nm462272 wrote:you have a good point, but it's also possible that Neuer insisted on taking the penalty himself.
RedQueen wrote:@Mia san Bayern, you can rationalize this all you want, matter of fact is that by Pep's own words we don't practice penalties ahead of games that can go to penalties, because he doesn't want to give the players the feeling that they can't win in regular time. If you don't practice penalties, you lack the routine and you're more likely to miss when it counts. You're also more likely to chicken out and leave it to your goalkeeper to take one, who by his own words doesn't practice penalties, not only ahead of big games, but ever. I'm kinda surprised that apparently no one but me wonders why he, and not for example Schweinsteiger or whoever else was still on the pitch, stepped up and took the fourth.
RedQueen wrote:nm462272 wrote:you have a good point, but it's also possible that Neuer insisted on taking the penalty himself.
I find that very unlikely. The only time he took a pen was when everyone else chickened out.
RedQueen wrote:@Mia san Bayern, you can rationalize this all you want, matter of fact is that by Pep's own words we don't practice penalties ahead of games that can go to penalties, because he doesn't want to give the players the feeling that they can't win in regular time. If you don't practice penalties, you lack the routine and you're more likely to miss when it counts. You're also more likely to chicken out and leave it to your goalkeeper to take one, who by his own words doesn't practice penalties, not only ahead of big games, but ever. I'm kinda surprised that apparently no one but me wonders why he, and not for example Schweinsteiger or whoever else was still on the pitch, stepped up and took the fourth.
pyrasur wrote:Maybe Schweini was meant to be fifth. Probably could have rotated once we'd seen EVERYONE miss their penalties, so perhaps you are right. Don't think it would have mattered though.
MillaMjau wrote:I think he might've offered to take one if there wasn't any volunteers. And there probably wasn't as Müller, Lewandowski and Thiago were all out.
All the Neuer-haters are now having a field day, btw.
Korab wrote:This is very strange that you guys don't see anything wrong with Pep, the team played their usual passing game forever, even with 11 against 10. No sign of any urgency at all. Game turn out to be normal as previous games with one difference, no luck at all, but team like Bayern should not require any!
Well, maybe we all will be lucky to see finally Pep's plan B in the game with Barca.
Korab wrote:This is very strange that you guys don't see anything wrong with Pep, the team played their usual passing game forever, even with 11 against 10. No sign of any urgency at all. Game turn out to be normal as previous games with one difference, no luck at all, but team like Bayern should not require any!
Well, maybe we all will be lucky to see finally Pep's plan B in the game with Barca.
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