LeeEvans Posted June 16, 2018 Author Share Posted June 16, 2018 1 minute ago, PAW said: The goal of soccer is to score goals and to not allow goals. You do that by creating chances for yourself and limiting chances for the opponent. They’ve been better at both. Possession is meaningless in a game like this, it’s extremely obvious Iceland is letting them possess and Argentina is doing nothing with it. Possession stats don’t show who is outplaying who. I think anyone is outplaying anyone. I think its q 50/50 match and the score reflects that. Neither team has done enough to be winning in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlaqOptic Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 1 minute ago, PAW said: The goal of soccer is to score goals and to not allow goals. You do that by creating chances for yourself and limiting chances for the opponent. They’ve been better at both. Possession is meaningless in a game like this, it’s extremely obvious Iceland is letting them possess and Argentina is doing nothing with it. Possession stats don’t show who is outplaying who. It's literally 4 chances created to 4... 12 shots/4 on goal to 8/4 on goal. Argentina is dominating every meaningful statistic. Iceland is essentially putting 10 men behind the ball and have had 2 decent looks. They are not the better side thus far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEvans Posted June 16, 2018 Author Share Posted June 16, 2018 Di Maria is far and away Argentina's second best player in my opinion, he is the only one who takes players on, be positive and has made lots of passes that have been dangerous but narrowly cut out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEvans Posted June 16, 2018 Author Share Posted June 16, 2018 1 minute ago, BlaqOptic said: It's literally 4 chances created to 4... 12 shots/4 on goal to 8/4 on goal. Argentina is dominating every meaningful statistic. Iceland is essentially putting 10 men behind the ball and have had 2 decent looks. They are not the better side thus far. I dont get the obsession with one side having to be better than the other, this game is very evenly poised and, if, someone scored next I think it will be deserved no matter who it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlaqOptic Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Just now, LeeEvans said: I dont get the obsession with one side having to be better than the other, this game is very evenly poised and, if, someone scored next I think it will be deserved no matter who it is. I agree with your assessment that neither side has been better - as reflected in the score line. I just adamantly disagree that Iceland has been the better side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEvans Posted June 16, 2018 Author Share Posted June 16, 2018 Just now, BlaqOptic said: I agree with your assessment that neither side has been better - as reflected in the score line. I just adamantly disagree that Iceland has been the better side. I agree with you. They've done well and certainly look like they can add to their score but they havent been any better than Argentina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEvans Posted June 16, 2018 Author Share Posted June 16, 2018 Argentina has lost that little bit of tempo they had earlier in the match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKTexans Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Oh no! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAW Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 What a stupid foul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEvans Posted June 16, 2018 Author Share Posted June 16, 2018 Absolute penalty. He was getting to that perfect pass from Messi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKTexans Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Hero! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAW Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Cristiano’s smile has gotten even bigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlaqOptic Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Is this what we're gonna get from Fox the entire time? Comparisons of Messi and Ronaldo in every single thing they do? But only goal scoring will count? Nothing else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEvans Posted June 16, 2018 Author Share Posted June 16, 2018 Wow. That was a very poor penalty from the best player in the world. I would have bet my house on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEvans Posted June 16, 2018 Author Share Posted June 16, 2018 Just now, BlaqOptic said: Is this what we're gonna get from Fox the entire time? Comparisons of Messi and Ronaldo in every single thing they do? But only goal scoring will count? Nothing else? In a word, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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