Incidents of Note, 2nd Quarter, Italy 2 Germany 0 2006 World Cup
2320-40 italian chances
2504 Reactions to Air Ball--Lahm of Germany threw the ball in to a spot near the right sideline, in the Italian half. Lahm on the 12 yd line had taken a running start and hurled the ball back to a German at the 30 yd line who flipped it backwards to the German at the 36 yd line. The German at the 36 yd line, who was 50 yds from the goal, got a head high ball coming at him and flipped it 24 feet high in the air and 2 yds forward. An Italian went to the spot where the ball was descending to earth, there was a German 2 yds to one side of him and a German 3 yds to another, these Germans just stood there and let the Italian wait for the ball to decend from 24 feet high in the air, they stood there and watched the Italian head it. This Italian who the germans allowed to head the ball had a path open to him leading straight from him to the German goal. If he had headed the ball along this pathway starting along on an air dribble he could have set something up. Instead he headed the ball to an Italian who was seven yds away from him. This second Italian chested the ball as it came to him, then swiveled towards the Germany goal and badly overled a team-mate, sending off a line drive air ball that bounced after traveling 20 yds and rolled tamely over the German end line; he also had a path open running straight to the German goal.
Here we see twice that an Italian heading a ball had a pathway open leading straight from himself to the German goal, and then neglected to initiate an aerial dribble in the direction of the German goal; this despite the fact that air dribbling while heading the ball is easier than air dribbling using feet or thighs. I find it easy to sprint 15 yds, keeping the ball under control but off the ground using mostly only my head, allowing the ball during these 15 yds to bounce once. If I allow myself to let the ball bounce up to two times such a 15 yd sprint becomes a snap.
A crucial difference between dribbling the ball forward rolling it along on the ground, and air dribbling the ball forward wherein the ball is kept under control but off the ground, is that with the aerial forward dribble, one is able to chip the ball to a player in the direction one is running at. Thus on the aerial forward dribble, I am able to chip the ball in the direction I am running at, and get a running start moving in the direction I am running at, and I am able to chip the ball in a high lob trajectory. Thus I can arrive at the spot that I chip the ball to, at the same time that the ball arrives there, having sprinted from the time I chipped the ball to the time I caught up with it. I can cover distances of at least 12 yds in this manner. Thus I can get myself to the area where the team-mate I chip the ball to is located, suddenly creating a two of us on one of them situation, I can suddenly turn for example a 3 of us attacking 5 of them into a 2 of us against 1 of them.
When this Italian kicked the ball after it bounced on his head he badly overled his team-mate. These World Cuppers who are good at volleying balls that fly at them in the air in some direction, operate in a world of two dimensions--the vertical dimension, and the horizontal dimension, while the announcers shout as if they were playing baseball, as if just smacking the ball hard somewhere was worth something. The World Cuppers are like archers shooting arrows at a target. But when I air dribble I operate in a world of four dimensions--the vertical, the horizontal, and then also the dimensions of depth and time. When I air dribble I am like a basketball player who doesn't just hit the basket but puts the ball inside the basket--and more than a basketball player, I have to be precise regarding WHEN I get the ball in the basket, which is effected by the trajectory the ball follows on the way to the "basket".
In general in the World Cup it seems two avenues of attack that are neglected are open or guarded pathways that lead straight towards the goal, and open pathways that lead to the middle of the field from the side of the field.
2535 german opportunity-- A German had the ball 50 yds from the Italian goal in the Italian half on the left side near the sideline. He had plenty of time and space, the nearest Italian was at least 10 yds away, he immediately passed the ball down the left sideline, #11 Klose on the left wing, hit it with his right foot, stepped with left, hit with right foot, stepped with left, overled himself on the dribble as he dribbled at the defender, had the ball stolen.
2650 german effort-- The German Schneider got the ball in the middle of the field, 40 yds from the Italy goal. The ball rolled to him from his left. He kicked it with his right towards the Italian goal, then his pattern of steps was L R L kick-right, L kick-with-right, L kick-with-right, L kick-with-right, L-shoot with right from 24 yds line. When this German got the ball The Italian nearest him was 12 yds away. The Italian in front of him retreated as this German dribbled forward until at the end of the German's little unmolested 15 yd run straight forward, he was a yd away to block the shot. If he had not blocked the shot, there was another Italian in the line of the shot behind him to block it also. In the vicinity where the shot was taken, there were 4 Italian defenders and only 2 Germans.
