Talking About goal at The End of Game

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The fourth quarter, only 3 seconds less. It was a draw, 74-74, and even if this the last score will not harm the two teams to go into overtime.

In the final seconds, Kris Jenkins, guard of Villanova Wildcats, pushed into the defence area of ​​North Carolina Tar Heels. A fraction of a second even did not touch one second; he positioned the body leaning forward, a little bit small jumps in the air, and released three-point shots that float in the air right in 0.6 seconds before the game ended and prepared to continue to overtime.

The shot was entered. A buzzer beater.

The match was the 2016 NCAA Tournament Final (4/4) for the inter-university basketball competition in the United States. Right after the bell rang and a three-point from Jenkins gave a great victory, all officials, players and supporters of Wildcats spilt in the euphoria.

Stadium roared, happiness swelled, but in the other corner, the camera panned face of Tar Heels and reserve players. They were lethargic and disbelief. An expression that was disturbing, as well as sympathy. There was a mixture of awe, wonder, and sad.

At that point, sometimes, watching sadness in a defeat could be so melancholy and inviting deep empathy. Somehow, watching a basketball game footage, it is appropriate when a three-point shot was going in, I didn't gasp, and didn't feel the beat of euphoria bubbling.

Perhaps, because it was a basketball game and not football. Perhaps also, therefore, it was Villanova Wildcats and not Arsenal. I do not dare to promise my reaction would be the same flat if Olivier Giroud scored with an overhead kick like Zlatan Ibrahimovic style supposing Arsenal play in the European Champions League final against Barcelona in 2025.

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Recall memory in my head; Arsenal rarely won the game by a dramatic win at the end of the game. Danny Welbeck goal at the end of the match against Leicester City in February (15/2) and was the only goal in last minutes were able to remember.

Of course, to celebrate the goal euphoria, I celebrated with great fanfare. Incidentally, I watched in my friend houses with all my friends.

I jumped off the chair, yelling loudly shouting, "Unbelievable, That fuc**ng goal!" Without unabashedly and without shame. In front of my friend, my friend's sister and his mother. Inside other people's homes, I let go of all the emotions and outbursts of euphoria that no matter what else.

But it was only for the win. And sometimes people forget, football as a game is about who wins and who loses. People do not remember the 2nd winners (unless you're a Johan Cruyff) because they are focused on the euphoria of the champion.

Football sometimes becomes an endless arrogance because it only focuses on winning, not to those who lose out because, such as, no luck.

In the European Champions League final in 1999 at the Camp Nou, Bayern Munich and the current UEFA president, Lennart Johansson has been preparing for the procession to present the trophies to the Bavarian with preparing ribbon logo Munchen.

Two goals from Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer destroyed everything. The story that has been assembled and prepared will be covered beautifully by Munich, marred by two corner kick that successfully converted into two goals in three minutes of injury time.

Stories in the Camp Nou in 1999 similar to the happy novel with a plot of two pairs of romantic male-female, but it was suddenly closed by the end that full of twist when it turned out the woman refused invited to get married because she was a lesbian.

It was fun, on the one hand, but also annoying, on the other side. Exciting, because the surprise story for the reader is the unparalleled sensation.

It sucks because the whole story, we constructed to believe that the love relationship is winding and full of obstacle was finally ended with a sweet ending by marriage.

I think, at that point, a goal at the end of the game that gave the victory could be very very sharp as a sword of Isildur, the legacy of the King of Gondor is so feared by Sauron.

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"Not the best team won tonight, but the most fortunate," said Lothar Matthaus shortly after putting on the medal for the runner-up in the stands. It was only a second the medal encircle on Matthaus neck before she hastily took it off and gestures that showed deep disappointment.

The problem is, sometimes discusses fortunes in football such as discussing whether ghosts and aliens really exist or not on this earth.

It is metaphysical, difficult to explain the luck factor in the treasures of football, especially, when all can be calculated with statistics and numbers in the statistics table is something that deified by a lot of people.

Many people noted the number of shots on goal, what percentage of the team had the ball, how many tackle and intercept were made. But try once in a while, ask the best statistician in the world, how come Solskjaer is in front of Oliver Kahn's goalpost for kicking the ball that miraculously approached her feet?

