Embrace goals like the one scored by Adams because they're becoming rarer and rarer
As collected the ball around 40 yards from goal during the US men’s national team’s win over at the weekend, Sergio Aguero’s reaction when Vincent Kompany lined up a shot for , towards the end of the 2018-19 season, came to mind. “NO, VINNY, NO!” screamed Aguero at his captain, a man not renowned for his powerful shooting. But Aguero’s horror turned to delight as the ball whistled into the top corner, sealing a 1-0 win over that effectively secured the title for City that season.
Over a similar time period, the ratio of long shots has dropped from 43 per cent to 35 in Spain; in Italy it’s 49 per cent to 37; in Germany, 43 to 33 per cent; and in the , the numbers are 48 per cent to 33. It isn’t just confined to club football, either.
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