We have all been there in Football Manager: we dominate the game from start to finish, shoot from everywhere and, in the end, we lose. Then comes the usual dilemma: save or not save?
On September 11, 2018, it was Spain’s under-21 team living that nightmare. Only in real life.
Numbers do not lie (but they do not win games either)
In the Under-21 European Championship qualifier in Albacete, Spain had 66% possession, 43 attempts on goal to 3 and 22 corners to none. Final score: Spain 1, Northern Ireland 2.
Shayne Lavery scored after just 4 minutes, captain Liam Donnelly added a second from the penalty spot soon after, and goalkeeper Conor Hazard even saved a Spanish penalty. Rafa Mir only pulled one back in the 92nd minute. The Northern Ireland FA rightly called it a historic win.
If it were FM…
…nobody would believe it. It would be a bug, the match engine mocking us, anything but football. We would reload the game and move on. In real life there is no such option, and that is why these stories are so much fun.
Are you someone who always saves, or do you reload when things go wrong?
Fonte: IFA (09/11/2018)