Perhaps, he was instructed by Sir Alex Ferguson to stand at the far post and wished a loose ball came to him. Perhaps also, the procession of Manchester United's corner kick have so often honed in practice so that it can produce a goal.

But apparently, it's weird. United got 12 corner kick at the time and only two were successfully converted into goals. If corner kick practice of United and statistical data were combined, may be the final score was 12-1 to United's advantage, is not it?

Due to the metaphysical stuff and something that can not be predicted even by the statistics, though, we should realise and understand how they feel when suffering a goal at the end of the game.

Ottmar Hitzfeld, coach of Munich at the time, said "We were surprised by Sheringham goals, and prepare ourselves for the extra times, but then the second goal happen and that's football. We took a few days or even weeks to recover from this disappointment. "

So that football could not be a glorification of arrogance, it's good once for a while we feel and imagine how Oliver Kahn conceded two goals in three minutes at the end of the game in a final match.

Sometimes, not all the winning is great, and the losers are poor. Black and white exist, to facilitate people determine the social order.

Winning and losing are exist in football, to facilitate an understanding of who wins and who loses.

But, not all losers, perhaps, are the one who lost. Occasionally, there is something that is difficult to explain in football. You can play perfect for 89 or 90 minutes and then crushed by a goal during injury time.

A few days ago (14/4), the second leg of the Europa League quarter-final round which brought the host Liverpool against guests from Germany, Borussia Dortmund. Within nine minutes of the first half, Liverpool already devastated by 0-2 through goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Until the 79th minute, the score was 2-3 in the excellence of the guest, after a goal from Marco Reus replied by two goals from Divock Origi and Phillipe Coutinho.

Problems arise when Dortmund careless and choose to play the game tempo against the home team that obsessed to pursue of the deficit. Sure enough, Mamadou Sakho's header succeeded in raising the morale of Merseyside boys until finally, James Milner penetration on the left side of Dortmund defence, delivered crossing that converted into a goal by Dejan Lovren in 91 minutes.

A practical goal,  the landslide struck mental of Dortmund players. Despite Aryan race war machine is though, they are still human. And man, usually, defeated by time. Remaining one minute did not help at all before the final whistle and Thomas Tuchel's men lying in Anfield with tragic results.

They struggle, at best, like hell. All played his best troops, their war fleet complete with Mats Hummels raise defence, combined with the tranquillity of Julian Weigl and creativity of Shinji Kagawa in midfield. The attacking line was also devastating with a mix of trio Reus, Aubameyang and Mkhitaryan. What can be explained from the defeat of Dortmund?

Was it Tuchel error to enter Mathias Ginter and attempt to slow down the tempo? Could be, but Dortmund is not new kids on the block. They obviously know what they should do.

I'm cheering for Jurgen Klopp's fleet dramatic win, but on the one side, Defeated by a goal at the end of the game is hard to explain, I sympathise deeply to Die Borrusen.

Even if all of it can be explained only by one thing: Tears.

Tactic Analysis of Borussia Dortmund vs. Liverpool

Jordan Henderson vs. Marco Reus (sportsmole.co.uk)

Jurgen Klopp back to Signal Iduna Park (7/4), but this time he comes as opponents. Klopp comes as helmsman of the red team from Merseyside. The duel seemed to have destined to happen at the right time. It is not final as it is coveted many people, including the author.

But this duel occurs when Klopp has overcome some of the problems with his new team since replacing Brendan Rodgers. Similarly, Thomas Tuchel, who have passed the phase of disassembly number of models games for Borussia Dortmund.

Thomas Tuchel, as expected, played Piszczek and Durm on the same side. It is intended to anticipate some of the possibilities related to the pressing mechanism which was applied by Klopp. In the last few games Klopp using a pressing mechanism with a 4-4-2 structure.

But the players that he had also enabled Klopp to apply the pressing mechanism using 4-3-3 structure, such as the successful implementation when facing Manchester City. So, from the start of this match predicted would indicate a very interesting tactics duels, and rightly so!

Build-up Tuchel vs. pressings Klopp

What kind of Pressing mechanism that will be used by Klopp? The question is the first to appear, Dortmund under coach Tuchel transformed into a team with deadly penetration that is supported by a steady build-up.

