You get disgusted by that? Your priorities must be akin to those FIFA have when applying fines
It was a sly dig at all the slaters when Terry done it lol.
You get disgusted by that? Your priorities must be akin to those FIFA have when applying fines
I fail to see where the luck lies, please tell me because i am curious whether it was luck or poor finishing. Two totally different things.
Luck is defined as something that is brought by chance rather than by yourself. With Barcelona's regular conversion rate, you can count yourselves lucky that on the one day their conversion rate is much lower than their average, it was against you. That is luck.
But that day happened twice, and they did score twice. Infact they had less shots in the 2nd leg than they did in the first leg. Also them missing the chances are bought by themselves rather than chance. It was a combination of great defending, great goalkeeper when needed and very very poor finishing. For instance if a side is losing a match heavily and late on a fog sets in and forces the match to be abandoned and played again, that is luck as it was caused by chance rather than by someone. Opponents missing chances is not luck, just mere poor finishing and/or good defending and keeping.
Higher possession means you'll spend less time defending and more time attacking ( Spain and Barcelona). How's that meaningless ?But then that is what you do with possession. Which was my point, its not purely about possession but what you do with it. Possesion on its own is meaningless.
Not a great final. A brilliant spectacle, yes, but only a decent final. The main interest was just how good Spain were. On that note: blimey, they were good.
Italy were never really in it.. Outnumbered in the midfield and when they did have the ball, Spain pressed superbly as a unit to close down the spaces so they were unable to initiate any cohesive attack
Spain put in a tremendous performance no doubt
Higher possession means you'll spend less time defending and more time attacking ( Spain and Barcelona). How's that meaningless ?
Ok, I understand that pure holding the ball doesn't win on it's own, and I said it before, but it's really helpful.
Are people genuinely saying they want us to play like Swansea? /: Heck, I don't even want Liverpool to play like Swansea!
I recommend you all take a look at this: Match stats | Swansea City v Newcastle United | guardian.co.uk
Congratulations Leon Britton, you completed 2000 more passes than Xavi. Not a massive feat considering the majority of them were backwards or sideways.
I understand what you mean, possession is just one aspect of the game. Swansea is good example of that. But holding the ball frustrates opps, you make them run more... it's not meaningless.But then that is what you do with possession. Which was my point, its not purely about possession but what you do with it. Possesion on its own is meaningless.
I understand what you mean, possession is just one aspect of the game. Swansea is good example of that. But holding the ball frustrates opps, you make them run more... it's not meaningless.