When Schneider was 35 yds away from the Italy goal, his team-mate Podolski was aprox 10 yds to his left, 3 yds in front of him, and in the clear. A good play would have been for Schneider to roll it to Podolski, Podolski to roll it back to Schneider as Schneider ran in his direction, Schneider flip the ball rolling towards him up in the air and air dribble it forwards and towards the middle of the field in Podolski's direction, an air dribble which could end up as a chip pass to Podolski. This could have transformed a 2 Germans vs 4 Italians situation into a surprising and unpredictable 2 Germans vs 2 Italians; all it would require is Schneider getting the ball in the air as he moved forwards and to the middle, chipping it to near Podolski and then getting to the area Podolski was at.
2740-2810 italian efforts-- 40 yds from goal, Italian got a ball that bounced in front of him, moving the same direction he was running. He and the ball were both moving from right middle to middle of field. The ball bounced chest high, he jumped forward and in the air to knock it down with his foot; the ball then took tiny little bounces as it moved forward and he tried to take advantage of these tiny little bounces to chip the ball forward (the Italians attempt chipped lobbed passes more than any other team). His attempted chip was headed away by a German defender.
Seemed if I were in this Italian's shoes, I would have instead of knocking the ball to the ground, chipped it towards the goal with my foot or thigh to initiate an air dribble, traveled at least a couple of yards while keeping the ball off the ground but under control, and then decided what to do next; I would then have had clear sailing for 10 yds if I continued in the direction I was moving (diagonally across the field) and also if I swerved to move directly at the German goal.
I like the way the Italians chip the ball, however, when they chip the ball the ball is so near the ground that they cannot get a high enough trajectory when they chip it; and also it seems they are unskilled when it comes to chipping balls that are more than say a foot above the ground.
Next Gattuso got a roller coming back to him, 45 yds from the German goal, chance to start something tricky, nearest German 5 yds away and not charging but laying back.
2855 italian chance penalty kick
2910 italian chance--Toni overled on 25 yd pass by 5 yds.
3015 italian effort--ball and Toni near German goal, in and of itself does not equal a goal. But here an Italian displays skill dribbling by a German.
3135 italian chance
3330 germany's best chance so far--Schneider got the ball time and space, 20 yds from Italy goal, dribbled forward once shot, the shot was right at the goalie horizontally speaking; not only that vertically speaking it sailed 6 feet above the crossbar. The fact that the announcer started shouting, and the fact that the ball was shot hard, does not mean Schneider should be given a medal for what he did here.
Schneider was off to the right of the Italy goal. The goalie had the angle cut down. The ball was on the ground when Schneider shot it. An Italian defender was pressuring Schneider. The shot had to be rushed. Though Schneider was impressively close to the goal and the goalie who had come out in front of the goal when he shot it, such in and of itself does not mean he had much chance of scoring. The goalie was all the way out in the left outside corner of the goalie box. If the ball had been in the air with or without bouncing first when Schneider shot the ball, Schneider would have been able to chip the ball over the goalie into the goal, such a shot would go in even if it had only a third of the velocity Schneider here put on his shot that the announcer began shouting about. A ball moving fast somewhere near a goal combined with an announcer shouting combined with a loud explosion noise as the ball flies past the goal to hit the barrier behind the goal, in and of itself means nothing.
3420 Italian effort
3510 germany chance Klose plays announcer-ball--Klose crossed the ball, overled intended target who missed the ball on attempted volley in difficult situation...long balls flying at high velocity near goal, players attempting baseball batter like first touch volleys on said long balls, announcers shouting in and of themselves accomplish nothing.
Klose had a man open, Podolski, just 15 yds away from him towards the center of the field, who was 25 yds away from the Italy goal and in a position to penetrate the Italian defense. Klose ignored Podolski and crossed the ball all the way to the other side of the field. Even if his pass had been on target the intended recipient would have been in a worse situation than the nearby team-mate Podolski whom Klose ignored.
I am convinced that had Klose wisely led the nearby Podolski on a chip instead, the announcer would have been sleepy and quiet about it. Klose and the announcer seem incognizant regarding how with these long 60 yard crosses so much can change during the considerable time that the ball sails through the air. The recipient can end up out of position, the defender and the goalie can get into position.
3555 germany offensive run individual-- German captain Ballack got the ball bouncing back towards him from in front and slightly to the right of him as he faced the Italian goal 50 yds away from him. The nearest Italian was 5 yds away. Ballack admirably charged the ball that bounced once before reaching him, hit it to the ground with his chest, and ground dribbled forward 15 yds before having the ball stolen away from him.
