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The Official Football (Soccer) Thread
Javier:
Inter Milan played amazing in the first leg and completely just owned Barca but creating good offense and shutting down Barca's attack. In the 2nd leg, it was setting up to do exactly the same. It seems like Barca wasn't able to adjust, even at home. Then came the red card 30 min into the game, so in order to win the game they had to make up the free space given up by the missing player and have an even more defensive mindset. Adjusting your play to the game situation is "playing football" as well, in my opinion.
13th Duke:
--- Quote from: Jome on April 28, 2010, 06:53:41 PM ---^^ Wasn't aimed at you, more in general.
Look at the list again, anti-football is more about avoiding any football being played, than anything.
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no offence taken in that case.
Its not about avoiding football being played, defence is also an aspect of football. Its just a less entertaining type. Sure, its not exciting to watch for us fans and it kills games off from an excitement perspective but its legitimate as a tactic and can be very effective. Nothing wrong with it.
Jome:
I too appreciate good defensive play, but the way Inter played, I'm gonna have to call it anti-football. After looking forward to this game for a week, it's just a disappointment to watch this game turn into a chopped up mess, with 1 team trying to play football, and 1 team trying to stop any football from being played. I've seen Chelsea do this on a couple of occasions as well, and it's pretty boring to watch. :-\
13th Duke:
--- Quote from: Jome on April 28, 2010, 07:00:29 PM ---I too appreciate good defensive play, but the way Inter played, I'm gonna have to call it anti-football. After looking forward to this game for a week, it's just a disappointment to watch this game turn into a chopped up mess, with 1 team trying to play football, and 1 team trying to stop any football from being played. I've seen Chelsea do this on a couple of occasions as well, and it's pretty boring to watch. :-\
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Its not there to be exciting though thats the point I'm making. Inter have stayed within the rules and done their job in preventing Barcelona from running riot and playing to thier tactics. This is the whole point of management in every sport across the land. Your main aim is to play your way and stop the other team from playing their way. Inter did that, and they got the reward for it. They did their job on the home leg in terms of showing they could attack, and they did their job on the away leg showing they can defend.
Meho:
I would agree with the anti-football term if Inter would have played like this the entire CL season. But it was only this game. And again, when you have 10 players against a team like Barca that have to score 2 goals, it would be idiotic to try anything else because they would loose 100%.
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