sakidbet Bournemouth forward Antoine Semenyo seized on Arsenal’s build-up mistakes to level the score at 1-1 in the second half and the Gunners were more accurate and won 5-4. sakidbet
Club Friendly
Arsenal (England) 1
Bournemouth (England) 1
(Arsenal won on penalties 5-4)
Goal scorers: 1-0 Vieira 18′, 1-1 Semenyo 73′
Venue: Dignity Health Sports Park, California, USA (Neutral)
Mikel Arteta has been training in Marbella, Spain for a while and has moved to the United States for his first warm-up match. He has arranged his squad according to his condition, using Yurrian Timber, who has been injured for almost a year, as the starting center back. As for the forward position, he will rely on Eddie Nketiah. ( sakidbet )
On the other hand, Andoni Iraola considers this to be the second pre-season tour, not using any new players, so he has set up a plan to focus on building up from the goal to feed the striker Dominic Solanke.
The Gunners were more aggressive, taking a 1-0 lead in the 18th minute. A right-back switch saw Reiss Nelson break through to the left byline and cross deep to the far post, where Fabio Vieira swung his left foot to volley home. It was the only goal of the first 45 minutes.
Before the second half, Arteta gave captain Martin Odegaard a chance to shake off the rust, and then sent another big team in for a change after an hour.
But in the 73rd minute, ‘The Cherries’ equalized 1-1. The starting point was the recklessness of ‘Gunners’ defender Omar Rekik, who pretended to dribble past his opponent from the front line of his own penalty area, but was intercepted by Antoine Semenyo, who changed possession of the ball and dragged it to press with his left foot, which hit the blocker and floated high over the goalkeeper’s hands into the goal.
The Premier League runner-up’s form lacked energy and understanding among the players, so they did not create the danger Bournemouth had hoped for. The game ended in a 1-1 draw in normal time, requiring a penalty shootout to determine the winner.
And Arteta’s side were more accurate, scoring from Odegaard, Zinchenko, Jorginho, Jesus and Kiwior, with Trossard missing to secure a 5-4 win in the end.
Next up, the Gunners face Manchester United (27 July), while the Cherries return to Europe to await a friendly against Rayo Vallecano (4 August).
List of players from both teams
Arsenal : Karl Hain – Ben White, Jurrien Timber, Ayden Haven, Miles Lewis-Skelly – Salah – Eddin Oulad Mihand, Thomas Partey, Ethan Vaneri – Fabio Vieira, Eddie Nketiah, Reiss Nelson
Bournemouth : Neto – Max Aarons , Illiya Zabarnyi , Marcos Senesi , Milos Kerkez – Alex Scott , Lewis Cook – Marcus Tavernier , Romain Faivre , Yeadon Anthony – Dominic Solanke