Uby

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"God has arguably provided evidence clear enough to convince open hearts and minds,yet vague enough not to compel closed minds" - Joel Lantz

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Cape Verde draw against Spain in the World Cup. Wow!

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You score 1, good.
Go ahead, put your foot down and score 2, 3, and end the game instead of making it a nervy ending for the players who expend more energy. You give the opposition belief also.
Living on the edge is never a good idea, Arsenal.

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A 1-nil game at this stage would have been more nervy, and the players would've been expending more energy defending.

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Now you can afford to rest some players and give other players some minutes as well.

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Arsenal, that's how you do it, score 1, 2, 3, and just like that, you kill off the game and the opposition's hopes of getting something out of the game. Then you cruise, and suddenly you don't finish games all tired and exhausted from defending a 1-nil scoreline.

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After this game, I really think Arsenal don't seem to know how to sustain pressure on the opponent.
I mean, you can still keep the ball without going back to the goalkeeper and then putting yourself under unnecessary pressure.

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This Arsenal team are yet to understand the rhythm and psychology of games. If they do, they'll know that when the opposition grows into a game is when they need to hold the ball and make attempts on goal to kill off that rhythm. Essential wrestle back control.

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This is how he runs them all into the ground. Look what his substitutions have caused. No ball retention, pressing is now weak. Control, gone! Na wa o

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Why on earth is Saka playing this game? He looks a shadow of himself!

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Can someone tell Arsenal players that they don't have to recycle the backwards every time. They can still retain possession in the opponent's half.

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Athletico 0 Arsenal 1
Gyokeres penalty

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This idea of turning backwards first may well be the undoing of Arsenal.
Why not turn and look forward!

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The moment Arsenal equalised, they started coasting again. Slowing down the attack until the Southampton defenders were set in their positions.
The desire to just put the game to bed, rain down chance after chance, was not there. That's Arsenal's perennial achiles heel.

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I've always said that Arsenal sitting back and letting opponents play is a dangerous game.
You need to know when to wrestle control of the ball and keep it yourself. Because a good opponent will eventually punish you. The chicken has finally come on to roost in a final.

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Bodo Glimt are the architect of their nightmare.
You come into a game and try to defend for 90 minutes, ignoring what you are good at, attacking football. All they needed tonight was at least one goal to finish off Sporting.

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Arsenal has a way of letting very simple and easy games become difficult.
How about take hold of the ball and keep passing around until that opportunity comes and you score 1,2,3 goals. Done!

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This has happened time and time again, throughout the seasons. You need to know when to deny your opponents the football, when to crank up the pressure. When to say, alright, safe passes for few minutes. Sitting deep should never be an option especially against teams like Wolves

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Notice how Arsenal "control" the ball and pass around slowly when it's nil nil or the opposition is passive. When the opposition mounts pressure, they go into default defence mode, booting the ball away instead of wrestling control by quick pass & move or individual brilliance.

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When pressure is on, that's when you hold the ball, string a few "safe" passes together before attempting the through balls or forward/risky passes. Arsenal do the opposite when they need control of the game. They'll rather boot the ball away. Look at Zubi for Wolve's equaliser.

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To them, it was just Wolves, the worst team in the league. So as soon as they scored 2 goals, they believed they will win the game without any fight. I guess they forgot that every remaining league game is a cup final that they must put the opponent away. Oh
Arsenal.