Duchene2MacKinnon
In the hands of Genius
- Aug 8, 2006
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You accidentally cherry-picked two games—sure, they were both Champions' League Fixtures—but they weren't back-to-back and you only picked them because those were the games you knew Burki let in short-side goals. You didn't include all the other games Dortmund played in the Bundesliga, where he didn't let in short-side goals. It's a normal enough thing to do mentally, but statistically it leads to really bad conclusions instead of random sampling. And as someone who's watched all of Dortmund's games this year, I think Burki's been pretty good.
Also, Ronaldo's goal was likely going in on any keeper.
I didn't accidentally do anything. I know they're not back to back games but regardless of how he good he's in the Bundesliga, his team is at risk of not making out of the group to an inferior team and his play has played an essential role in that.
There's really no excuse for short side goals no matter how much power they have. Play the angles and know your opponent textbook keeping.