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Sans l'autre con avec sa danse avant de tirer, Arsenal gagnait

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N'empêche rater un pénalty dans un match à enjeu comme celui-là tu dois y repenser toute ta vie non ?

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C'est dommage pour Arsenal, ça aurait fait une jolie histoire pour eux, leur comeback après 20 ans de disette, leur titre de champion d'Angleterre, leur survol de cette ligue des champions.

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Maintenant direction le topic des émeutes post match

Why PSG Struggled To Break Down Arsenal's Low Block




Looking at the statistics it was a dominant performance from PSG. However even if Arsenal didn't have the ball, there was a growing feeling that Arsenal were doing everything right. PSG's star players were constantly doubled up if not by times even tripled up. There was often no one ready to attack the box and they often ended up with half of their team behind the ball on possession waiting for a gap that basically never came. Luis Enrique has built a system where positions are essentially meaningless. Dembélé is almost never on the defensive line. The wingers are often right next to each other on the same flank. Or the fullbacks can be the most advanced players on the pitch. One trap some teams fall into is that they try to track these movements with man marking. You don't want to give these players space. So you assign a defender that needs to follow them regardless of where they go. But this is what PSG want you to do because one run not being tracked and your defence is exposed in one instant. So Mikel Arteta did the opposite in this game. The player's only instructions was to stay compact and force play away from the center. Interestingly there was a slight difference in the pressing shape used by Arsenal in the first minutes before Kai Havertz scored, similar to what Pep Guardiola did against Arsenal in the League Cup final this year. Arsenal at the beginning pressed in a 4 2 4 without closing down their center backs but ensuring that any pass through the middle was instantly closed down. Even with those rotations away from the center and onto the flanks, PSG struggled. This is where Arsenal wanted Paris Saint Germain to play. But as Havertz scored the opening goal early into this game, Arsenal started to sink deeper and deeper on the pitch. But it still felt like Arsenal were controlling the first half time. This is where PSG's constant rotations actually became more of a problem than a solution for themselves.

Let's set Arsenal in low block and have PSG players moving based on how they set up. First they have their rest defence or their build shape which is often a 3 1. The rest of the team was more fluid with Dembélé often ending out wide on the flank with either Doué or Hakimi. Joao Neves would often be on the defensive line in the right half space and Fabian Ruiz would be on the left on Kvara's side. But there are no specific shape. There are zones that they look to occupy. So there would always be a player hugging the touchline and there is always a connection with the player out wide. But other than that, the players are free to roam. But as PSG gained ground and had the ball in these positions, most of these rotations were away from the center. Arsenal would stay compact and PSG would have a lot of players on the flanks but couldn't play a numerical advantage. And if they did find the space to break forward, there was no on ready in the box for them. So these constant movements away from the center were creating more problems for PSG than solutions. One more glaring issue is that generally when one tema tries to break a low block is to move it quickly from flank to flank, hoping to have more space on the opposite flank and isolate their winger in 1 v 1 against their fullback. Dembélé, Kvara and Doué are some of the best dribblers of the modern game but even when PSG managed to shift out wide, because of Arsenal's defensive shape, these players were instantly doubled up with the Arsenal winger dropping deep. And PSG had little support from players dragging away defenders. Even if there were players near the ball, because Saliba and Gabriel as center backs had no one to mark, they were always ready to add support if needed. Dembélé, Doué and Kvara barely completed dribbles during this game because there was simply no space at all. Arsenal were not closing down the center backs and with Pacho, Marquinhos, Mendes and Vitinha, it was essentially a 4 v 2.
Their wingers would be outnumbered anbd sometimes PSG had 5if not 6 behind the ball to circulate possession which played into Arsenal's hands. Even if Mendes attacked, he would be replaced by Fabian Ruiz so PSG would always keep a back 3 + Vitinha in the center. No need that many players to support and help the attack since Arsenal aren't aggressive on the press. So PSG in second half time shifted from a 3 1 to a 2 1 with Mendes already in attack in the half space or out wide. From a deep position it was mostly Ruiz or Neves that would help to build from the back alongside the center backs. Mendes wasn't taked in helping the team progress. Once they got foward, that extra player was a boost for PSG The benefit from that extra man in attack was visible in the move that led to the corner that led to the penalty. Arsenal cleared the ball and PSG's back 3 reclaimed the ball to restart the attack. They moved it out wide to Neves and because Mendes is laready in attack, it's a 3 v 3 so Kvara can be in a 1 v 1 against Mosquera. They play it forward and he gains a corner. From there, PSG have a lot of players already in attack. A great 1 - 2 on the edge of the box leads to Mosquera fouling Kvara in the penalty box and Dembélé scores the penalty. After the goal, PSG reverted back to this more cautious 3 + 1 shape and from this moment the game started to open up a bit more. Arsenal had a reason now to attack so we started to see them committing a bit more players forward. But their main tactic in possession for the whole game was just long balls from Raya to Havertz then Gyokeres, trying to win aerial duels or win the loose ball and then attack forward. But these tactics wer epretty linear and they struggled to create meaningful chances. As they pushed more players forward, it exposed them to counter attack from PSG with Kvara and Barcola's chances. These patterns continued througout extra time until penalties in which PSG ultimatly won.