11-22-2022, 08:23 AM
The Saudis played a risky high defensive line, setting up only 10-15 meters past midfield.
The effect is to compress the field of play. The analogy to US football is to put all defenders at the line of scrimmage when the other team’s offense is operating at the 50 yd line. If you can keep the offense contained, fine. But if the offense breaks through, there’s nothing but green grass.
Argentina broke through several times to apparently score, but did not time their runs right and were called for offsides by the VAR system. (The VAR system uses multiple high speed cameras to track the movement of each player and can catch a player who is just offside because of a body lean or extended arm.)
But credit to the Saudis: both their goals came on high quality shots and their goalie had several big saves.
The effect is to compress the field of play. The analogy to US football is to put all defenders at the line of scrimmage when the other team’s offense is operating at the 50 yd line. If you can keep the offense contained, fine. But if the offense breaks through, there’s nothing but green grass.
Argentina broke through several times to apparently score, but did not time their runs right and were called for offsides by the VAR system. (The VAR system uses multiple high speed cameras to track the movement of each player and can catch a player who is just offside because of a body lean or extended arm.)
But credit to the Saudis: both their goals came on high quality shots and their goalie had several big saves.