[EU] Europa League 2012/13 (12 Viewers)
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Good effort from Inter, even if I still didn't expect them to win when it went to extratime because of their poor fitness level.
There was me thinking that Villas Boas was learning and becoming quite a good coach, but I may have to revise that opinion.
Playing a high line while you team is heavily outnumbered in midfield - so can't put pressure on the ball - is a remarkably stupid thing to do. To not make changes to stop it happening (Spurs had the players on the pitch to just match up to Inter) compounded the error. He only made a change, bringing on an extra midfielder, once the second goal had gone in and Inter had momentum and belief that was going to make it very hard for Spurs towards the end of the ninety minutes.
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Watching Lazio play in this competition is great.
They've realised that the rest of the world doesn't have proper midfields any more, so they only need two players in there to allow them to control the game. Allowed them to play Mauri trequartista last night and to play two strikers in a couple of previous games.
The assist from Hernanes for Kozak's second.
There was me thinking that Villas Boas was learning and becoming quite a good coach, but I may have to revise that opinion.
Playing a high line while you team is heavily outnumbered in midfield - so can't put pressure on the ball - is a remarkably stupid thing to do. To not make changes to stop it happening (Spurs had the players on the pitch to just match up to Inter) compounded the error. He only made a change, bringing on an extra midfielder, once the second goal had gone in and Inter had momentum and belief that was going to make it very hard for Spurs towards the end of the ninety minutes.
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Watching Lazio play in this competition is great.
They've realised that the rest of the world doesn't have proper midfields any more, so they only need two players in there to allow them to control the game. Allowed them to play Mauri trequartista last night and to play two strikers in a couple of previous games.
The assist from Hernanes for Kozak's second.
