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Gotta get that UCL spot. Almost there!!What a team. Well done. Hope we extend our lead against Genoa.
Gotta get that UCL spot. Almost there!!What a team. Well done. Hope we extend our lead against Genoa.
Thanks for the clarification. I didn't see this.Inzaghi says he needs tactical integration plus needs learn more italian. Also inzaghi and given youth chance till his 100% sure is unlikely.
Only thing that's stopping us from being a truly elite European side is the wasteful finishing. But we create as many chances as any other team, and defend well. This scudetto is 100% deserved. Serie A is not any weaker now than it's been in the last 15 years.
I agree most of the things you said, but there are things xG doesn't capture, like the score when the opportunity occurs, the pressure/importance of the game, along with some physiological affects. Even the basics, like xG based on the ball and the GK and other defenders position when it occurs, it also doesn't capture where opportunities were not even shot."Wasteful finishing" is one of those universal complaints that every single teams' fans complain about. Many times, it's us overrating just how high some scoring chances were (thinking they were easier than they actually are) while also underrating some of the goals scored from low percentage chances.
Coming into this game, our xG in Serie A was 58.58. Our total goals scored was 63. You can't really be accused of "wasteful finishing" when you're overperforming your xG (although obviously those numbers are in the same ballpark). Even last year, for the complaints that existed...xG was 71.97 for the season, we scored 71 goals, it was about as close as you can reasonably get.
Now, for the CL it is a bit different...our xG there is 14.6 goals, and we've scored 9. Specifically, 2.3 xG against Atleti vs. 1 actual goal we scored in the first leg. I'm blending sources here a bit (the website I use for league stats doesn't seem to have xG CL stats readily available), but if we're about +4.5 in league and -5.6 in CL play...again, it comes out pretty much as close as you can get. What ends up "hurting" is when you overperform the xG in games like @Salernitana (2.3 xG to 4 goals scored) that were easy wins regardless and then underachieve them in the UCL knockouts, but it is what it is.
4th place was always the objective.Gotta get that UCL spot. Almost there!!
.Bastoni and Pavard in the same team feels like cheating![]()
to be honest napoli will be tough if they keep up there good formOsvaldo
A draw here still puts us 10 points clear with H2H in our favour against Juve (and probably Milan let's be honest). We do need to start thinking about conserving energy though; Atalanta (H) - Genoa (H) - Bologna (A) - Atletico (A) - Napoli (H) is a DISGUSTING run of fixtures.
Great post. If we were scoring all our "easy" chances, our goal scoring records would be absolutely ridiculous. Easy chances will be missed, always. It happens everywhere, even for the best ones. That's football."Wasteful finishing" is one of those universal complaints that every single teams' fans complain about. Many times, it's us overrating just how high some scoring chances were (thinking they were easier than they actually are) while also underrating some of the goals scored from low percentage chances.
Coming into this game, our xG in Serie A was 58.58. Our total goals scored was 63. You can't really be accused of "wasteful finishing" when you're overperforming your xG (although obviously those numbers are in the same ballpark). Even last year, for the complaints that existed...xG was 71.97 for the season, we scored 71 goals, it was about as close as you can reasonably get.
Now, for the CL it is a bit different...our xG there is 14.6 goals, and we've scored 9. Specifically, 2.3 xG against Atleti vs. 1 actual goal we scored in the first leg. I'm blending sources here a bit (the website I use for league stats doesn't seem to have xG CL stats readily available), but if we're about +4.5 in league and -5.6 in CL play...again, it comes out pretty much as close as you can get. What ends up "hurting" is when you overperform the xG in games like @Salernitana (2.3 xG to 4 goals scored) that were easy wins regardless and then underachieve them in the UCL knockouts, but it is what it is.