this match
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Lining up 3241 with Haaland up front, the midfield four were Grealish, Gündo?an, DeBruyne, B.Silva, Rodri & Stones in the back, Ake, RubenDias, Akanji in the backline, while Leipzig lined up 4231 with Werner up front, the midfield trio of Laimer Forsberg, Szoboszlai, Haidara, Kampl, Orban, Gvardiol, Raum, Henrichs.
(Both teams start)
Leipzig started off aggressively, but the
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Undeterred by the placement of four midfielders up front allowing them to strengthen their side attacks, Leipzig similarly tried to rely on raids on the wings, but in the first part of the first half it was clear that the
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The offense was better and controlled the ball for longer periods of time, and putting the in-form Stones at the back allowed him to hold the line while being able to get the attacking Ake up top was a good scheduling
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An immediate opportunity arose under a two-wing onslaught, and at the 21:00 mark Rodri's header in the box hit Henrichs' hand, resulting in a 12-yard penalty that Haaland easily punched in to allow
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lead 1-0
Then immediately after the 23rd minute kick-off, Leipzig's original goalkeeper opened the scoring, but was
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After the kick forward, Haaland warped the ball back to DeBruyne, who hit the post with a 20-yard shot straight at him, but Haaland had already followed up with an overhead header for another goal.
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It's 2-0 in a flash.
Leipzig tries to attack but is completely outclassed
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Blocked, their attacking midfielder Forsberg is trapped in the
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It was difficult to distribute the ball in the encirclement, and there were fewer chances for the wings to get the ball, while the
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Constantly running back and forth, shrinking the circle on one side, and immediately spreading out to play on both flanks after grabbing the ball, Leipzig was subjected to both offense and defense.
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pin down (enemy troops)
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It was easy to penetrate the Leipzig defense, constantly creating corners on both sides of the ball, and finally in stoppage time of the first half, a corner kick, RubenDias' header hit the post, the ball bounced to the other side and was once again added by Haaland, who had already scored a hat-trick in the first half in the
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Ending with a big lead
Things didn't change at the start of the second half, as Leipzig's backfield defense remained shaky, and only at the 48:00 mark, the
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The ball was split up the middle to Grealish on the left, who couldn't get to his defender in time, and he passed into the middle for Gündo?an to take the ball and dink it past a man to the 15-yard box for a left-footed grounder that rolled easily into the goal.
Leipzig is completely unstoppable.
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The attack started on the wings, and at 53:00 B. Silva headed a cross to Haaland, who first had his header blocked at the far post, but then the ball bounced back to him, and Haaland immediately swept in a shot, making it a four-goal game.
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Already aware of Leipzig's problems on the wings, the attack continued after the next substitution, with crosses from the wings and tackles in the center of the field, and at 56:00 Mahrez's cross was blocked by Akanji as he tried to shoot, and it was Haaland who added the second in front of the goal.
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It's already 6-0.
Haaland was replaced by Alvarez after scoring five goals.
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With the win already secured, substitutes began to make changes, and finally in the 90th minute, substitute Mahrez cut in from the right and crossed to DeBruyne, who fired a shot from the top of the box into the top right corner of the net to give the visitors the lead.
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Finish the game 7-0.
Leipzig were outplayed and their wings, both wingers and fullbacks, failed to link up against the
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The frontcourt lined up a four-man attacking midfield to pull the line and did nothing to make the
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kept attacking and not doing enough pressing up front, to the point where the front court was completely split from the back court to allow the
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The more they played, the easier they played, the less pressure they were put under, and the obvious problems with the goalkeeper and the defense, and the lack of a man on Haaland when he was on the field, allowed Haaland to always get a chance to start the game, and that's how they ended up with the big loss.
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Haaland, who advanced to the last eight after a huge win over Leipzig, scored five goals in a row after the game and became the strongest contender for the European Golden Boot this year.