In this game, Klopp opted to use a pressing mechanism in the structure of 4-3-3. Lallana and Coutinho were flanking Origi, with served to make the blockade on the halfspace area.

Meanwhile, Origi itself oriented himself to the Julian Weigl. In a few moments, the orientation looks like rigid man-marking. But it could also be more flexible in which he used his shadow to close the passing lane to Weigl; thus, she could actively participate in giving pressure to the ball.

All of three front players had a duty to steer the ball into the side of the pitch. When the ball is in the middle column, they just wait and make sure that the passing lane in the central area and halfspace were closed. As soon as the ball was passed to the side of the pitch, they will increase the intensity of pressing by utilizing blocks structural shift.

Coutinho or Lallana (depending on which side the ball was) going to start giving pressure with the aim of forcing their opponent to make progression via the side of the pitch where a trap pressing had been prepared. This pressing trap involved wing, center midfield, and fullback on the side where the ball was.

Meanwhile Tuchel, in order to deal with pressing Klopp, at first, have prepared his team for the build-up to the structure of the three players in the first line. However, because Liverpool was applying mechanism pressing using three men on the front line, made Dortmund more flexible.

There was an asymmetry in the structural build-up which they applied. This asymmetry was used to create Dortmund itself becomes more flexible, whether to use the three players in the first-line or four players.

Schmelzer position itself higher than Piszczek. Meanwhile, Hummels took up positions around a central column, instead of on the left halfspace. Thus, Hummels could help Weigl and Bender implemented effective overload against Origi.

This overload becomes effective due to the Origi's orientation to Weigl, and so they needed an extra player to get the expected stability. In the first half Origi often seemed alone facing three of these players, when he tried to give pressure to the Hummels or Bender, they can easily secure the circulation of the ball.

Another influential factor was Lallana and Coutinho that also oriented to both fullbacks of Dortmund while closing the passing lanes in the halfspace area. In a few moments, Lallana tried to provide pressure on Hummels by utilizing Schmelzer position that was too high, where the connection of the ball from Hummels could be intercepted using the shadow of his body.

A few times Dortmund could exit from Liverpool pressings by utilizing some overload as shown in the previous image. Mechanisms overload made Liverpool pressings was not well coordinated.

Space between the lines in Liverpool's structural block.

In addition to caused by a number overload mechanisms applied by Dortmund, there was space management that less coordinated well by Liverpool. This was related to how Liverpool deal with Weigl. As mentioned before that Dortmund gave overload to Origi, so when Origi tried to give a pressure, Weigl would free. Meanwhile, Dortmund still had one extra player who can bring the ball out from the pressure.

This seemed difficult to overcome by Liverpool. Lallana and Coutinho more focused did blockade the passing lane to both fullback and halfspace area. Meanwhile, all three Liverpool midfielder seemed hesitant to move outside their area to keep Weigl and provide assistance to Origi.

They were worry that space between the lines can be accessed by Dortmund easily, where Castro and Mkhitaryan operated. This was further compounded by the absence of pure no. 6 players who secured a room between the lines. Can-Henderson-Milner were often positioning themselves in parallel.

While the players in the back line, especially the duet of Sakho-Lovren apparently did not venture out too far to secure a room between the lines. They prefer to anticipate the speed of the Aubameyang, Reus, and Schmelzer.

Through such arrangements, Dortmund, several times escaped from the pressing and could access the space between the lines. Or they could give the ball to Weigl and force Liverpool to go down deeper.

Dortmund had a little disconnection

This was due to several reasons. First, Schmelzer position was too high. This resulted in Liverpool almost always be able to direct their pressing to Piszczek side, so they did not need to make too many decisions in determining the direction of pressing.

Second, Weigl stood alone in a no.6 room surrounded by six Liverpool players. So when the ball was played to the side of the pitch, Liverpool was always able to isolate the flow of the ball and took it. Castro sometimes went down into the room no.6, but his main operating area was in the space between the lines. When Castro went down, then the number of players in the space between the lines would be reduced, Liverpool could secure the zone more easily.

The most dominant aspect of course how Liverpool could easily direct the ball circulation of Dortmund and isolate it on the field. Piszczek, Weigl, or Hummels couldn't provide support in the lower half space in time.

