Ahead of hosting PSS Sleman in Liga 1 2022-2023 Week 3, Friday (5/8/2022), at 20.30 WIB, Arema was faced with a final settlement problem. However, the coach, Eduardo Almeida emphasized that Arema did not have this problem.
In fact, in the first two weeks of Liga 1 this season, Arema could only score two goals. Failing to break into Borneo FC’s goal in Week 1, Arema finally managed to score two goals against PSIS Semarang in Week 2.
However, Aremania still criticizes Arema’s attack line, because the process of Arema’s two goals through dead balls. From the statistics of the previous match alone, of the 45 shots that were released, only nine times that led to the PSIS goal.
“I don’t see it that way about finishing, I don’t see it that way, I see football from a different perspective. We created chances, sometimes scored goals, sometimes blocked, sometimes wide. But I don’t think it’s a finishing thing.” Almeida said in a press conference session before the match.
Proof Arema Don’t Have Final Solving Problems
Eduardo Almeida gave an example when Arema defeated PSIS Semarang last week with two dramatic goals at the end of the match. The Portuguese coach called the victory as proof that there were no problems in Arema’s attack line.
Almeida reminded, in football, to win, a team must be able to score more goals than the opponent. To score goals, the team must create chances.
“We won the last game. When we had chances, sometimes it was a goal, sometimes it wasn’t. However, I don’t see it as a problem for this team,” concluded the former Semen Padang coach.
Arema were able to beat PSS Sleman in the last meeting in the competition last season with two goals. BACA: These are exciting moments when Arema beat PSS Sleman in Liga 1 2021-2022.
