Great test of Howe’s men: 2-0 to the Gunners thanks to the networks of Murphy and Gordon. Tomorrow the other semifinal between Liverpool and Tottenham. Last act on March 16th in Wembley
Masterpiece. The Newcastle and Sandro Tonali earn the final of Carabao Cup in Wembley on March 16 with a fabulous return semifinal, a tactical marvel orchestrated by Eddie Howe and put into practice by its players who are worth 2-0 at Arsenal, such as In the first leg but this time in front of their fans, and a ticket to play the Lega Cup in the symbol of England stadium against one between Liverpool and Tottenham (tomorrow at Anfield we start from the 1-0 Spurs of the first act). The Magpies, although lined up with a 5 defense and with the idea of containing in the head before creating, have reversed the success, their second final of the Lega Cup in three years, a ticket for the match that could interrupt That fasting of trophies that has lasted for Newcastle since 1955. The fasting of Arsenal continues: they are never even close to overturning the ko of the first leg, to think they can earn Wembley. The art of Arte did not lose the first leg and had won 5 of the 7 games played after, including the wonderful 5-1 on Manchester City on Sunday at the Emrates: the St. James’ Park team crushed by the Newcastle was definitely the Bad copy of the one that has outclaim the samples.
the keys
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Howe won the tactical duel with Arte, putting a fundamental hand on victory. He deployed the Newcastle with an unusual 5-4-1 for him which means compact defense, a careful midfield beautifully led by tonals and Bruno Guimarães, and fast counterattack. He leaves the Arsenal the control of the game but rarely goes in difficulty, indeed: the high pressing of Alexander Isak, the most fit center forward of the premier, contributes to sending on Tilt William Saliba and making the defense of the Gunners, usually the highlight of the team, the weak ring of the evening. It helps, and so much, also the idea of putting Fabian Schär in a practically all-field marking on Declan Rice, decisive for the Gunners in the victory over the City: the 2-0 goal, which Gordon marks at the beginning of the second half and which in fact closes The accounts were born from a Swiss pressing on the English midfielder in front of the Gunners area.
This challenge showed how much to have great attackers makes the difference at high levels: the Newcastle has Isak, who puts the hand on Murphy’s first goal, and Gordon; Arsenal decided that on the market there was not that 20 -goals attacker he would need so much and preferred not to move, disappointing Arte (as the technician explicitly said in the press conference on the eve) and leaving him to manage a department Lead by the injuries of Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus to which Gabriel Martinelli’s of Gabriel, Ko after 37 ‘has now been added. One of the seasonal problems of Arsenal is that it creates a lot but finalizes little: in Newcastle the Gunners have not even been able to create. And in defense they danced so much, too much, with worst saliba on the pitch and Raya guilty on the second goal. Just what Howe expected when he prepared his splendid tactical trap.
The game
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The referee Simon Hooper must immediately make his voice heard to explain to St. James’ Park because, after a long VAR revision, he decided to cancel the goal that Isak signs on the counterattack to the 4th minute. Instead, the goal that Murphy finds in 19 ‘is good, collecting a ball that Isak had made on the pole less than a minute after a sensational opportunity wasted by Ødegaard. Nwaneri replaces the injured Martinelli in the 37th minute, the Arsenal goes below 1-0 but the Newcastle finds 2-0 to 52 ‘, with Raya making the construction from below, Schâr anticipates Rice and Gordon collecting the ball in the area and signs the doubling. St. James’ Park explodes because he understood that it is made: Sandro Tonali and his companions will go to Wembley.
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