Indeed, Dortmund back line could be several times drain the balls into the space between the lines, but the final penetration that was expected didn't appear. Because Dortmund actually just "leapfrog the ball" and could not get back to provide support. Thus Liverpool then able to isolate ball and took it.

The changes in the second half

In the second half, Tuchel played Nuri Sahin replacing Erik Durm. Sahin played in the no. 6 room together with Weigl. This was intended to avoid disconnection, where Weigl was expected to provide support to the ball in the ​​higher area while Sahin remains in the room no. 6, or vice versa.

This change has forced Mkhitaryan to fill the right wing post, thus eliminating his potential as needle player. Dortmund connections in the space between the lines was still there, but not as good as Mkhitaryan. Tuchel eventually replaced Aubameyang and played Pulisic to fill the right wing post and returned Mkhitaryan to the space between the lines.

When built-up attack Sahin would fall between Bender and Hummels with Hummels shifted to the left halfspace. Or Sahin moving to the bottom left halfspace; Schmelzer has positioned himself on higher area. It was normal to get an extra player against three Liverpool's forward players.

But, The Sahin's decline movement has actually also brought Joe Allen, who also entered in the second half replacing Henderson, where Joe Allen oriented itself to Sahin. When Sahin down deeper, leading structure of Liverpool would shape 2-4, with the potential to increase the intensity of Liverpool pressing.

But, The staggering that was formed still fragmented, thus opening up a passing lane to the space between the lines. This was mainly due to the Origi, who too oriented to Weigl, so when Weigl moved up Origi would follow. Meanwhile Joe Allen seemingly hesitant to position themselves in the front line.

Klopp reacted by entering Firmino replaced Lallana. Liverpool changed the leading structure of its pressings to 4-2 with two wings could develop more aggressive access if possible. Joe Allen was no longer orients itself to Sahin. Here, Dortmund changed the structure of its built-up to 3-2 with Hummels, Bender, and Piszczek filled the first line. With this structure, the disconnection between Hummels with Schmelzer reappeared. But Sahin could go down deeper to provide a space in the halfspace left to Hummels carried the ball forward.

The last Substitution conducted by Klopp was replacing Origi and played Sturridge. Sturridge did not orient himself to Weigl, thus forming a more stable structural block.

Conclusion

The author actually was grateful because both teams have not met in the final, so that will be presented two times game between them. Thus, the author can observe two times tactics duel that very interesting between Klopp against Tuchel.

But apart from that, from some tactical issues showed that in fact both could be expanded even further with the team. Moreover, both are also equally new people on each team.

Learning from Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund How to Maintain Loyalty Fans

Dortmund and Liverpool fans (thisisanfield.com)

Football is no longer about the beautiful game. We talk about the brand. The brand which then made me like Liverpool in 2005: the title, the history, the fans were incredible, the motto "You'll Never Walk Alone" and a player of the caliber of Steven Gerrard, is the cause I love this club. And perhaps also, the same reason in yourself.

And talking about the brand, we speak of brand loyalty. Brand loyalty, in practice in the world of football, then make us devote them to the club and pick another club is disbelief.

It is not better to illustrate what Schane Scutte mentioned in one of his articles in RealBusiness; football is a sport that makes the audience could feel an attachment to a team.

On the sense of belonging that we then become willing to buy anything that smelled of idol club. The brand is a promise that we will get something, and as a customer (take it, in the era of modern football, we are customers), we have to pay to get something called satisfaction while watching football.

We, voluntarily, buy original costumes, subscribe to the official club members, also subscribe to a paid TV broadcasts from the club, which is often considered a way of worship: come to the stadium and watch live.

All the price is not low, but no complaints. Of course as long as the limits of normality between the performance of the club, prestige, and class designated by the club itself. All for the sake of the brand, and top brand Similarly emerging brand loyalty as well be cause we do not complaining spend money for it.

However, there is a challenge in the modern world is also to face a brand. We as a customer, in this day and age, it can be very easy to move the brand according to what is said in an article in Forbes.

This phenomenon in football called instant fans, but is it wrong to be an instant fan? Certainly not.

