2-1! Marquinho made his debut with a goal
In the transfer market this summer, the top players in the Premier League staged another collective madness. Many teams spent over 100 million euros in transfer fees to upgrade their lineups. Among them, Arsenal’s huge investment has seen obvious results. In the first round of the league, they lost to the Red Devils Manchester United on the road, but they still topped the standings with a record of 5 wins and 1 loss. This week, Arsenal will start the journey of the Europa League, and strive to make great progress on multiple lines. The common goal of his disciples is that Arsenal will go to Switzerland to face Zurich in the first round of the group stage. The latter has a terrible performance in the Swiss Super League in the new season. After 7 rounds, 2 draws and 5 losses have yet to win. Such a performance is difficult to stop Arsenal. The pace of winning, coupled with the loss just now, the Gunners also hoped to use a victory to boost morale, which is why the fans before the game thought there was no suspense in this game! However, the Gunners, who had a large rotation in this game, still encountered a stubborn resistance from Zurich, but relying on Nketiah and Marquinhos’ passing and contribution, Arsenal won 2-1 away from home and won the European Union. A good start to the League Cup!
In order to maintain the vitality and combat effectiveness of the team in the intensive schedule, Arteta made a substantial rotation of the lineup in this game, but they still firmly control the initiative on the field. Facing Zurich, the away game Gunners In the game, the ball possession rate reached 70%, and as many as 18 shooting opportunities were created. However, the strikers did not do a very good job in grasping opportunities in this campaign. Only 8 of the 18 shots hit the goal frame. within.
In this summer’s transfer market, Arsenal spent 3.5 million euros to introduce the Brazilian 19-year-old striker Marquinhos from Sao Paulo to get the opportunity to start the game. This is also the first time he played for Arsenal. , Marchinhos scored the first goal of his Arsenal career. Nketiah hit the penalty area of Zurich from the left in the counterattack and sent a cross. Although the ball hit the defender, it still fell. At the foot of Marquinhos, the latter shot directly without the ball, helping Arsenal to break the deadlock on the field.
However, at the last moment of the first half, Nketiah, who had previously provided an assist, made a mistake in defending in the penalty area and brought down the Zurich players. The referee decisively gave the home team a penalty kick. Zurich equalised and both teams returned to the dressing room with a 1-1 scoreline.
After the start of the second half, Marchinhos reciprocated, sent a cross from the right rib in the 61st minute, and found Nketiah at the back point. The latter headed the goal to complete self-redemption and successfully helped Arsenal away. 2-1 defeated the opponent and made a good start to the Europa League.
In the Premier League last season, Nketiah was Arsenal’s biggest discovery, and now the 19-year-old Marquinhos has also shown his outstanding talent. I hope that these two young players can be trained by Arteta. Continue to grow, carry the Gunners’ offensive banner in the future, and strive to help Arsenal return to the top ranks of the Premier League as soon as possible. I also look forward to this season’s Arsenal can make great progress in domestic and European competitions and achieve satisfactory results!
