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West Ham United: 2022-23 UEFA Europa Conference League Winners

Pietro Terracciano saved from Michail Antonio in the opening minute, and West Ham took courage for a while, hurrying Fiorentina and preventing them from building from the back. Declan Rice fired just wide from the edge of the box, but the Viola pressed and passed more effectively as a stop-start first half went on.

Luka Jović had a shot blocked at source in the box, and got behind the Hammers' defence in the final seconds before the break. The No7 reacted sharply after Christian Kouamé's header looped back to him off the post, but the effort was ruled offside.

The second half sparked into life after West Ham were awarded a penalty, Cristiano Biraghi handling a long throw into the Fiorentina box. Said Benrahma struck it sweetly into the top corner, sending Terracciano the wrong way.

Their lead lasted just five minutes, though, Giacomo Bonaventura controlling Nicolás González's knock-down and then beating Areola with a low angled shot. It might have got even better for Fiorentina three minutes later, Rolando Mandragora flashing a powerful shot just wide from the edge of the box.

However, the momentum drained away, and extra time looked to be looming when Areola saved Sofyan Amrabat's hopeful effort from distance. There was a final cruel twist for the Viola, though, Jarrod Bowen chasing Lucas Paquetá's smart ball through the Fiorentina defence before angling the ball past Terracciano.

Laufenn Player of the Match: Jarrod Bowen (West Ham) "Even when they were not on top, he was the outlet for West Ham's counterattacks and then scored the goal to win the match." UEFA Technical Observer Panel

Paolo Menicucci, Fiorentina reporter Football can be cruel. Fiorentina dominated possession for the whole game and were the more dangerous side with the ball and created more chances to score but a sudden counterattack is all it takes to destroy a dream. Fiorentina have reached two finals this season and lost both of them, but Vincenzo Italiano and his players should be proud of the way they have played, even though they failed to win any trophies.

Lynsey Hooper, West Ham reporter The Hammers only held on to their initial lead for a matter of minutes. Despite a rocket of a penalty from Benrahma, the momentum shifted when Fiorentina equalised. The match was anyone's at 1-1, but Bowen was quickest to a through-ball and kept his composure to beat the goalkeeper in the final minute of normal time. The image of David Moyes running down the touchline will live long in the memory, as will this European title victory.

Jarrod Bowen, West Ham forward, speaking to BT Sport: "I dreamed of scoring but to score the winner in the last minute, I thought I was going to cry. I'm just happy, I can't put it into words. We haven't had the best season, myself included. I'm over the moon. You make that run ten times and you might get it once. I had a lot of time but I was confident and when I saw it going in, I didn't know what to do. This was the biggest game of my career."

Declan Rice, West Ham captain: "When Jarrod ran through on goal I said to myself: 'This is your time'. And then you see the ball hit the back of the net. I'm still in shock now. Honestly, it's incredible."

David Moyes, West Ham manager, speaking to BT Sport: "This year we've gone unbeaten in Europe, which is incredible. Being in the Europa League next season will be a thrill again. The moments when you win in the last minute of the game and get to celebrate with your family don't happen often. It can go against you but tonight is a brilliant feeling. This competition has been great for us; the players have been remarkable."

Vincenzo Italiano, Fiorentina coach: "We lost two finals when we played really well and it's a shame. Tonight, I honestly didn't imagine it could finish like this. We played well, had chances, equalised straight away after a penalty that could have killed us. We responded, we had a great chance through Mandragora. Then a ball came down the middle, we did not make the right movement in defence and it was all over. The lads were destroyed."

Cristiano Biraghi, Fiorentina captain: "It's so awful to lose like this. We are dead inside, above all because we are the players on the pitch but we were playing for a city, for the fans, the people who came to us after the Coppa Italia final [a 2-1 defeat against Inter] to tell us how much Fiorentina mean to them. The biggest regret is not taking anything home for them."

Joe Cole, BT Sport

"We've seen all the outpouring of emotion: I've never seen so many grown men cry. It's incredible. It's one of the most iconic scenes in this club's history."

