NICOLAS JOVER IS SUBJECTED TO A RAIN OF CRITICISM AT ARSENAL

Arsenal, one of the giants of the English Premier League, took the agenda of the sports public with the interesting statistical transformation experienced on the green pitches recently. The London team, frequently criticized by rivals and some sports authorities for finding too many goals from set-pieces throughout last season, surprised everyone greatly by drawing a completely opposite game scenario this year. Focusing on open play in attacking organizations and succeeding in entering the opponent's penalty area with different variations, the red-whites produced exactly 21 of the total 22 goals sent to the opponent's nets this season directly with set attacks and fast counterattacks within the open play. Although this massive fluency in the attacking line generally made the fans happy, the dramatic decline on the other side of the coin caused a serious crisis in the technical committee. Arsenal, literally falling into silence in set-pieces in response to this productivity in open play, could score only 1 goal this season from dangerous set-piece organizations such as corner kicks and free kicks. This sharp decline experienced put the team's set-piece coach Nicolas Jover directly on the target board. The fact that set-piece organizations, seen as one of the biggest weapons of the team in past years, remained so ineffective caused fans and sports commentators to subject the French coach to a serious rain of criticism. Nicolas Jover, taking on a key role in the team of manager Mikel Arteta, is accused of having difficulty producing solutions in a tactical sense at this point. The fact that a team striking fear into rivals with set-piece organizations last season experienced such a massive regression in a short time brought along the question of what went wrong technically and tactically in the London representative. It is expected for the Arsenal team to solve this crisis in the shortest time and regain the set-piece effectiveness to advance on the championship path. The tactical touches Nicolas Jover will make have already become a matter of great curiosity in the sports world.

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