Arsenal closed their first game in the Europa League this season with a 2-1 win over FC Zurich.
Overall Arsenal appearance was not as aggressive as usual, despite dominating possession. Maybe the factor of some new players playing together for the first time in a competitive match.
Zurih is not an opponent commensurate with Arsenal. we can judge from the statistics of the quality of the players and also their statistics in the domestic league. Arsenal dominated the game from the first half to the second half. The arsenal squad in this match becomes a stage for young players or players who are rarely played in the domestic league.
in another match between manchester united against Real sociedad where the first half had just ended and the score was still 0-0. we can see the line up of manchester united in this match where Erik prefers to play Ronaldo and Maguire in this match. these two players are relatively substitutes in the domestic league. Ronaldo performed quite well throughout the first half and he managed to score 1 goal but unfortunately the goal was disallowed by the referee because he was in an offside position. And this match is Casemiro first match in the Europa League with Manchester United
Arsenal won their match without having to sacrifice playing their best team, but still the victory was quite convincing enough if you don't put the scoreline into consideration.
Man Utd on the other hand lost the match to Real Sociedad, I don't have anything at stake on fixture from the get go, except for a couple of live bets in the ~79 with Real Sociedad offered at 1.5 Odds to secure the victory, which I took of course, because I really didn't think Man United were going to get back on level terms even though there was a bit sense of urgency, they seem to lack the cutting and edge look sharper on the counter attacks and a lead Real Sociedad aren't going to commit all 1/3 of their men forward in that scenario.
A couple of other upsetting results were also witnessed today, AS Roma with their second consecutive lose after a demolition from Udinese at the last weekend, Mourinho men fell to another defeat, while Union Berlin lose to Royal Union of Belgium is another result I couldn't have seen coming.