France v Australia – Tue 22nd Nov, 19:00 | Group D | World Cup 2022

Match Result Prediction

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Alan Harper's Tash said:
We can‘t know what their ultimate aim was from their cock up. It wasn’t just the final touch that was poor, the previous pass was poor because the control wasn’t perfect before it.

Footballers make mistakes. It’s inevitable. The best teams limit their mistakes and the consequences from them.
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You're obviously correct. I'm just saying they should maybe abandon the build up process from the back? That play wouldn't have occured. Which isn't the only problem needing fixing, as the ridiculous first goal they conceded, for example, indicates. Anyway...

There are a lot of managers making decisions based on their prefixed ideas. Which won't usually work as their human resources are unabale to support these ideas, for a number of reasons (lack of education, lack of time, lack of individual ability etc). The thing is, managers have access to a HUGE amount of information these days, including lessons from the history of the sport. I mean, football practice is so rich of ideas. Still, you have to make the right decisions...

The decision making process basically consists of: Assessing strengths / weaknesses within your squad - [which leads to] selecting strategy offensively / defensively that suits your players - [which leads to] working consistently and with quality on the training ground so that your players get familiar with the latter.

The methodology seems simple on paper but very very difficult in practice: All 3 phases are important, and all of them are extremely demanding. Not to mention, you also need game management, man management, leadership qualities etc etc etc, for the package to be complete. No wonder exceptional managers have always been a rarity (throughout the history of the sport), football is unbelievably complicated. Fact. Which won't change any time soon, in my humble opinion...
 
Very well done France :) Mbappe missed some chances ,but boy is he fast,really fun to watch.
 
Classy from France. Despite missing stars they played superbly after a wobbly start. Will not be easy to beat.
 
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