An indescribable match, fresh off a hellish schedule of
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Didn't get out of hell, nearly gifted the opposition a dream start in the opening five minutes not to mention meeting Watford, who had recently lost two in a row and had a poor record, and was suppressed for the entire first half, knowing that the whole of the
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The starters are worth as much as 6.5 times what Watford's starters are worth.
After destroying the turnaround in the second half with the captain 'leading the way', the
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Once again the SOP of crushing defeat, booing and apologies from the players' community began, but the difference this time was that the Glazer family called an emergency directors' meeting after the game, and according to the T&T, only the fine print was left to be discussed, and it looked as though the 1:4 defeat would be the end of the road for the Socceroos.
After several failed attempts at three center backs, this game
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The starting lineup returned to a 4-2-3-1, with veteran Matic at the back, Sancho finally on the right, and van de Beek, who said he'd give it a chance, not to be outdone, was still pressed into service on the bench, while Cavani and Varane were suspended due to injuries, and Pogba was suspended for a red card.
Goalkeepers (1) De Gea
Linebackers (23) LukeShaw (5) Maguire (2) Lindelof (29) Wan-Bisaka
Double Back (31) Matic (39) McTominay
Attacking midfielder (18) Bruno Fernandes
LBs (10) Rashford (25) Sancho
Center (7) Cristiano Ronaldo
Watford's side lined up in a 4-1-4-1, using the steady Femenía at right back, and attacking with Dennis, Sarr, and King as the three arrows, creating a similar inverted triangle 4-3-3 attacking situation, to press the
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Extremely shaky backline with five players suspended due to injury and Kucka's red card suspension.
Goalkeepers (1) Ben Foster
Linebackers (11) Masina (13) N'Koulou (15) Cathcart (21) Femenía
Back (6) Louza
Midfield (25) Dennis (19) Sissoko (8) Cleverley (23) Sarr
Center (7) Joshua King
Opening against the Watford press.
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There was a flurry of handwringing, although Matic jumped out a couple times in the opening to help
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Slightly control the tempo, but the other seems to have been beaten in these matches with no confidence, in the face of ferocious pressing, the ball do not dare to hold, and not too observant of the field, counterattacking along with the ability to control the ball disappeared.
Just over five minutes into the game, an extremely tired Bruno Fernandes showed his poor form for the game with an unaccounted for return high ball into the home penalty area, where Watford striker Joshua King, who had picked up the pass, was brought down by McTominay and a twelve yard penalty was awarded.
Sarr's penalty was parried by De Gea, and Femenía's shot from the corner of the net was quickly taken, but the referee ruled on replay that Femenía had entered the penalty area too early, so the goal was not counted and a penalty was reissued for a twelve-yarder.
For the next ten minutes Watford began to use their bodies to keep pounding away
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players, stepping into the danger zone, and the
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The defenders were quickly caught in a fumbling situation, and after passing to the center of the field McTominay, together with the aging Matic, did not have the ability to pass the ball forward, and could only follow the defenders to the front of the crosses, knocking back, resulting in the
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It's like not having a midfield, and moving to the wings is a different disaster.
The left side of the road Rashford as soon as he got the ball to rush to the crowd, usually not in the observation of the opponent's defense of the gap, to 18 minutes of this counterattack, for example, a moment before the see there is a gap, but Rashford did not have the first time to sprint to the gap, but slowly in the back of Matic jogging, in the face of the follow up on the defense of the Cleverley also did not want to get rid of the meaning of it, if it is not If it wasn't for Cleverley's initiative to release Rashford, Rashford would have been no threat at all.
