Newcastle United went to their opening match from the new season to Aston Villa, amidst No Alexander Isak in the team, and an overwhelming recent record in Villa Park.
Three Wingers started beforehand, and while they were a threat, the game ended as aimless. But good things can be removed from this draw, including the Display of Center-Back Dan Burn.
Villa’s structure was tested by the aggressive high press of Newcastle. The home team wanted to beat the press by releasing the ball for a long time to midfield and lonely center-forward Ollie Watkins. But these fit, often from the newly signed goalkeeper Marco Bizot, were dragged by Dan Burn. Burn was dominant in the air and completed 5 of the 5 air duels. Playing long balls can be a great way to bypass the high press of an opposite party. But when the opponent is physically, firmly marks in midfield and has long defenders who can free up the ball, even ignite attacks in the process, it denies the effect of the aforementioned long balltactics.
Burns has tackled Watkins well in the process. When Watkins walked through the middle, it was read by Burn. If Watkins widened wide, or in the channel as he does so often, there was a burning to cover. Burn even said the following to TNT sports:
I like to play against Ollie. He is a kind of more physical player. I can get hold of him.
In contrast to Newcastle’s own long ball version, thanks to fellow center-back Fabien Schar, was more productive, because the diagonal switches switched to players in the room on the left that saw the ball were sent in the fine area.
The Newcastle attack was much faster than villas on the counterattack, and often exposed space that was emptied by Villa’s high line of defense. The individual speed of Harvey Barnes, Anthony Elanga and Anthony Gordon meant that the points of sale were scattered to the left, right and center. Villa, on the other hand, did not quickly spread the ball wide during transitions and there was no speed in certain parts of the field, which means that balls behind the Newcastle defense were not that effective. There was also less ball that carried through the center of the field, and this can not only be due to villas approach, but also rogers who start on the left.
When Newcastle built the field, Tino Livramento was the more adventurous of their full-backs. So when Villa tried to combat itself, Burns would float wide to the left to cover, so that the game was deposited on that side, in particular from right-back Matty Cash. It was easy enough to burn out of position without the threat of a run made on its blind side.
It can be said that while Burne did the work he wanted to do, Villa’s game plan played in the hands of the defender. Villa missed dynamics in attack and did not press as tight as Newcastle while accepting a high line.
Burnn then enjoyed a good achievement during an old result, and it somewhat set some of the tactical themes for the opening week of the season, with parties that used long balls and strong defenses that stopped remotely.
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