Good try Ballack, by drawing Italian defenders to yourself you almost opened up team-mates for a pass. You were courageous enough to risk the slings and arrows of outrageous critical simpletons by this individual dribble.
However I would in the situation Ballack was in, have been able to charge the ball with my chest, and then continue moving forward with it keeping it off the ground but under control. Ballack's ultimate aim here was apparently to pass off; but his potential targets were blocked off by defenders who he would have been able to chip the ball over had the ball been at least a foot above the ground.
Had the ball been off the ground, Ballack would have had a chance to make use of a variety of possibilities in terms of not just where to get the ball to with the pass, but, also, WHEN to get the ball to the spot. A high lob gets the ball to a spot slower than a low lob does, sometimes this can be advantageous, because if the lob gets to the target spot too quickly the team-mate it was intended for never reaches it.
Ballack here had a team-mate behind him and to his left who had nothing but open space in front of him; if the ball was passed to a spot in front of this team-mate and got there too quickly, the team-mate would be unable to reach it in time.
3605 Italian chance
3650 italian individual efforts in corner--Grosso puts on clinic re dribbling facing the corner back to the wall I mean the defender.
3742 italian effort--Italian overled by 5 yds, as he raced to the goal, on a medium length pass. At this point I suspect that whatever virus causes the passer to overlead the target by 5 yds on such passes, and that first infected the USA and then infected England, has infected Italy also.
3830 - 3900 german efforts near Italy goal
3856 Lahm, 35 yds from Italian goal, facing the goal, had a ball moving in the same direction he was moving, he had chipped the ball to himself eight yds back with his head, moved forward past an Italian to catch up with the ball. Here we see the beginning of an aerial dribble: Lahm beat the Italian guarding him, the Italian with the pony tail, on an air dribble, alleluia--the Home erectuses are beginning to evolve into H. Sapiens.
I deal with balls of the type Lahm encountered here at the 35 yds line after he first chipped it at the 43 yd line, all the time in practice when I air dribble at a sprint. When Lahm caught up with the ball at the 35 yd line I think he made a mistake or displayed a weakness characteristic of world cuppers in that he slowed down and waited for the ball to bounce instead of charging it. After the ball bounced he kicked it, it went in front of him and bounced again. Yet again, Lahm, faced with this bouncing ball, instead of charging it, slowed down and waited for it to bounce yet again. He then attempted to ground dribble towards the middle, but by this time, what with Lahm repeatedly slowing down to let the ball bounce instead of charging it, The Italian with the pony tail who he had a few seconds before humiliated by heading the ball over his head and then catching up to the ball as it hit the ground, had had more than enough time to catch up to Lahm behind Lahm's back and strip him of the ball.
World Cuppers when they are following an air ball slow down gingerly and wait for it to bounce. By way of contrast I charge such balls and move them along with my thigh, my knee, my foot, my chest, my head, whichever part of my body is convenient at the time I reach the ball, and I am not afraid to scoop up the ball before it bounces. This has to do to some extent with differences in the way World Cuppers spend their practice time compared to the way I spend my practice time.
4130 german efforts-- germans had ball with time and space 40-45 yds from Italian goal a couple of times.
4139 Germany flubs air dribble opportunity (?)-- Then a ball bounced from the Italian goalie straight at German Kehl as Kehl in the middle of the field faced the Italian goal 35 yds away from him. the ball bounced slowly straight at Kehl's chest, he immediately trapped it to the ground, dribbled forward and to the left, was forced to pass into the left corner. There the German Borowski in a difficult situation, passed to the Italian team. The announcer intoned, "and a weak effort there" blaming Borowski.
When Kehl chested the ball he could have then chipped it in the direction of two Germans near him getting also his own self into the area he chipped the ball to; or he could have initiated an air-dribble in the direction of these two fellow Germans.
In the general area where the incident occurred there were 6 Italian defenders and 4 Germans on offense but by getting the ball in the air in the direction of his team-mates, Kehl could have transformed this general situation into a sub-situation featuring 3 germans including himself covered by 2 Italians or 4 Germans covered by 3 Italians. One advantage of having several attackers near each other near the goal, is the high chance of scoring off a rebound off the goalie or a rebound off a defender.
4340 german chance--Germans on offense in Italian side of field, German players a few times got ball with time and space just 40-45 yds from the Italian goal, seems they squandered these idyllic opportunities.
