Messi983
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Then I'm guessing this one is fake?
Yeah, I've seen that one too yesterday. Was probably made up by some Penaldo fan.
Euro 2020 (2021)
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Yeah, I've seen that one too yesterday. Was probably made up by some Penaldo fan.
What is Lukaku doing there over Schick?
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Messi983
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No matter what Southgate said in the press conference it is a fact that the English staff base many decisions on their analytics.
There is also a statistic that players who take their time and pick their own moment to shoot after the whistle instead of immediately running up to the ball score more often than the ones shooting immediately after the whistle. And you could see that the English players trained that too and were told to do so.
Southgate and his staff did not just let them take some penalties in training and based their decisions on that.
Bobo32
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Taking your time should be more causative than correlative - I doubt it is beneficial in itself and could even increase the nervousness if you force it. But I read that they did indeed talk a lot about "owning the moment" etc.
There are statistics available for anything you want to look at, and if simple "time taken after the whistle" was something they found significance in and that made them change their approach, it's a bit laughable.
They obviously didn't look at skin colour of the taker...
There are statistics available for anything you want to look at, and if simple "time taken after the whistle" was something they found significance in and that made them change their approach, it's a bit laughable.
They obviously didn't look at skin colour of the taker...
Mateka
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At the end of full time the teams were equal. Italy and England the last 2 standing. Both had come a long way from where they were a few years earlier. Arguably, Italy a team at their peak, England one of youth maturing.
England were favoured playing at home. Italy on balance, deserved the win.
But all pretenders to the crown had been sent home.
After extra time, these two teams could not be separated.
A new tournament commenced, one of taking penalties. Italy won by one. Donna. a hero for saving 3, yet Pickford saved 2.
Italy deserved the title. But England while you were in the final, the also rans, had packed their bags, and were not in sight.
England were favoured playing at home. Italy on balance, deserved the win.
But all pretenders to the crown had been sent home.
After extra time, these two teams could not be separated.
A new tournament commenced, one of taking penalties. Italy won by one. Donna. a hero for saving 3, yet Pickford saved 2.
Italy deserved the title. But England while you were in the final, the also rans, had packed their bags, and were not in sight.
Nucky
Senior Member
Even Ronaldo deserves to be in Euro line up more than Lukaku.. Not to mention Schick..
Messi983
Senior Member
Then I'm guessing this one is fake?
Yes, that EURO Team Of The Tournament was completely fake, despite accounts like NBC and talkSPORTS saying it was official
I designed the graphic and planned the post, to see how casual people report stuff despite neither UEFA nor FIFA had published it!
https://twitter.com/F_Edits/status/1414886066604191753
Birdy
Senior Member
That analytics is behind tactics is the stupidest thing I have ever read, and whoever wrote this does not understand what analytics is.
Analytics are tools, not a philosophy.
As tools they can add the necessary nuance and sophistication in an already decided approach/philosophy.
But they can't invent a philosophy for someone who does not have.
And oc Southgate had a philosophy, in line with pretty cagey and boring football: not to ever concede.
In that respect, he did fine. His football was crap, though, and wasted the talent of many of his footballers
Lukaku had an okay tournament, but i'd have both Ronaldo and Benzema above him.
Gnidrologist
Senior Member
That must be the dumbest things i ever read about football (not your post describing it, obviously).
Sure there could be other reasons for such decision. Such as politics (we're talking about kneelers) our Southgate simply being daft (most believable).
Gnidrologist
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Why even? All the media is owned by 4-5 big corps that in turn are owned by the same small group of ultra rich oligarchs that all attend the same coven and has the same intentions on how to handle peasants. Forget about "free press" meme. It's current year.
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