Quote from: reagansimms on Today at 05:23:46 AM

Quote from: red4slash on June 17, 2024, 08:24:53 PM

In the match between Austria and France, to be honest, I was quite confused whether in the end Austria was that good or maybe France's performance was less effective because looking at what is happening now, it seems like these two teams are quite balanced, even though Austria is losing quite a bit in possession of the ball and opportunities, but so far France quite difficult to carry out attacks.

Why should you be confused, isn't Austria threatening France goal quite a lot and able to match France strength. Even though Austria lost 0-1 to France, they managed to make the French players tired of scoring goals. Not a single French player was able to score a goal in this match and the only goal that occurred was an own goal from an Austrian player. France started the match with the status of the top team, the very unequal strength of the two teams gave more credit to France being able to win the match easily, but the resistance shown by the Austrian players was beyond expectations. France first match did not meet expectations, Rangnick had to look for other alternatives so that France game could develop further.

The game was on equal ball possession which is 50-50. This shows that Austria strength is equal to France strength. However, France was lucky that Wober caused an own goal with a wrong header, if not it would have being a goalless draw.

Austria played very well in the second half and with all the superstars in France, they could not score any goal themselves. Mbappe lost one-on-one with Austria goalkeeper. It is quite a disappointment to me but they still won the match by luck.