Key stats West Ham have won their first major continental trophy since the 1964/65 European Cup Winners’ Cup. The Hammers made it through the whole campaign unbeaten; their final record W14 D1. David Moyes is the first Scottish coach to win a UEFA competition since Sir Alex Ferguson claimed his second Champions League title with Man United in 2008. Fiorentina finished as the top scorers in this season's Europa Conference League with 37 goals; West Ham were second on that list with 29. Fiorentina's Arthur Cabral was the joint-top scorer in the Europa Conference League this season on seven goals; Kouamé and Biraghi provided the most assists with five each.

Line-ups Fiorentina: Terracciano; Dodô, Milenković, Ranieri (Igor 84), Biraghi; Amrabat, Mandragora (Barák 90+3); González, Bonaventura, Kouamé (Saponara 61); Jović (Cabral 46)

West Ham: Areola; Coufal, Zouma (Kehrer 61), Aguerd, Emerson; Souček, Rice, Paquetá; Bowen, Antonio (Ogbonna 90+4), Benrahma (Fornals 76)

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Supercoppa Italiana 2018/19 Tactical Analysis: Juventus vs AC Milan

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Supercoppa Italiana 2018/19 Tactical Analysis: Juventus vs AC Milan

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In the Supercoppa Italiana final, Juventus won their first trophy of the season with a victory over AC Milan. In a tight match, Juventus beat Milan due to their superior individual quality as well as various tactical nuances.

Why Juve’s victory was a deserved one and how the offside trap played an important role will be outlined in the following tactical analysis. Moreover, the analysis will give an insight into the possession phase of Juventus under Massimiliano Allegri.

Line-ups and formations

Juventus Turin deployed a 4-3-3 system. Allegri had to replace the injured striker Mario Mandžukić in attack. As a consequence, Paulo Dybala took over the position of the central forward. Douglas Costa was lined up next to him as the right winger.

Gennaro Gattuso stuck to the 4-3-3 formation Milan have deployed in recent matches. Striker Patrick Cutrone was put into the starting line-up, but former River Plate player Gonzalo Higuaín was not in the first XI. Right-back Davide Calabria started again and replaced Ignazio Abate.

The fluidity of Juventus

Although nominally a 4-3-3 formation, the spacing of Juventus did not display a 4-3-3. Due to the movements of left winger Christiano Ronaldo, their shape resembled an asymmetrical 4-4-2 at times.

Ronaldo often tucked inside to get closer to Milan’s goal while the left central midfielder Blaise Matuidi attacked on the left side. Matuidi and Ronaldo complemented each other very well. Whereas the French midfielder made use of his distribution and defensive qualities, Ronaldo had enough cover to constantly contribute to the attack high up the pitch.

Left-back Sandro provides width and moves high up the pitch to supply crosses. The aim is to find Cristiano Ronaldo in the penalty area.

While left-back Alex Sandro provided full width and was tasked with crossing whenever Ronaldo entered the penalty area, right-back João Cancelo attacked through the half-space. This distribution of roles was a reasonable one as the right side of Juve’s attacking department always had at least one player providing width.

Miralem Pjanić played a pivotal role during the attacking phase of the Serie A record champions. The Bosnian kept his position as a holding midfielder and distributed the ball into deeper areas.

Juventus make use of Pjanić as a pivotal point in possession. Chiellini moves up the pitch while Bonucci covers the attack.

To cover the attack and prevent any counter-attacks, Allegri tasked two further players to play alongside Pjanić in possession. One of them was captain Giorgio Chiellini. The centre-back moved up in possession to create a further passing option. Either Bentancur or Dybala positioned themselves on the right side of Pjanić. That left Leonardo Bonucci at the back with the task of stopping Milan striker Cutrone from counter-attacking.

Milan’s low block

Gattuso’s side used a low block to defend. Both wingers fell back into a midfield line of five forming a 4-5-1 shape out of possession.

