The home side of this game
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Lined up in 433, with Militao, Alaba, Carvajal, Camavinga in defense, Kroos, Modric, Valverde in midfield, and Benzema, Vinicius, Rodrygo in the forward line.
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Instead, it's 352, with Fofana, T. Silva, and Koulibaly at the back, James and Chilwell on the wings, Kante, Kovacic, and Enzo Fernandez in the midfield, and Félix and Sterling up front.
(Both teams start)
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It's a counterattack from the start and Félix catches it right away.
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Pressing forward and backward to get a chance, overall
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's center backs held on pretty solidly in the opening half.
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The possession was difficult to invade and the change to Camavinga at left back was a bit of a struggle against the challenge of Sterling coming over
only
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The line of the line retreated deeper and
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Gradually taking control of the ball, it has been attempting to
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's wings looking for opportunities and had a situation where the passes were getting better and better, and with 20 minutes to go, Carvajal moved into the center of
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will already
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Carvajal was left unmarked when the ball came out, he easily made a pass forward, then Vinicius and Benzema went head to head and challenged the defense, Vinicius made a direct kick that was blocked by Kepa, but Benzema was right there to easily kick the ball in.
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1-0 lead at the 20-minute mark
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There were attempts at counterattacks, and Félix's speed with Sterling was actually able to threaten the
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of the defense, but it's clear
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Having control in the middle of the field while
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's midfield group was backed deeper again, so there weren't many counter-attacking opportunities, and the
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Instead, they have been able to utilize very accurate long passes directly to the
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Deep on the wings, they had been playing the right side for about 30 minutes of the first half
As the game clock progresses, it can be seen that if the space pulls away, the
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The defense could not do anything about Vinicius' speed and breakthrough ability, and the situation would become dangerous as long as Vinicius had the ball.
Chelsea
Not pushing forward enough in midfield also creates a situation where Modric can press forward on the counterattack and Valverde covers at the back, the more free space Modric has the more space for passes to appear and the situation is right for the
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become progressively unfavorable
The second half started in the same way, with Koulibaly being replaced by Cucurella on 54 minutes due to an injury, and the defense was OK at first, but it soon became problematic, with the 58th minute mark.
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Possessing the ball at midfield, Cucurella rushes up for the ball.
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Valverde immediately picked out Rodrygo in front of him, and immediately rushed out a close one-touch opportunity, Chilwell pulled down Rodrygo in the chase situation, because it was already a one-touch goal, the referee came up to award a red card, and Cucurella's action of stepping forward to grab the ball not only gave the
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chances, and he was completely eaten alive by Rodrygo in terms of speed, and from that point on the game had been
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containment
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Sterling and Félix were quickly replaced in the 64th minute with Havertz and Chalobah in the hope of strengthening the midfield and defense, otherwise
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Already ready to press the offense in a big way.
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see that
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In the 70th minute, Rodrygo and Camavinga were replaced by Asensio and Rüdiger, also strengthening the midfield.
After a tactical corner kick by Modric at the 74:00 mark, Kroos passed to Vinicius in the box, who crossed diagonally to the line of the box, where Asehsio suddenly moved in and fired a shot that instantly cracked the
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The gates.
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The defender and the goalkeeper couldn't react in time. It was a beautiful shot.
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Then Gallagher and Mount tried to counterattack, but the extra man was a problem.
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No more worries, and then controlled the fight until the end of time, winning the first round beautifully.
From the first half of the game.
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The counterattacking ability is something that can threaten
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But their defense struggled against the in-form Vinicius, and in order to take care of the defense
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The midfield group was too far back resulting in a lack of counter-attacking power.
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The team controlled the ball steadily and harassed them from both flanks, and finally even brought the
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Both of the wingbacks were forced back from being able to commit to the offense as much as they wanted to, and overall
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Still relatively much more stable, though
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The offense is still there, and there's still a chance they'll be able to challenge in the second round.
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