Antonio Conte (232 Viewers)

[Juventino[RUS]]

Short corners are great and much more dangerous

 

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[Pirlo's Beard]

Not when the end game is passing it back to Buffon to prevent a counter attack, and not when we have a 6 foot 5 heading specialist on our team.

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

Short corners are great and much more dangerous

Explain, Djanik.

 

[Lion]

Short corners are great and much more dangerous

we have 3 players that domiate headers and you want to play short corners

 

[The Curr]

I remember reading an article a while back that pointed out how futile most corners were. They rarely result in goals for any team.

 

[Juventino[RUS]]

Explain, Djanik.

I need to use PAINT for it

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we have 3 players that domiate headers and you want to play short corners

And? Short corner doesn't mean that you are not going to cross the ball in the box lol

 

[JuveJay]

I remember reading an article a while back that pointed out how futile most corners were. They rarely result in goals for any team.

In the PL it was something like 2% scored, and 15% where the attacking team even got an attempt at goal. So essentially that's why some team play short corners, to turn it back into a more random crossing opportunity (albeit with more players in the box).

 

[Lion]

mos teams don't hav a pirlo, or xavi or alonso that can send accurate passes

 

[Juventino[RUS]]

It's almost impossible to score from corner even in England, in Italy the possibility is lower around 1%

that's what short corner is giving you, the possibily to get flick, ricochet because you are making cross from much closer distance and so on like Marchisio's goal against England, it was terrific build up play of Italians but overall corner kicks lead to goals about 3 percent of the time

 

[AlexOB]

mos teams don't hav a pirlo, or xavi or alonso that can send accurate passes

Pirlo is terrible at corners, unfortunately. One of his weaknesses. Infact, the only times we scored a header from a corner kick is when he was out due to injury/sub/rest or whatever (just last season Chiellini vs Bologna and Llorente vs Samp come to my mind, both kicked by Tevez). When he crosses, he beats some really low and short corners, very difficult to score from them, in every fucking match. Probably he has still too much of a reputation to be said that he can't beat them, both by players and coaches, and for sure that won't change with Allegri, that doesn't want to feed the ridiculous story that he is "against him" since the Milan departure...

 

[The Curr]

Pirlo is strangely bad at corners and penalties.

 

[Pirlo's Beard]

He's ok at penalties, nothing special. I think his extremely relaxed way of playing goes against him during penalties and long range corners. He's not the type of player to just put his foot through the ball and whack one. He goes for pure placement.

 

[JuveJay]

Pirlo is strangely bad at corners and penalties.

Too floaty.

 

[MikeM]

But guys, it's not like we were crossing immediately after the short corner. We were literally just passing it straight back to midfield. Occasionally, Pirlo would get it back from Tevez and feint 4 or 5 or 6 times and then get a cross in but that was about it.

 

[maljeaux]

But guys, it's not like we were crossing immediately after the short corner. We were literally just passing it straight back to midfield. Occasionally, Pirlo would get it back from Tevez and feint 4 or 5 or 6 times and then get a cross in but that was about it.

this was one of the most perplexing thing about our football at times under Conte...i dont see how any coach would not address this issue properly..or maybe he couldnt...

 

[Pirlo's Beard]

But guys, it's not like we were crossing immediately after the short corner. We were literally just passing it straight back to midfield. Occasionally, Pirlo would get it back from Tevez and feint 4 or 5 or 6 times and then get a cross in but that was about it.

Yep, not sure how some people have forgotten our short corners. Pretty sure every live thread went in meltdown when we needed a goal only to pass it short and then try something really stupid.

It's not like we constantly done a short corner, got Pirlo into a better position to cross and tried that. We just passed it back half way up the pitch then tried something that would never work because the opposition had their entire team back defending it.

 

[reallegends]

I remember reading an article a while back that pointed out how futile most corners were. They rarely result in goals for any team.

Except when they are against us.....Even fucking Indonesia all stars scored one

 

[Pirlo's Beard]

We can't defend corners for shit

Or crosses in general at times

Remember the two legged tie against Lazio in the cup where like all 3 of their goals were from crosses and corners.

 

[X Æ A-12]

Pirlo is better at corners then some of you give him credit for and with Llorente, Bonucci and Giorgio in there we really have no excuse not to play the ball in for one of them.

 

[AlexOB]

Sometimes he does, but the results are awful. Although I hate short corners, when i see Pirlo on the spot I hope for those, cause I already know the cross will be shite. We have had a goal in a good cross in 3 years, Caceres vs Napoli in 2012. Bonucci scored a header against Palermo on 11-12 some months before, but on another shit cross... Also in yesterday's game vs Indonesia, he's beaten 2 awful corners, in the 2nd half Tevez kicked once in the area, no goal, but was a different story.