Tony is a great football player, but here are the arguments that can turn the game up to 2:3
“We should have won 7-1,” Toni Kroos, a multiple Champions League winner, was indignant after the match with Shakhtar. – It’s hard to believe that only two balls flew into the goal. There are days when the ball does not go, no matter how hard you try. It is clear that the phrase is undermining – many in Ukraine were offended, others said – what is Tony wrong about?
Toni is right that Real have created a lot of chances
32 hits per match is space, it’s the figure that the giants have against outsiders when they “carry” them the entire match with a complete advantage. But in the case of the match between Real Madrid and Shakhtar, we were faced with a statistical anomaly of reckless open football. Because the advantage of Madrid in possession of the ball was large, but not overwhelming (56%-44%), this is the first. And also because the opponent also had opportunities to score and created a fairly normal number of opportunities, and as for a visit to the Santiago Bernabeu, a statistically significant number of scoring chances.
The miner missed a lot of attacks and shots, but he was definitely not a “punching bag”
The miners delivered 12 shots on Lunin’s goal, three of them on target. Those who watched the second half remember that there were at least three very good moments when the ball warmed up with the goal. So, following the logic of Kroos, Shakhtar could remember Kashtra and say that the match could have ended 2-3 with the same success. Lucky – so lucky, Leipzig will confirm.
In general, dry hitting or possession numbers are not a panacea.
In modern football, the art of countering has reached a new level. Even Guardiola’s teams, which play standard choke football, sometimes lost 60% or more in possession of the ball. In the Champions League in recent years, more than once there have been victories by teams that strike fewer shots than the opponent. Possession is not a pure confirmation of attacking initiative at all. There are plenty of teams that win comfortably with possessions in the 40% or so range.
By the way, in the match against Leipzig, the miner proved that he can and loves to play like an opponent. And the football that the team shows in different matches is very different. So here we will stand up for Shakhtar and say that with the renewal of the roster, the Pitmen have become much more adaptable opponents, in contrast to previous years, when this team was even somewhere a hostage of its own style.
Shakhtar played decently against Real Madrid, and now you should not demand the impossible from the team
It was critically important for the young team not to “fall in” on the Santiago Bernabeu. There were prerequisites – strictly speaking, the team “crackled” in defense and could really lose with a rout. Now, after Zubkov’s goal, Mudrik’s bold breakthroughs, and Trubin’s brightest individual performance, Shakhtar boldly and confidently looks to the second round of the Champions League group stage. The team continues its training and formation. Passed another exam. Work continues.
Yaroslav Smelyansky
Source: Sportarena
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