Milan defend with a back four and a narrow midfield line of five players in their own half.

Due to good backward movement in midfield, the central midfielders Tiemoué Bakayoko, Franck Kessié and Lucas Paquetá maintained their connection with the back four. This vertical compactness prevented Juventus from playing through passes to get behind the last line. Any Juventus player receiving the ball between the lines was immediately pressed. That often resulted in inaccurate passes and even losses of the ball.

A lot of players stayed between their own goal and the ball, allowing Milan to keep a clean sheet in the first half.

Another reason why Juventus barely threatened Milan’s goal was that Milan’s defenders always applied pressure on the ball-carrier in dangerous positions. In addition to that, further defenders of Gattuso’s side blocked the direct path to the goal. Therefore, shots from distance were very unpromising.

Cristiano Ronaldo as the only target player for crosses

Dybala, normally playing as a right winger, interpreted his new striker position differently to how Mandžukić usually fulfils this role. Instead of providing depth all the time, the Argentine often dropped back into midfield or drifted towards the right wing. Since central midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur and right winger Douglas Costa occupied the space Dybala left, Juventus had a good balance within their possession phase.

However, with Dybala and Costa both playing in attack, Juventus lacked players with heading ability. The aim of Juve’s combinations within the attacking third was to get wide players in positions to supply dangerous crosses. Despite the fact that Ronaldo scored the deciding goal with a header in the penalty area, it was clear that Juventus missed the threat of Mandžukić up front. On many occasions, Ronaldo was the only player in the area who was capable of threatening the opposition goal from crosses.

Milan’s struggles in possession

Juventus force goalkeeper Donnarumma to play long balls by pressing in a man-oriented way.

The defensive approach of Allegri’s team was a more active one than the low-block defence of Milan. Juventus attempted to press the opposition high up the pitch to regain possession as early as possible. Mostly this concept worked out, since Milan’s full-backs played imprecise long balls. Nevertheless, Milan occasionally carved out promising opportunities after winning the second ball due to bad clearances by Juventus defenders, as in the situation below.

Juventus press high but the defensive department was not able to clear a long ball. As a consequence, Milan get a promising attacking opportunity

As the match wore on, the press of Juve was not aggressive enough. They increasingly allowed the ball-carrier to look for passing options, resulting in successful progressions up the pitch. In these situations, Juve focused on defending the centre of the pitch and forcing Milan to play out wide. The three central midfielders in Matuidi, Bentancur and Pjanić closed down the passing options in front of their back four. Therefore, Milan often had to attack through the wings.

However, this was not the most promising approach for two reasons. Firstly, Juve’s central defenders Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini are possibly the world’s best defenders when it comes to defending crosses. Secondly, Hakan Çalhanoğlu and Samu Castillejo, both lined up as wingers, prefer to tuck inside instead of staying on the flanks. As the possession phases of Milan were often not long enough, the full-backs were not able to progress up the pitch to take crosses from wide areas. Therefore, Milan lacked penetrating power up front and relied on defensive mistakes from Juventus.

The offside trap decides the game

Within their own half, both teams made use of the offside trap. However, the execution of both sides was completely different. Juventus successfully applied this concept about 35 yards away from their goal. In contrast to that, Milan used the offside trap in their own penalty area. With this strategy, Milan tried to prevent Ronaldo from finishing within the box. However, exactly the opposite happened.

Juventus successfully using the offside trap.

First things first, the central defence of Allegri’s side was able to stop a dangerous counter-attack of Milan during the first half. The whole back four gave a perfect example of how to position an opposition striker offside. Central defenders Bonucci and Chiellini moved up the pitch when the opposition ball-carrier was not able to play a pass since he had just taken a touch and his feet were not close to the ball. As Juve’s full-backs positioned themselves at the same height as the centre-backs, Milan’s attacker was in an offside position.

In contrast, Milan’s offside trap seemed amateur. The central defenders admittedly moved up at the same time, but the full-backs failed to hold a higher position than their central defenders.

