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19:30
Tooor for FC Zurich, 1:1 by Mirlind Kryeziu
There is actually an equalizer for Zurich just before the break! Mirlind Kyreziu loads Turner and casually slides into the left corner. The Kybunpark is shaking!
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19:30
Matt Turner must be asked not to leave the line.
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19:29
The FCZ pulls out a corner on the right. After another cross from the other side, Fidan Aliti was clearly knocked off his feet by Eddie Nketiah. There is Penalty!
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19:28
The Foda-Elf can’t keep up the pressure in the meantime, but they’re no longer locked in like they were in the starting phase.
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19:25
There is a running duel between the experienced players Blerim Džemaili and Granit Xhaka. The Zurich native is a little late and hangs on to the native of Basel.
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19:23
Bledian Krasniqi enters from the side against Fábio Vieira, who lies down for a while. However, he just about gets around the warning. Meanwhile, Yanick Brecher changes his gloves again.
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19:22
The FCZ is getting stronger and actually has a clear chance to equalize! Blerim Džemaili sends Jonathan Okita into the run on the right, who plays a clever flat pass towards the penalty point. The ball slips through and is taken directly by Ole Selnæs. An Arsenal defender just deflects a slight deflection and deflects the ball over the goal!
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19:19
But now the people of Zurich are coming out of the snail shell again. It’s a shame that the Krasniqi pass is intercepted in the sixteen.
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19:18
A good half hour is played. 77 percent ball possession for the London guest speak for themselves.
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19:17
Suddenly there is the supposed huge opportunity for the FCZ! Aiyegun Tosin is sent off with a high diagonal ball and emerges clear in front of Matt Turner on the right corner. However, he gets stuck on the keeper. The flag goes up later.
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19:13
The FCZ is currently completely and for a long time constricted in its own third, continues to appear discouraged and unimaginative.
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19:11
Granit Xhaka aims for the short corner from the second row! Yanick Brecher dives down in time.
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19:11
Again Marquinhos can only be stopped with a hard entry. After Adriàn Guerrero’s tackle, the referee doesn’t decide on a free kick, but on a corner.
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19:09
The FCZ has to do a lot of running work in these minutes, running after the superior opponent without success.
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19:07
Arsenal are now clearly setting the tone. With a high pass to the top, Mirlind Kryeziu is completely in the reeds and lets Fábio Vieira pass, who places the lob over Yanick Brecher on the goal net.
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19:06
Yellow card for Mirlind Kryeziu (FC Zurich)
Hard entry from Mirlind Kryeziu against the increasingly active Marquinhos. The free-kick position is dangerous, but the cross from the right gets stuck in the wall.
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19:03
Tooor for Arsenal FC, 0-1 by Marquinhos
Now the Brazilian is successful. The Gunners counter the FCZ ice cold. Eddie Nketiah slides over to Marquinhos at the level of the sixteen, who flicks into the left corner corner against Yanick Brecher’s running direction.
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19:03
Kieran Tierney can cross twice from the left. The first cross is still intercepted, but the second slips through to Marquinhos. The Brazilian put his direct acceptance from fifteen meters well over the box.
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19:01
Martinelli again. However, with an attempt at overhead kick in the sixteen he clearly missed.
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18:59
Now Gabriel Martinelli can extend a cross from the right half field with his head! Yanick Brecher doesn’t have to test his new gloves yet, the ball sails past the long corner.
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18:58
The FCZ has kept up well here so far and the events are far from their own box.
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18:56
After ten minutes there is an interruption. The reason: Yanick Brecher asks to be allowed to change his gloves!
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18:54
The FCZ scored the first chance of the game! Goalie Matt Turner recklessly loses the ball on his own sixteen to Aiyegun Tosin, who aims at the orphaned short corner from an acute angle. In reverse gear, Gabriel just barely prevents the impact!
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18:52
The unconventional free-kick variant results in a counterattack by the Swiss champions! Bledian Krasniqi immediately puts through to Jonathan Okita, who is run off the edge of the box.
4.
18:50
Again the FCZ loses the leather in its own half. Adriàn Guerrero has to iron out the bad pass by foul play.
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18:48
Zurich will start early in their own third and lose the ball quickly.
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18:47
FCZ in white, Arsenal completely in black. There will definitely be no problems distinguishing between the two teams!
18:44
The stadium is packed and the atmosphere is great. It starts in a few moments!
18:35
Surprisingly, Franco Foda is not counting on Antonio Marchesano today, but Bledian Krasniqi is allowed to act behind the only striker Aiyegun Tosin. A back four around homegrown players Lindrit Kamberi and Mirlind Kryeziu should defend.
18:24
Other opponents in Group A are PSV Eindhoven and Bodö/Glimt. The Norwegians advanced to the quarter-finals of the Conference League last season and shouldn’t be dismissed as windfall either. Every point is therefore vital for the FCZ, even if it would almost be a sensation today.
18:12
Today’s meeting is of course a special one for Granit Xhaka. In 2019, the Nati captain was already on the sidelines at Arsenal, but experienced a renaissance under Mikel Arteta and is now returning home with the Londoners. The 29-year-old from Basel is now taking on a more offensive role and has already had one goal and two assists this season.
17:58
But the meeting also comes at the wrong time in terms of sport. While FCZ under Franco Foda are still not getting going and after the 2-1 defeat against Lugano at the weekend are still starving at the bottom of the Super League table, Arsenal are still leaders in the Premier League even after the 3-1 defeat at Manchester United . With five wins from five games, the Arteta team had a dream start to the new season.
17:51
In two senses, the FCZ could certainly have imagined a better date for the affiche. First of all, the athletics meeting “Weltklasse Zürich” ensures that the game cannot be played in Letzigrund, home. Like Lugano in the 2019/2020 Europa League season, the city of Zurich is now moving to St. Gallen, 84 kilometers away.
17:43
Important visitors in Eastern Switzerland: FC Zurich meets Arsenal London in St. Gallen! However, the leaders of the Premier League come a little at the wrong time for the people of Zurich. It starts at 6:45 p.m. in the Kybunpark!