Suffice it to say that Southgate does not follow Gareth’s VAR direction. Having sent out the list of 23 Englishmen who will challenge Malta and Georgia, Gareth Southgate returned to the interminable meeting played on Monday by Tottenham and Chelsea (1-4): “I got bored watching the match. I was at the stadium, and it just went on and on. So, without even thinking about the players, what about the fans? » The selector of Three Lions refers to the numerous calls to VAR having chopped this part: « The other side of the coin is that I think all the decisions made were right in the endSouthgate then continues. If that’s the aim of the game then fine, but it takes away all the flavor from the goals. And I think the actual playing time was incredibly low, even though we had 21 minutes of injury time. »
43% – In last night’s match between Tottenham and Chelsea, the ball was in play for just 43% of the total match time (47:57 of 111:15), the lowest percentage for any Premier League game over the last two seasons. Mayhem. pic.twitter.com/ZcHM7fT7i3
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) November 7, 2023
According to Opta, leather was actually only 43% of the time on the pitch during the London derby, the lowest total for two years in the Premier League. Too little to convince Southgate: “There will always be decisions to make and interpretations to make. I think that if we look for problems in the penalty area, if we want to scrutinize any corner… then we can give free kicks, penalties in both directions, easily. I was not for (VAR, Editor’s note) at first and I didn’t see anything that would make me change my mind. »
From there to calling into question his vision? After all, he continues to select Harry Maguire. Historic, Premier League appoints woman as fourth referee
2023-11-09 20:45:08
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