merc comments on [Post-Match Thread] Champions League Final

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago (4 children)

Yeah, there were some fast breaks, but apparently "PSG had 75.3% possession, the highest by a side in the Champions League final since records began."

There were a number of times when Arsenal blocked a shot or intercepted a pass deep in the defensive third and either just booted the ball long, or gave away possession cheaply while trying to play out.

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[–] Astrealix@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 5 months ago (3 children)

I dunno. Stats are stats, felt like we were attacking more and with more threat than them watching the game

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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

I watched a different game, the one I watched matched those stats.

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[–] Astrealix@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

Yeah, agree to disagree. I felt like they were basically horseshoe of dooming us lol

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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago

At the end, especially in extra time, that was definitely the case. And, it's true that they didn't manage many real attacks. OTOH Arsenal couldn't break out of that horseshoe either. The XG graphs suggest that even though they weren't getting a lot of high quality chances, they were getting enough low quality chances continuously throughout the game that a breakthrough eventually was expected. Meanwhile, Havertz scored on an extremely low XG chance. That was Arsenal's only shot on target all game. There was also one miss, and 5 blocked shots. That's it for 120 minutes, and includes the attempts from set pieces too.

120 minutes and 1 shot on target is pretty poor.

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