Futbolmetrix <
[email protected]> wrote:
Gunok with a strong candidate for the greatest save of all time at the
death.
After a collective groan that save drew a smattering
of applause even from the Austrian crowd I was
watching this with.
I’ve read that in one of the expected goals metrics
Baumgartner’s header had a value of 0.94.
And it's over. Congrats Turkey/Turkiye!
Yeah, congrats.
After the Netherlands had won their match comfortably I had an uneasy
feeling that the football
gods wouldn’t like a repeat of the same match at the
same stadium at the same tournament.
Not much else to say, really - set pieces (and
defending them) are an integral part of the game,
and the gegenpress doesn’t work well (or, as in the
first half, at all) when you’re constantly chasing the
result.
Turkey protected their lead in a very clever manner
throughout the game, and we simply didn’t have
enough quality to break them down.
The only regrets are whether our defence would have
dealt better with Arda’s (excellent) corner kicks with
Alaba in there, the same if Pentz was 10 centimetres
taller (he’s a good keeper, but unfortunately on the
short side), and the acrimony surrounding the match
regarding the behaviour of both sets of fans, and
Demirel’s gestures.
Ciao,
Werner
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