JamDav1982
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Standard shite from a Barca team stuck in past and ignorant to modern football.
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Standard shite from a Barca team stuck in past and ignorant to modern football.
Birdy
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LOL
Yes if you include pens and everything that happened after Rodrygo's goal, maybe.
From what I know, in 179 min of play (before the injury time yesterday),
Real has managed to create 2 big chances, while City managed to create 6
Not even close..
Good try...
Obviously penalty in extra-time skews things in our favor, but it certainly wasn't a landslide for City.
First leg was, the 2nd leg, not really, they scored from a really good Mahrez-shot, not something that often ends up in the net, Courtois did make a couple of big saves though.
But goals changes matches, which is why xG isnt the end-all be-all, we should have been down by 2-3 goals after the first leg, do we make a comeback then? Doubtful.
First leg was, the 2nd leg, not really, they scored from a really good Mahrez-shot, not something that often ends up in the net, Courtois did make a couple of big saves though.
But goals changes matches, which is why xG isnt the end-all be-all, we should have been down by 2-3 goals after the first leg, do we make a comeback then? Doubtful.
FC B
Senior Member
Ancelotti imo won't play a high line, they will sit deep just like they did vs City yesterday night and try to score from counters, set pieces, crosses. If late in the game the score is still close, they'll try to do to you what they did to others and successfully brought them here.
Birdy
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Yes the Mahrez goal was a good finish that shouldn't have gone in based on xG.
1 big chance for both teams (Vinicius and Grealish) before injury-time.
But that was City's approach: to shut down the game completely, not get threatened, maybe snatch a goal but mainly not concede.
You can't say it didn't work out for them, at least before the para-normal stuff started
FC B
Senior Member
Yeah but it was also about Makkelie refusing to give a stonewall foul on Donnarumma by Benzema which led to the first goal of Madrid, the first goal which started this seemingly never ending stream of remontadas.
Temptation
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I understand that some Football fans don't like complex statistics like xG and stuff because it's simple, good old Football; why make it complicated?
But xG is a genuine thing. A lot of people totally misunderstand the purpose of xG.
xG isn't the ultimate decider in anything and it isn't meant to be.
It is just the statistical evaluation of the quantitive goal scoring chances and situations a team has created.
And, Real Madrid pressing well at the end certainly shows in the xG charts. The Rodrygo chances and the pens added to Real's xG as they were great chances legitimately created by RM and as Morten said, Real ended up with similar xG to City which indicates the quality of chances they produced towards the end.
Dismissing xG model is off the mark. Our entire recruitment strategy is based on xG and even more "hipster stats".
It's just a by-product of the technological improvements in the sport. It serves it's purpose adequately but we must treat it for what it is.
But xG is a genuine thing. A lot of people totally misunderstand the purpose of xG.
xG isn't the ultimate decider in anything and it isn't meant to be.
It is just the statistical evaluation of the quantitive goal scoring chances and situations a team has created.
And, Real Madrid pressing well at the end certainly shows in the xG charts. The Rodrygo chances and the pens added to Real's xG as they were great chances legitimately created by RM and as Morten said, Real ended up with similar xG to City which indicates the quality of chances they produced towards the end.
Dismissing xG model is off the mark. Our entire recruitment strategy is based on xG and even more "hipster stats".
It's just a by-product of the technological improvements in the sport. It serves it's purpose adequately but we must treat it for what it is.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
Clubs like Liverpool are most definitely not basing transfer decisions off of xG.
Can be one of many factors with relevance but in isolation it is a farily useless stat.
Can be one of many factors with relevance but in isolation it is a farily useless stat.
Temptation
Well-known member
Actually even more intricate and "useless" stats which you'll laugh off.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
That makes no sense but I know for fact it is not a stats held up on its own as meaning all that much and not something clubs are basing signings off of.
KingLeo10
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Temptation
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Ofcourse it's a combination of several metrics.
There's the subjective side of things. You have scouts.
The objective running, stamina, scoring, assisting, game involvement, build up involvement, presses per 90 and tons of others are used to assess which players will suit your club.
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Temptation
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May 28, 2022:
Liverpool: xG 2.32
RM: xG 1.27
Final scoreline: RM 3-1 Liverpool
Congrats on that 1 in advance
But once again you replied before reading. I clearly mentioned it ain't ultimate decider or anything of that sort. Premature...
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