RE: Andriy Shevchenko is the Coach of Genoa
It's only with hope, that the disappointment and sadness follow.
Oh, how well I understand those words. We almost always play with better teams.
I wish that I shared your confidence but I'm afraid that I don't.
The words of the fan.
In fact, attacking football is very spectacular, fans adore it. Your team cut the opponent to pieces. But attacking football never brings stable results. Today you defeated a strong team. Tomorrow you play with a weaker team, which is in full force in its own penalty area. Such a tight defense is extremely difficult to pass, and at the end of the match you miss a counterattack. That's it, the points are lost. Everyone is angry.
But I agree that England should not play in defensive style. And it has to play very fast football, like in the Premier League.
I remember asking somebody (we were talking about England once) if they'd rather see their team defend in every match, and always be in with a chance of winning - but it would be so boring that you probably wouldn't want to watch it... or attack in every match - but not know if you were going to lose 8-4 or win 7-6.
I know I prefer the latter. The likes of Kevin Keegan who was totally useless tactically but adored by the fans. Or Jose Mourinho who's won almost every trophy going and universally disliked.
Well, you convinced me. Football is played for entertainment, football is a show. And you need to demonstrate this show, and not boring to go to victory.
Coach at work, he needs to show the result, he earns money. Apparently because of the fear of losing their jobs, coaches prefer defensive football.
It's a dilemma isn't it? It's possible to play attacking football and win - which it could be argued that Man City and Liverpool do - although their success is built upon 2 of the best goalkeepers in the world and a good defence.
I know why I watch football though and as I've gotten older and my time has become more precious to me, I don't want to watch boring football.
As a teenager, I watched any match. Especially if it was the European Cup. The level of Ukrainian teams was very weak (except for Dynamo Kyiv). So the matches were mostly a set of fouls. And I was happy that we played a zero draw :)
Only after your words I understand that I also want my team to attack, even against England. I was very happy that the Ukrainian national team played a great match with the Netherlands at Euro 2020. We lost, but with a score of 2: 3, and looked very decent.
I'm so wise 🤣
I enjoyed watching the Ukraine... until they played England. They played like they had nothing to lose and deserved to get through their group. Especially in the Netherlands game - I was disappointed you lost that.
I didn't enjoy watching England so I don't always watch them any more. It's hard not to watch the National Team when they have an important match, but I needed to do a long drive on roads that are normally overcrowded so I decided to drive (instead of watching the dull 0-0 draw v. Scotland) and then drive back (instead of watching us beat Croatia). The roads were quieter 🙂
I went to meet friends instead of watching our game on Friday but I'll probably watch tonight's game - unless I can think of something better to do 😁
Team support is not just about watching matches. I used to watch all the matches in a row, now I just don't have much time.
Tomorrow is the decisive match of the Ukrainian national team against Bosnia and Herzegovina. I hope to watch it, although I don't expect us to reach the playoffs.
I see that Finland's last game is against France though so if you win, then you have a very good chance of making it into the playoffs.
I'm optimistic for you 🙂
England play San Marino tonight. Which is a great opportunity to get embarrassed.
I still remember this from 1993 -
France will be unmotivated. It has already secured a place in the final part.
I am optimistic about England. It seems to me that this is a great team. On the contrary, you see only bad in the team. The opposite is true with the Ukrainian national team. I do not expect anything good here. The team has a conflict between the coach and Malinovskyi, a player of Atalanta. Where there is a conflict, there is no result.
It's unbelievable!