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So here we arrive. The elephant in the room. As someone who primarily talks about football tactics, the concept of luck is something that regularly provides a mild annoyance at best, so I figured I would explain my stance on the matter. A lot of the time it is easier to simply say that I do not believe in luck, but really it is that I do not believe in the all-powerful rival-favouring malevolent force that so many think of it as. The discussions on this site about football tactics are theorised – even discussions of matches and changes that have already happened are interpretations rather than solid fact – but football. It is not that dominating a game through tactical superiority will guarantee a win, but it does make it much more likely: you play better than the opposition, you are more likely to make chances. The more chances you make, the more likely you are to score and thus win. The problem is that of course that theory can falter when put into physical practice. Tactics are based around the manipulation of space: it’s significantly harder to control ands pass a ball accurately if you don’t have much [...]
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