Luis Enrique's PSG triumph despite the 'Expecta Goals'


On May 7 of last year, minutes after Dortmund Eliminate from Champions al PSG, Luis Enrique He indicated in the post-part press conference that his team had not deserved to fall defeated by 0-1. He supported his assertion that the figure of 'Expecta Goals' (expected goals) of his team had been far superior to that of his rival. Did not lied, since it was 3.25 for the PSG and 0.74 for the Dortmund. Everyone who was not familiar with that term by then discovered that the Asturian coach came to say that the PSG He had deserved better luck than that of defeat, so he issued a metric of advanced statistics based not only on the number of goal occasions created but also on their quality.

Be that as it may, there is more and more talk of the 'expectate Goals', and as far as yesterday is concerned, the PSGnot far, was above the Arsenal Although he returned to Paris with a 0-1 that is worth his weight in gold and brings him closer to Munich's final.

Specifically, the 'speech goals' of those of Mikel Arteta They became 1.65 while those of Luis Enrique They stayed in 1.14. Despite this, he won the Parisian team, because football understands between little and no deserves and even less advanced statistics. The metric that a year ago taught us to Luis Enrique more frustrated this time made him smile.

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'Expectated Goals' aside, it was a very own game of the semifinals of the Champions League. Not even an early goal of Ousmane Dembélé He made them dismembered completely. He Arsenal He looked for the tie, but without becoming crazy enough to risk that the disadvantage was double, and the PSGalthough without locking down, he limited himself to administering an income that he understood as more than good. They did the Luis Enrique exhibiting on the green of Emirates Stadium that are an excellently worked team in the tactical aspect. From the role of a Dembelé at times omnipresent until the moments of Achraf leaving the band to become inside, the PSGa team of an author who is none other than Luis EnriqueHe made it clear that he is going very seriously for this Champions.



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