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Scored: Haugen (45 + 1 own goal); Sinyan (62 goals); Pepe (69); Willock (88) – Ellingsen (22)
Arsenal’s opponent in the third round of Group B Europa League 2020/21, Molde has a dedicated and open game. Trained by Erling Moe, a self-proclaimed coach to chase the “beautiful” football school, Molde always tries to develop a consistent style of play on each line and proactively attack rather than crowd, strain and wait. waiting for a counterattack like the vast majority of clubs in Europe.
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| Arsenal vs Molde |
This season, Molde almost appeared in the official group stage of the Champions League if they were not beaten by Ferencvaros (Hungary) thanks to the away goal rule. Then Molde fell into Group B quite easily in the 2020/21 Europa League.
Meanwhile, from the start of the 2020/21 season, Arsenal had to temporarily forget attacking football that became their identity. Many Gunners fans may not be interested in that, but clearly coach Arteta has made the right decision. Even when the legendary Arsene Wenger was in office, the title of “great man” or “top team” for Arsenal was historic.
Indeed, Arsenal have struggled in recent years to secure Champions League tickets and have to get used to the “second class” of the Europa League, but big titles are still a distant dream. Therefore, from an objective point of view, in the current context, pragmatism (emphasis on defense, inclined to counterattack) is still the appropriate style for Arsenal.
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| Arsenal start list |
Faced with a completely inferior rival like Molde (the team that coach Solskjaer led before returning to MU), coach Arteta was confident of replacing 9 positions on the starting list compared to MU’s main win a few years ago. days in the Premier League. Only goalkeeper Leno and midfielder Willian continue as starters.
Along with that, Molde is clearly a suitable “green piece” for Arteta to forge for the home team after strengthening the defense to move into a pragmatic game. Therefore, Arsenal rushed to attack after the opening whistle. The first dangerous opportunity came in the 6th minute when Nicolas Pepe pushed young forward Nketiah to escape, but goalkeeper Linde reached out to push the ball out.
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| Competition from the start of the match was poor, but Molde took the lead |
However, this type of situation has the ability to eat clearly, not much in the first half of the first part. Arsenal even conceded first. In the 22nd minute, after Leno’s kick, the Molde players won the ball to deploy a quick attack. Finally, at a distance of almost 25 meters, Martin Ellingsen threw a very elegant left cut, defeating Leno.
The stunned goal had a strong impact on the spirit of the home team and Arsenal no longer maintained the overwhelming amount of time to control the ball in the second half of the first half. The number of dangerous shots created by the London Gunners is also very low.
It seems that Arsenal has gotten used to the philosophy of “playing ball like a loser” that when it is necessary to actively attack and not use the best team, Arsenal turned out to be quite uncomfortable and a bit messy, disorganized. . In fact, in the 44th minute, Nketiah broke Molde a few meters away after a cross from Pepe, but the goal was denied by an offside error.
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| Arsenal drew 1-1 just before the break |
As if Arsenal had to end the first half with a defeat, in the only stoppage time, the Emirates Stadium team leveled thanks to the … counterattack, the typical Arsenal goal at the moment. The “gunners” changed state extremely quickly with the speed of some players towards the Molde penalty area. In the end, Nketiah was about to cross for “fellow forward” Willock to finish off the goal when an away team player Kristoffer Haugen did the job.
Entering the second half, in better spirits after drawing, Arsenal more or less prospered. In the 55th minute, Arsenal should have scored a second goal when goalkeeper Linde accidentally brought the ball into Kolasinac’s position in an attempt to stop a cross from Willock, but the Bosnian defender fired.
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| Arsenal players celebrate their second goal at home |
However, Arsenal finally took the lead in the 62nd minute, only once again the scorer was not on their payroll. After coordinating with Captain Xhaka, Willock put his teammates in the middle and Sinyan followed in teammate Haugen’s footsteps by sending the ball home.
And then “Gunners” also had a “100% done at Arsenal” goal. In the 69th minute, Saka returned the ball to his back from the left wing and Nicolas Pepe appeared to respond, making an assertive bet from a distance of more than 10 meters. Porter Linde was helpless, motionless and watching the net vibrate.
In the 82nd minute, the second half of the game, the referee denied Arsenal’s goal still due to an offside error (Saka). Anyway, with a difference of 2 goals, the London team has nothing to anger the referee team.
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| To put the score at 3-1 for Nicolás Pepe |
The final score of the match was set at minute 88. After stealing the ball from Molde’s side, Arsenal immediately deployed an attack and Pepe made a favorable gap for Willock to escape to control and calmly defeat the rival. method to close the biggest win since the start of the season (4-1).
Thus, Arsenal have won all three games of the group stage of the 2020/21 Europa League, with 9 absolute points and almost placing two feet in the 1/16 round. Although they no longer play as attractive and beautiful as in the past, Arsenal are now extremely effective and gradually reach a stable state.
TEAM
ARSENAL (4-4-2): Bernd Leno; Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Cedric Soares 63 ‘), Shkodran Mustafi, David Luiz, Saed Kolasinac; Willian (Saka 64 ‘), Dani Ceballos (Elneny 80’), Granit Xhaka (Tierney 80 ‘), Nicolas Pepe; Joe Willock, Eddie Nketiah.
MOLD (4-3-3): Andreas Linde; Henry Wingo, Martin Bjornbak, Stian Gregersen (Sinyan 46 ‘), Kristoffer Haugen; Fredrik Aursnes, Magnus Wolff-Eikrem, Etzaz Hussain; Martin Ellingsen, Ohikhuaeme Omoijuanfo, Mathis Bolly (Knudtzon 64 ‘).
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