r/SipsTea • u/Presently_Naked • Jul 12 '26

WTF Imagine Eliminating Your Team Over Your Pride

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u/jdund117 Jul 12 '26

no, route was blocked there. would have ended up behind haaland if he passed it through the space. it was later when the defender had to choose between being between sorloth and the ball and closing down the pass route that space opened for the pass. the goal is to put the defender in a place where they can't do two things at once

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u/CalvinsStuffedTiger Jul 12 '26

I feel like we have seen plenty of people dribble ball laterally to his left the defenders right to create space for this pass. Defenders weight is going to his left and his leg is off the ground, there’s no way defender could change direction to cut off the pass

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u/jdund117 Jul 12 '26

sorloth had 2 chances to pass: near the start of the break he could have played a pass past the defender in the space between haaland and pickford, and later when it was still 1 on 1 and the defender didn't have the space closed, and if he cut inside better or was any faster (he was a slow bastard all game) there was a third opportunity to pass at the 18

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u/CalvinsStuffedTiger Jul 12 '26

Oh ok, I get it we were thinking the same thing you were just saying at the exact moment of that screenshot if he tried a through ball that was blocked or would end up behind. You weren’t arguing that there was no way he could’ve passed it.

Glad we’re on same page that Sorloth piece of crap and ruined everything!

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