Subj : Re: Euro England/Italy [r]
To   : rec.sport.soccer
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Date : Mon Jul 12 2021 10:52 am

Alkamista escreveu:
> On Monday, July 12, 2021 at 12:45:44 PM UTC-4, Werner Pichler wrote: 
> > On Monday, July 12, 2021 at 12:23:56 AM UTC+2, Alkamista wrote: 
> > > 
> > > Even though PKs are marginally better than a coin toss, and they won the
toss in both the semifinal and
> > > the final, today they were definitely the better team. England winning on
 PKs would have been an even greater 
> > > injustice. 
> > Due to its low-scoring nature, luck plays a big role in each and every
aspect of a football match. Why single 
> > out the shootout?
>
> Shades of gray. 
> 
> Luck will play a part in moments in the game, and even influence the result
at times, but on the balance the better
> team wins more often than the weaker one. 
> 
> I doubt that is the case in PK shootouts, but I haven't done or seen an
analysis. Shouldn't be that hard to do a
> rudimentary one. Maybe when I have some time I'll try one.
For what it's worth, here is a cool twitter thread on the subject. Some
interesting information in there.
https://twitter.com/GeirJordet/status/1412298939408306177
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