Subject: World Cup Qualifying

Hey guys!

when we won to Lietuva most of you said "you had loads of luck"!
we prefared to say that we had been working hard for that luck to come.

It seems you will have to keep saying that we are lucky and keep ignoring our work ;)

France 1 - Uruguay 1

Kisses

And I forgot:

URUGUAY QUE NO NI NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You had even more luck!

And we will keep having it more and more, because we work a lot!

16 opportunities 2
1 goals 1


well, that's luck, quite obvious!

Not at all, its no skill involved, just the sokker random element!

France had lots of great chances including a missed penalty (I only watched the first 35 minutes it was clear after that that Uraguay got a result based more on luck than any amazing tactic), you were just very lucky that they didn't score them.

Seems there are some lucky nations during these WCQ
- Ostereich
- Uruguay
- ...

What makes it more fun imo. I rather have close groups than 2 big leaders and 4 countries under them who can only grab some points against eachother.

we keep listening to the same arguments.... and the fact is that we seem to have luck granted in all our games, lol

talking seriously: obviously France is a superior team, but this shows a good tactical scheme can turn any match.

BTW: please note that a missed penalty also involves a great keeper... thats luck and also hardwork!

And please note we played all the second period without a defender!!!!

Watch the matches, then talk ;)

16 opportunities 2
1 goals 1


well, that's luck, quite obvious!

Its not quite obvious...

You know a bad pass can be even more dangerous that 10 shots... and if you dont know that then you dont know about Sokker.

And you know that there are lots of teams that set their tactical scheme based on counterattacking... we expect the rivals to be superior and we expect to have one or two chances per match, most of them without defenders arround (because we counterattack).

So... its not so easy as saying "16 opportunities against 2 = good luck"... luck is always needed in a game that involves random, but dont underestimate our work... it seems you all reduce everything to random and nothing seems to be blamed on a good tactical scheme.

your tactic was really good but you had unbelievable luck anyway ;p

Say whatever you want, you were lucky as hell for the 2nd time.

I'll echo others, it can't be deemed a great tactical win if you get outshot by 8 times the amount you had and get killed in general play, unless all their 16 shots came from well outside the box and yours came from 2 one on ones. Certainly a great result for you though which sets you in a really strong position to qualify.

okey... I dont know why we are playing this game... its seems all its ruled by a dice... its like the roulette... there is nothing related to strategy here.

Why are we playing a game that doesnt allow us to win no matter out efforts against a more powerfull team, and the only chance of winning is because luck was in our side? So every time we face a more powefull rival we should just pray for luck??

Keep thinking like that... you'll do ok. Meanwhile we will keep working and misteriously having "loads of luck".

unless all their 16 shots came from well outside the box and yours came from 2 one on ones.

watch the game, then talk.
we played 40 minutes without a defender... thats why there are so many shots against us.
And BTW, not all shots were dangerous... and we had dangerous situations that didnt end in shots...
Its ridiculous that experienced managers still reduce matches to comparison of number of shots!!!!!

Rotfl. You can win, by playing better, thanks to tactic. But if you have 14 shots less, and you get a draw - then you have luck. Simple as that. In your last game against France it was 15:3 in shots and you lost 5:0. Now it should've been same result, but you had loads of luck. same against Canada - you've got trashed. Today you just had luck.