Milan fail to press Pjanić, and Rodríguez fails to position himself higher than the central defenders.

Therefore, Cristiano Ronaldo scored the only goal of the match from an onside position.

Ronaldo is unhindered when scoring the match-winning goal.

Furthermore, Juve scored two more goals. Although these goals were correctly cancelled due to offside, in both situations left-back Ricardo Rodríguez was positioned deeper than all other Milan defenders. This error occurred more than once and should immediately be fixed by Gattuso and his staff.

Another risky Milan offside trap as the left-back adjusts his positioning.

Milan’s final fight

In the final stage of the game, Milan went down to 10 men as Kessié was sent off. despite this disadvantage, they threatened Szczęsny’s goal more than before. Head coach Gattuso took the risk of defending with one man fewer and positioned two attackers up front for counter-attacks. Substitute Gonzalo Higuaín as well as Cutrone stayed high up the pitch, even during the defensive phase.

Milan defending with only seven players and keeping two players up the pitch for counter-attacks.

Allegri brought on Emre Can for single pivot Pjanić. Can often left his position to contribute to the attack more than the Bosnian had. This tore a hole into the central midfield of Juventus which neither Matuidi nor Bentancur could stitch. As a result, Milan got more space in the centre.

Emre Can plays in a higher role than Pjanić which tears a hole into Juve’s midfield.

Just a few minutes before the final whistle, Juventus were lucky not to concede a penalty after Can defended a Milan attack with a risky sliding tackle. However, as the referee did not decide to give Milan a penalty, Juventus got away with their naive defensive behaviour in those closing moments.

In the end, Emre Can can clear the ball with a risky tackle.

Conclusion

Although Milan held their own throughout most of the parts of the match, the disastrous execution of the offside trap might have cost them the trophy.

Juventus on the other hand are worthy winners. Although their performance had some room for improvement, Allegri’s side dominated the game in possession. Once again, Juventus demonstrated the importance of balance. The establishment of total balance in both attacking and defensive phases of the game is one of the key factors for Juve’s success. You can read a detailed analysis of Allegri’s approach in the January edition of the Total Football Analysis Magazine.

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Richarlison: Everton forward scores twice as Brazil beat El Salvador 5-0

Everton forward Richarlison scored twice on his first start for Brazil as they beat El Salvador 5-0 at FedExField in Maryland.

The 21-year-old won a penalty in the second minute, which was scored by Neymar for his 59th Brazil goal.

Richarlison doubled the lead with a curling strike, before Philippe Coutinho added a third.

Richarlison swept home his second in the 50th minute, with Marquinhos heading home a fifth late on.

Victory was Brazil’s second in succession as they rebuild after exiting the World Cup at the quarter-final stage with defeat by Belgium.

Richarlison, who made his debut as a second-half substitute in Saturday’s 2-0 win over the USA, has scored three Premier League goals this season after moving to Everton in the summer in a £50m deal.

Elsewhere, Argentina – who were without Barcelona forward Lionel Messi – drew 0-0 with Colombia in New Jersey.

Both sides had stand-in coaches for the game, with Argentina yet to replace Jorge Sampaoli, and Jose Pekerman having resigned as Colombia boss.

A second-half goal from 19-year old New York Red Bulls midfielder Tyler Adam gave the USA a 1-0 win against 10-man Mexico in Nashville.

Four minutes before Adam’s winner – his first international goal – Angel Zaldivar was shown a red card for a two-footed challenge on US captain Wil Trapp.

