In the early morning of September 20, Beijing time, in the first round of the Champions League stage, Arsenal played poorly away, and finally drew 0-0 with Atalanta, missing the start, and the team's last 18 UEFA games against Italy teams have a record of 12 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. In this game, most of Arsenal's players are in a slump, such as Saka, Havertz, Martinelli, and Jesus, all of whom are concentrated in the midfield, of which Martinelli, who is worth 70 million euros, was only rated 6.2 points, the lowest score in the game.
The biggest change in the new Champions League after the restructuring is that the "league stage" competition replaces the traditional group stage, and every game is crucial for teams that want to compete for a better place, and this is true for Atalanta and Arsenal.
Arsenal were in the quarter-finals of the Champions League last season and are looking to make a breakthrough in the new season, starting with last season's Europa League winners Atalanta, who have not met each other before.
In the first half, the two teams attacked and defended each other, Arsenal had 5 shots on goal and 2 on target, missing 1 great chance, including Havertz's shot from a small angle hit the side netting, Saka's set-piece was saved, and Atalanta did not score. Shortly after the start of the second half, Thomas brought down Ederson to send a penalty and goalkeeper Raya saved two penalties in quick succession.
Arsenal, who escaped the catastrophe, had the opportunity to walk away with a win, but Martinelli wasted the opportunity.
In the 75th minute, Arsenal passed continuously in front, Martinelli stepped forward at high speed into the penalty area to form a single chance, and finally the shot was not suppressed, and the ball flew directly.
At full-time, Arsenal drew 0-0 with Atalanta and took one point each, with Martinelli starting the whole game and only two shots on target.
In addition, Martinelli's pass success rate was only 70%, 8 times lost the ball, 1 missed goal, including goals, assists, shots on target, chances created, successful passes, successful crosses, and successful duels were all zero, and only 6.2 points were scored after the game, ranking the lowest in the game.
It is worth mentioning that Martinelli has not participated in scoring goals in 17 consecutive games, that is, there are no goals and assists, which directly affects Arsenal's attack, and many domestic fans are hotly discussed, "Gradually Antony", "Others play the ball is a rising ball, this guy is a drop ball quotient If you can't play left-back", "Let's go out on loan or put down the echelon to practice first, I always feel that I have a sense of superiority".