A brand -in the same article- could have been left by customers when a brand is considered to be degraded in quality and quantity by the public, or even longer in an unstable condition. And in everyday life we are of course often do not much different.

Instead of questioning "instant," I have an issue that is more unique. How can a fan, able to remain loyal to a club, when the club is not in a state of unstable achievement?

Sure there are some ways to flatter and keep the fans. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), hear the voice of the fans, publicity, are some things that can be tried by a club to build a loyalty bridge between a club and a fan.

CSR

A good club is a club that should have benefits for the surrounding clubs. For the environment, Liverpool (and also Everton) has the same agenda to visit a children's hospital at Alder Hey at Christmas as they attempt to form attachments.

Besides, there is also an achievements program launched by the Fenway Sports Group (FSG) Special for Merseyside residents. As an estuary that so many talented players want to get into the club. It is evidence that as a club with high locality, Liverpool conscious of applying their motto in each of its activities.

In addition to keeping the locality, there is also a program Seeing is Believing, and Globe Goals, in collaboration with Standard Chartered also been carried out whose goal is to spread the benefits and build a unique impression with fans that interact directly with these activities.

Listen to the sound of fans

Fans are being fussy. They need to be heard, and clubs should also make them feel cared for.

A club, in social media, often we consider doing interaction with the players in the Q & A session with one of the idol players, asking the impression of the game and then retweet, winning costume competition signed by a player that has been widely adopted by various social media accounts clubs. Or provide content beyond the field, that is entertainment, also free, as is done by Manchester City.

However, this kind of things, of course, like a double-edged sword. Especially when you are in a bad condition. Therefore, an approach that out-of-the-box needs to be done to hook the fans as much as possible.

Last season, Jurgen Klopp's side at the time, Borussia Dortmund, was in a tough situation. Fans often come up, and the return of the Westfalenstadion with a repeated disappointment feeling.

Obviously, there is a choice to remain silent, awaiting Dortmund then got up and showed a positive trend. However, the road was not chosen by Dortmund.

Instead of doing so, Dortmund made the apology efforts by giving them free beer to fans directly. It is, of course, suitable German culture which hooked-beer. Mats Hummels and friends then transformed into a bartender at the winter break, with the Dortmund fans as customers.

The result? Yes, of course, fans be understood with this difficult situation. In the eyes of fans, other fans eye, of course, they gain an appreciation for committing their responsiveness to remain flatter fans a unique way of this.

Strengthening publicity

Advertising is when we say we are good people, and publicity is when people say that we are a good person. What's the difference? Of course, this is about trust. For a club, publicity will certainly be crucial to making your fans know what is going on with his club.

Publicity, conducted by the media, it certainly is an important thing. Without exposure extraordinary news from various media, the Premier League will not be the richest league in the world and the club is in it - and then the Liverpool CSR program is also pointless because it was unknown to the world.

Without that, the phrase You'll Never Walk Alone I would not know that implemented in the real world. Without it, Dortmund will not get applause for his actions that remarkable.

With good publicity (or, at least, a quick response to the bad publicity), ultimately it comes down to the fans who feel heard because their opinion is applied. Amazed by the club stick with tradition. Or fans who are proud, as a club achievement and reported on for days.

Conclusion

Forbes, in an article about maintaining customer loyalty, then become the reference I built three things that I mentioned earlier. There are seven key points in what he mentioned, keep quality high, engage your customer, Solicit feedback from customers, give them a reason to come back, stay relevant, provide value, show your appreciation.

Of these seven points, there is one common thread that I pull: fans want an unforgettable experience of a club that made him remembered and bound all his life. And it is then that made me make up three things that should be a solution for the club to keep the fans to remain loyal.

Certainly a memorable experience would be obtained by using the club's official account only for the account to sell, or a news feed to walk that makes them feel like a robot.

And regarding the question three things, it certainly is a way, which in turn refers to humanize the club for the sake of fans. He needs to feel and hear the pain and unhappy fans who have been loyal to them, to spread the benefits and pride, except, of course, struggling to get back to their best performance and become a champion.

And when the club managed to do that, we will be able always to assume a club will be our way of life as a football fan. Kissing the badge on our chest, with a sense of pride, just like what our idol player do on television.