Line-ups

Match Stats

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Line-ups

Brazil

12Murara Neto

22Militão

3Vital da SilvaSubstituted forde Almeida Monteiroat 45'minutesBooked at 71mins

13Marquinhos

16Lobo Silva

15Ramos de Oliveira MeloSubstituted forPereiraat 70'minutes

5CasemiroSubstituted forFredat 45'minutes

11CoutinhoSubstituted forSousa Soaresat 54'minutes

7Douglas CostaSubstituted forWillianat 54'minutes

9RicharlisonSubstituted forTolentino Coelho de Limaat 54'minutes

10NeymarBooked at 44mins

Substitutes

1Alisson

2Thiago Silva

4de Almeida Monteiro

6Filipe Luís

14Fabinho

17Tolentino Coelho de Lima

18Fred

19Willian

20Roberto Firmino

21Sousa Soares

23Pereira

24de Souza Nogueira

El Salvador

1Hernández

21Tamacas

3Domínguez

5Mendoza

17Barahona

20AlfaroBooked at 17minsSubstituted forOrellanaat 36'minutesBooked at 72mins

16Cerén

7BairesSubstituted forÁlvarezat 30'minutesSubstituted forGarcíaat 66'minutes

14Flores JacoSubstituted forCastroat 73'minutes

10AlasSubstituted forCoreaat 45'minutes

8Pineda

Substitutes

2García

4Castro

6Orellana

9Díaz

11Corea

12Álvarez

13Rivas

15Renderos

18Carabantes

19Ramírez

23Galdamez Coca

24Sosa

Referee:

Jair Marrufo

Match Stats

Home TeamBrazilAway TeamEl Salvador

Possession

Home63%

Away37%

Shots

Home18

Away4

Shots on Target

Home13

Away0

Corners

Home6

Away3

Fouls

Home18

Away8

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Match ends, Brazil 5, El Salvador 0.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+3'

Second Half ends, Brazil 5, El Salvador 0.

Posted at 90'+2'

Foul by Lucas Paquetá (Brazil).

Posted at 90'+2'

Roberto Domínguez (El Salvador) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 90'+1'

Attempt missed. Andreas Pereira (Brazil) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Everton.

Goal!

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Goal! Brazil 5, El Salvador 0. Marquinhos (Brazil) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Neymar with a cross following a corner.

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Corner, Brazil. Conceded by Bryan Tamacas.

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Attempt saved. Neymar (Brazil) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Willian.

Posted at 87'

Foul by Lucas Paquetá (Brazil).

Posted at 87'

Roberto Domínguez (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 86'

Foul by Willian (Brazil).

Posted at 86'

Óscar Cerén (El Salvador) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 84'

Foul by Eder Militão (Brazil).

Posted at 84'

Dennis Pineda (El Salvador) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 83'

Attempt saved. Everton (Brazil) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Felipe.

Posted at 81'

Corner, Brazil. Conceded by Narciso Orellana.

Posted at 81'

Corner, Brazil. Conceded by Bryan Tamacas.

Posted at 79'

Corner, El Salvador. Conceded by Alex Sandro.

Posted at 78'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

Posted at 77'

Delay in match Willian (Brazil) because of an injury.

Posted at 74'

Attempt saved. Everton (Brazil) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Neymar.

Substitution

Posted at 73'

Substitution, El Salvador. Ibsen Castro replaces Andrés Flores Jaco.

Posted at 73'

Attempt missed. Neymar (Brazil) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lucas Paquetá.

Booking

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Narciso Orellana (El Salvador) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 72'

Neymar (Brazil) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

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Foul by Narciso Orellana (El Salvador).

Booking

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Felipe (Brazil) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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Foul by Felipe (Brazil).

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Dennis Pineda (El Salvador) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Substitution

Posted at 70'

Substitution, Brazil. Andreas Pereira replaces Arthur.

Posted at 70'

Foul by Willian (Brazil).

Posted at 70'

Juan Barahona (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 69'

Attempt saved. Lucas Paquetá (Brazil) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Willian.

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Eder Militão (Brazil) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 68'

Foul by Dustin Corea (El Salvador).

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Foul by Lucas Paquetá (Brazil).

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Narciso Orellana (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 66'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

Substitution

Posted at 66'

Substitution, El Salvador. Moisés Xavier García replaces Arturo Álvarez.

Posted at 65'

Delay in match Bryan Tamacas (El Salvador) because of an injury.

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