealing Wong Hee Chan to play the first line, and then in the second half to replace with Neto and Sarabia, who have the speed and skill to break through and cut into the penalty area, which is actually a very difficult forward line, but since the best conditioned Neto was injured, the situation has not been very good. However, since the injury of the best player, Neto, the situation of Wolves is not so good.
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The Wolves were looking to counter-attack after the midfield break down, but Arsenal's possession was clearly in good shape and soon had the Wolves in their own quarter of the pitch. Then with 5:00 on the clock, Saka picked up the ball on the right side, and with two men on him, he still played the ball out, where Jesus picked it up and flicked it to Kenyo Tomiyasu, who then flicked the ball forward, where Saka had already made a run to pick it up. Saka was already in a position to receive the ball, then he dodged Dawson and scored from 10 yards out.
Wolves have actually had to step up their game against
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Saka had two men coming to link up with him every time he took the ball, but was still being
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Easy passes to break the defense, the Gunners are indeed in great form!
then
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They continued to press, this time on the wings, and at the 12:00 mark, Saka took the ball and passed it to the far post, where Zinchenko came over, played the ball to Jesus in the box, raced into the box, and then played a diagonal 45-degree pass to Ødegaard, who shot a quick left-footed shot from 15 yards out right in the middle of the area at the Wolves' goal.
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It's a 2-0 lead.
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is putting a lot of manpower into the half-spaces on the front wings, which at one point were crowded with three
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Players, and Ødegaard and Trossard would be moving forward at any time, the Wolves defense didn't seem to be able to cope with this kind of tactic, and their midfield was clearly not comprehensive enough to block this kind of position, easily letting the Gunners get into the half-space to deal with the ball, and it can be seen that Jesus played an important role in both of these goals, and although he wasn't passing out the assists, they were both assisted with the previous passes, and he made the ball It was very nice and directly revitalized the Gunners to be a threat in the box, and Wolves didn't seem to be able to completely stop him from passing the ball.
A subsequent injury to Wolves goalkeeper José Sá led to the replacement of Bentley in goal, which allowed
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Continued to mount quite a few attacks, generating shots in the box, all of which were blocked by the Wolves at this point
Late in the first half the two teams began to go toe-to-toe and the Wolves had a couple of good snaps, but
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The side was more threatening, and on the counterattack at the 36:00 mark Martinelli came up with a 16-yard shot from the left side of the box, which ended up hitting the post.
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Almost had a third goal.
The first half was basically in
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ended with a big advantage, and the Wolves clearly wanted to slow the game down a bit and create as dense a melee as possible in both the frontcourt offense and the backcourt defense, so as to slow down the
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At the start of the second half, despite being down by two goals, the Wolves didn't rush to counter-attack, knowing that it would only make the
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The Wolves kept a tight defensive formation and started to position Cunja and Wong Hee Chan on the wings. After the ball was cleared from their own box, the two wingbacks, Semedo and Bueno, pressed forward as fast as they could to form a stack with Cunha and Wong Hee Chan as soon as possible.
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The space created behind the two wing backs when they moved up to the front half of the field to distribute the ball, a move that slowly worked a bit, and while the counterattacks were sporadic, the Wolves were occasionally able to hold the ball in front of the field and face the
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Emptier backfield
Wolves made a substitution on 62 minutes with Doherty and Sarabia coming on and the overall Wolves formation slowly began to shift with Sarabia joining the pull forward
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The attack on the side.
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Nketiah was then brought in to remove Jesus, with the intention of making it a counterattack, and to bring both linebackers back on defense