END OF SECOND QUARTER AND SECOND HALF
@2006 David Virgil Hobbs
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2504 Reactions to Air Ball--Lahm of Germany threw the ball in to a spot near the right sideline, in the Italian half. Lahm on the 12 yd line had taken a running start and hurled the ball back to a German at the 30 yd line who flipped it backwards to the German at the 36 yd line. The German at the 36 yd line, who was 50 yds from the goal, got a head high ball coming at him and flipped it 24 feet high in the air and 2 yds forward. An Italian went to the spot where the ball was descending to earth, there was a German 2 yds to one side of him and a German 3 yds to another, these Germans just stood there and let the Italian wait for the ball to decend from 24 feet high in the air, they stood there and watched the Italian head it. This Italian who the germans allowed to head the ball had a path open to him leading straight from him to the German goal. If he had headed the ball along this pathway starting along on an air dribble he could have set something up. Instead he headed the ball to an Italian who was seven yds away from him. This second Italian chested the ball as it came to him, then swiveled towards the Germany goal and badly overled a team-mate, sending off a line drive air ball that bounced after traveling 20 yds and rolled tamely over the German end line; he also had a path open running straight to the German goal.
Here we see twice that an Italian heading a ball had a pathway open leading straight from himself to the German goal, and then neglected to initiate an aerial dribble in the direction of the German goal; this despite the fact that air dribbling while heading the ball is easier than air dribbling using feet or thighs. I find it easy to sprint 15 yds, keeping the ball under control but off the ground using mostly only my head, allowing the ball during these 15 yds to bounce once. If I allow myself to let the ball bounce up to two times such a 15 yd sprint becomes a snap.
A crucial difference between dribbling the ball forward rolling it along on the ground, and air dribbling the ball forward wherein the ball is kept under control but off the ground, is that with the aerial forward dribble, one is able to chip the ball to a player in the direction one is running at. Thus on the aerial forward dribble, I am able to chip the ball in the direction I am running at, and get a running start moving in the direction I am running at, and I am able to chip the ball in a high lob trajectory. Thus I can arrive at the spot that I chip the ball to, at the same time that the ball arrives there, having sprinted from the time I chipped the ball to the time I caught up with it. I can cover distances of at least 12 yds in this manner. Thus I can get myself to the area where the team-mate I chip the ball to is located, suddenly creating a two of us on one of them situation, I can suddenly turn for example a 3 of us attacking 5 of them into a 2 of us against 1 of them.
When this Italian kicked the ball after it bounced on his head he badly overled his team-mate. These World Cuppers who are good at volleying balls that fly at them in the air in some direction, operate in a world of two dimensions--the vertical dimension, and the horizontal dimension, while the announcers shout as if they were playing baseball, as if just smacking the ball hard somewhere was worth something. The World Cuppers are like archers shooting arrows at a target. But when I air dribble I operate in a world of four dimensions--the vertical, the horizontal, and then also the dimensions of depth and time. When I air dribble I am like a basketball player who doesn't just hit the basket but puts the ball inside the basket--and more than a basketball player, I have to be precise regarding WHEN I get the ball in the basket, which is effected by the trajectory the ball follows on the way to the "basket".
In general in the World Cup it seems two avenues of attack that are neglected are open or guarded pathways that lead straight towards the goal, and open pathways that lead to the middle of the field from the side of the field.
2535 german opportunity-- A German had the ball 50 yds from the Italian goal in the Italian half on the left side near the sideline. He had plenty of time and space, the nearest Italian was at least 10 yds away, he immediately passed the ball down the left sideline, #11 Klose on the left wing, hit it with his right foot, stepped with left, hit with right foot, stepped with left, overled himself on the dribble as he dribbled at the defender, had the ball stolen.
2650 german effort-- The German Schneider got the ball in the middle of the field, 40 yds from the Italy goal. The ball rolled to him from his left. He kicked it with his right towards the Italian goal, then his pattern of steps was L R L kick-right, L kick-with-right, L kick-with-right, L kick-with-right, L-shoot with right from 24 yds line. When this German got the ball The Italian nearest him was 12 yds away. The Italian in front of him retreated as this German dribbled forward until at the end of the German's little unmolested 15 yd run straight forward, he was a yd away to block the shot. If he had not blocked the shot, there was another Italian in the line of the shot behind him to block it also. In the vicinity where the shot was taken, there were 4 Italian defenders and only 2 Germans.
