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Leeds got off to an impressive start to the first season back to the Premier League after 16 years, but recently, they have started to struggle – losing 3/4 of the last round. But the season has not passed 1/3 of the way, so it is too early to draw conclusions.
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The nature of teams led by the “teachers of the teachers” Marcelo Bielsa is usually that they can fly very high, but immediately fall to the ground, which is due in large part to liberal and irreverent politics. any opponent.
This way of playing can help Leeds to play on par, even overwhelming strong opponents, but easily losing to a group of equal or weaker teams. Surely many people still remember, Bielsa’s teachers and coaches played a lifetime match with defending champion Liverpool, even though they lost 3-4 or later a 1-1 victory over Man City.
On the other hand, Arsenal really fell into a global crisis, from the field to the locker room. Arsenal’s recent performance in the Premier League turned out not to be much better than Leeds’: they also lost 3/4 of the last round, to attacking teams: Man City (0-1), Leicester (0-1) and the most. nearby is Aston Villa (0-3).
.png "Lineup for the Leeds vs Arsenal match") |
| Lineup for the Leeds vs Arsenal matchup |
Not only that, the Arsenal team was also seriously affected for various reasons. In particular, both the powerful and feisty pair of central midfielders Thomas Partey (injury) and Mohamed Elneny (infected with Covid-19) were unable to play, so coach Arteta had to rely on two “fragile and fragile” interceptors Dani Ceballos and Granite Xhaka.
To adapt to the current situation, the Spanish army has adjusted the tactic from 3-4-3 (used for a long time) to 4-2-3-1. The young talent still maintains the forward momentum, Bukayo Saka has to sit down when Tierney looks more suitable in this diagram (Saka often runs down the left wing at 3-4-3 because the attack is stronger than the player and Tierney is strong – kicking left back and when he kicks 3-4-3 Tierney often has a left back midfielder so there is a better balance).
In attack, another young face was “molded” by Arsenal itself, Joe Willock assumed the role of “number 10” (central attacker) below midfielder Aubameyang and Pepe and Willian drifted. to.
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| The game was fairly even in the first half |
Unsurprisingly, Leeds still maintains the philosophy of attacking football and playing fair, undoubtedly by visitors to London. In the 6th minute, Raphinha (she joined Leeds from the Rennes club in the summer of 2020) shot from outside the penalty area, but due to a slip, the ball was not accurate.
Arsenal responded with a decisive shot from Dani Ceballos from outside the 16m50 line and the ball hit the outside edge of Leeds. The first half of the first half, the game was quite balanced in many parameters (ball control rate, number of shots, …) and the pace of the game was quite high.
In the 21st minute, Pepe’s intention was just a simple cross from the left wing to the 16m50 area, but the ball evaporated deeply, so he hit the crossbar, which jumped into the panic of the local team’s goalkeeper ( yes Part a bit inexperienced for only 20 years).
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| Joe Willock didn’t play well when he was willing to kick “number 10” in the first half. |
In the 27th minute, Raphina continued to try her luck with a swing at a distance of about 18 meters and compared to the previous situation, the danger improved significantly, but the ball simply flew off the post. At the end of the first half, host Leeds seemed to gradually dominate the number of goals, but all held up to the level of missed opportunities.
TEAM
UNITED LEEDS (3-3-3-1): Illan Meslier; Luke Ayling, Robin Koch, Liam Cooper; Stuart Dallas, Kalvin Phillips, Ezgjan Allioski; Raphinha, Mateusz Klich, Jack Harrison; Patrick Bamford.
ARSENAL (4-2-3-1): Bernd Leno; Héctor Bellerin, Rob Holding, Gabriel Magalhaes, Kieran Tierney; Dani Ceballos, Granit Xhaka, Willian, Joe Willock, Nicolas Pepe; Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
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