1-The distance between Benfica’s centre-backs is too
much. That's why right and left midfielders (Grimaldo and Goncalves) have an
advantage when pressing. Because they don't have a big space behind them (1).
Spartak's fullbacks were unable to pick up the ball at the start of the attack
because Grimaldo and Goncalves pressed them as soon as they got it (2).
2-Spartak Moscow avoided running directly into the
penalty area (1). Instead, they tried to attack, moving away from the area
where the pressure was made with long diagonal running (2).
3-Spartak used left wing more. Because Goncalves is a
weaker defensive player than Grimaldo and played closer to the midfield in the
first half. Larsson, Ayrton and Sobolev came to this region (1). They were in
control of the ball, but they were unsuccessful in passing to the player headed
for the penalty area (2).
4-Seferovic, Pizzi and Rafa Silva have constantly
changed places. While all three of them came back to get the ball, they tried
to counter attack with passes made to wings (1). The fact that Goncalves and
Grimaldo were offensive-backs made it easy for them to come up with this plan.
Because there was one player on the wing and the fullbacks played like
midfielders because they thought they would not have a hard time defending, but
there were no players defending their back like in Benfica (2).
5-One of Spartak's defensive problems were sudden
narrowing of space towards the penalty area. They moved quickly to defend the
penalty area, regardless of whether anyone was coming from wings (1). Thus, side
defending could not be made. Benfica player, who was waiting at the sides of
the midfield, was effective in every attack. This defensive plan would have
been more accurate if Benfica had played in a 4-3-1-2 formation without a
winger (1).
6-We watched 2 different running types in the first
goal. The first is long run after sending the ball to a teammate far away, the
second is short run after sending the ball to a nearby teammate (1). Spartak
defence was confused on which player to focus correctly. When they got a few
steps closer to Joao Mario, who had the ball, they could not defend 2 players’
running and Benfica scored (2).
7-It was understood in a few attacks that the second
goal would be. Because they always tried to do same thing. Left-back Ayrton
went to the side line. There was a gap between the left-back and the
centre-back as Moses headed towards Verissimo. Gilberto took the ball as he
entered the penalty area and scored.
8-Spartak was good throughout the match in carrying
the ball to the opponent's court. However, they were unsuccessful in attempt to
score. There are 2 reasons for this. First, there is no player who can run
without the ball. Secondly, 3 centre-backs and 2 defensive midfielders defended
the penalty area very well (1). A team that has difficulty entering the penalty
area can try their luck by crossing. Despite having a tall forward, they did
not try to cross from afar. They could do this (2).