When Schneider was 35 yds away from the Italy goal, his team-mate Podolski was aprox 10 yds to his left, 3 yds in front of him, and in the clear. A good play would have been for Schneider to roll it to Podolski, Podolski to roll it back to Schneider as Schneider ran in his direction, Schneider flip the ball rolling towards him up in the air and air dribble it forwards and towards the middle of the field in Podolski's direction, an air dribble which could end up as a chip pass to Podolski. This could have transformed a 2 Germans vs 4 Italians situation into a surprising and unpredictable 2 Germans vs 2 Italians; all it would require is Schneider getting the ball in the air as he moved forwards and to the middle, chipping it to near Podolski and then getting to the area Podolski was at.
2740-2810 italian efforts-- 40 yds from goal, Italian got a ball that bounced in front of him, moving the same direction he was running. He and the ball were both moving from right middle to middle of field. The ball bounced chest high, he jumped forward and in the air to knock it down with his foot; the ball then took tiny little bounces as it moved forward and he tried to take advantage of these tiny little bounces to chip the ball forward (the Italians attempt chipped lobbed passes more than any other team). His attempted chip was headed away by a German defender.
Seemed if I were in this Italian's shoes, I would have instead of knocking the ball to the ground, chipped it towards the goal with my foot or thigh to initiate an air dribble, traveled at least a couple of yards while keeping the ball off the ground but under control, and then decided what to do next; I would then have had clear sailing for 10 yds if I continued in the direction I was moving (diagonally across the field) and also if I swerved to move directly at the German goal.
I like the way the Italians chip the ball, however, when they chip the ball the ball is so near the ground that they cannot get a high enough trajectory when they chip it; and also it seems they are unskilled when it comes to chipping balls that are more than say a foot above the ground.
Next Gattuso got a roller coming back to him, 45 yds from the German goal, chance to start something tricky, nearest German 5 yds away and not charging but laying back.
2855 italian chance penalty kick
2910 italian chance--Toni overled on 25 yd pass by 5 yds.
3015 italian effort--ball and Toni near German goal, in and of itself does not equal a goal. But here an Italian displays skill dribbling by a German.
3135 italian chance
3330 germany's best chance so far--Schneider got the ball time and space, 20 yds from Italy goal, dribbled forward once shot, the shot was right at the goalie horizontally speaking; not only that vertically speaking it sailed 6 feet above the crossbar. The fact that the announcer started shouting, and the fact that the ball was shot hard, does not mean Schneider should be given a medal for what he did here.
Schneider was off to the right of the Italy goal. The goalie had the angle cut down. The ball was on the ground when Schneider shot it. An Italian defender was pressuring Schneider. The shot had to be rushed. Though Schneider was impressively close to the goal and the goalie who had come out in front of the goal when he shot it, such in and of itself does not mean he had much chance of scoring. The goalie was all the way out in the left outside corner of the goalie box. If the ball had been in the air with or without bouncing first when Schneider shot the ball, Schneider would have been able to chip the ball over the goalie into the goal, such a shot would go in even if it had only a third of the velocity Schneider here put on his shot that the announcer began shouting about. A ball moving fast somewhere near a goal combined with an announcer shouting combined with a loud explosion noise as the ball flies past the goal to hit the barrier behind the goal, in and of itself means nothing.
3420 Italian effort
3510 germany chance Klose plays announcer-ball--Klose crossed the ball, overled intended target who missed the ball on attempted volley in difficult situation...long balls flying at high velocity near goal, players attempting baseball batter like first touch volleys on said long balls, announcers shouting in and of themselves accomplish nothing.
Klose had a man open, Podolski, just 15 yds away from him towards the center of the field, who was 25 yds away from the Italy goal and in a position to penetrate the Italian defense. Klose ignored Podolski and crossed the ball all the way to the other side of the field. Even if his pass had been on target the intended recipient would have been in a worse situation than the nearby team-mate Podolski whom Klose ignored.
I am convinced that had Klose wisely led the nearby Podolski on a chip instead, the announcer would have been sleepy and quiet about it. Klose and the announcer seem incognizant regarding how with these long 60 yard crosses so much can change during the considerable time that the ball sails through the air. The recipient can end up out of position, the defender and the goalie can get into position.
3555 germany offensive run individual-- German captain Ballack got the ball bouncing back towards him from in front and slightly to the right of him as he faced the Italian goal 50 yds away from him. The nearest Italian was 5 yds away. Ballack admirably charged the ball that bounced once before reaching him, hit it to the ground with his chest, and ground dribbled forward 15 yds before having the ball stolen away from him.
