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by toolslive
2893 days ago
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Some teams/coaches like possession, others do not. If a team plays a dominance based game, eventually, their defenders will be (almost) on the opponents half. When this happens, it becomes edgy, and a loss of possession can be punished by a counter. That counter needs to be executed as fast as possible. Teams that are ahead often retreat and let the opponent have the ball to be able to break out like that. It just means possession doesn't really say anything.
Belgium went ahead against Brazil with a bit of luck, and then let Brazil have the ball. Belgium's second goal was a classic counter punch. After that Brazil was allowed to have the ball while Belgium tried to control the game.
Regarding odds, Belgium was number 3 in the world when the game was played, Brazil was number 2. Obviously, it would not be a `walk over` for anyone. If you look at both Belgium/England games, you see number 2 against number 12. The ranking was respected there. https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/in... Used to be a silly ranking system, but it's elo based these days, so it's not too shabby. |
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