Good try Ballack, by drawing Italian defenders to yourself you almost opened up team-mates for a pass. You were courageous enough to risk the slings and arrows of outrageous critical simpletons by this individual dribble.
However I would in the situation Ballack was in, have been able to charge the ball with my chest, and then continue moving forward with it keeping it off the ground but under control. Ballack's ultimate aim here was apparently to pass off; but his potential targets were blocked off by defenders who he would have been able to chip the ball over had the ball been at least a foot above the ground.
Had the ball been off the ground, Ballack would have had a chance to make use of a variety of possibilities in terms of not just where to get the ball to with the pass, but, also, WHEN to get the ball to the spot. A high lob gets the ball to a spot slower than a low lob does, sometimes this can be advantageous, because if the lob gets to the target spot too quickly the team-mate it was intended for never reaches it.
Ballack here had a team-mate behind him and to his left who had nothing but open space in front of him; if the ball was passed to a spot in front of this team-mate and got there too quickly, the team-mate would be unable to reach it in time.
3605 Italian chance
3650 italian individual efforts in corner--Grosso puts on clinic re dribbling facing the corner back to the wall I mean the defender.
3742 italian effort--Italian overled by 5 yds, as he raced to the goal, on a medium length pass. At this point I suspect that whatever virus causes the passer to overlead the target by 5 yds on such passes, and that first infected the USA and then infected England, has infected Italy also.
3830 - 3900 german efforts near Italy goal
3856 Lahm, 35 yds from Italian goal, facing the goal, had a ball moving in the same direction he was moving, he had chipped the ball to himself eight yds back with his head, moved forward past an Italian to catch up with the ball. Here we see the beginning of an aerial dribble: Lahm beat the Italian guarding him, the Italian with the pony tail, on an air dribble, alleluia--the Home erectuses are beginning to evolve into H. Sapiens.
I deal with balls of the type Lahm encountered here at the 35 yds line after he first chipped it at the 43 yd line, all the time in practice when I air dribble at a sprint. When Lahm caught up with the ball at the 35 yd line I think he made a mistake or displayed a weakness characteristic of world cuppers in that he slowed down and waited for the ball to bounce instead of charging it. After the ball bounced he kicked it, it went in front of him and bounced again. Yet again, Lahm, faced with this bouncing ball, instead of charging it, slowed down and waited for it to bounce yet again. He then attempted to ground dribble towards the middle, but by this time, what with Lahm repeatedly slowing down to let the ball bounce instead of charging it, The Italian with the pony tail who he had a few seconds before humiliated by heading the ball over his head and then catching up to the ball as it hit the ground, had had more than enough time to catch up to Lahm behind Lahm's back and strip him of the ball.
World Cuppers when they are following an air ball slow down gingerly and wait for it to bounce. By way of contrast I charge such balls and move them along with my thigh, my knee, my foot, my chest, my head, whichever part of my body is convenient at the time I reach the ball, and I am not afraid to scoop up the ball before it bounces. This has to do to some extent with differences in the way World Cuppers spend their practice time compared to the way I spend my practice time.
4130 german efforts-- germans had ball with time and space 40-45 yds from Italian goal a couple of times.
4139 Germany flubs air dribble opportunity (?)-- Then a ball bounced from the Italian goalie straight at German Kehl as Kehl in the middle of the field faced the Italian goal 35 yds away from him. the ball bounced slowly straight at Kehl's chest, he immediately trapped it to the ground, dribbled forward and to the left, was forced to pass into the left corner. There the German Borowski in a difficult situation, passed to the Italian team. The announcer intoned, "and a weak effort there" blaming Borowski.
When Kehl chested the ball he could have then chipped it in the direction of two Germans near him getting also his own self into the area he chipped the ball to; or he could have initiated an air-dribble in the direction of these two fellow Germans.
In the general area where the incident occurred there were 6 Italian defenders and 4 Germans on offense but by getting the ball in the air in the direction of his team-mates, Kehl could have transformed this general situation into a sub-situation featuring 3 germans including himself covered by 2 Italians or 4 Germans covered by 3 Italians. One advantage of having several attackers near each other near the goal, is the high chance of scoring off a rebound off the goalie or a rebound off a defender.
4340 german chance--Germans on offense in Italian side of field, German players a few times got ball with time and space just 40-45 yds from the Italian goal, seems they squandered these idyllic opportunities.
END OF SECOND QUARTER AND SECOND HALF
@2006 David Virgil Hobbs
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