Koooora Football Journal

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Read xG as a modelled estimate attached to shots, keeping its scale, context and limitations distinct from the result.

Use location, symbols and match timing to ask better questions about a team’s chances, then return to the relevant sequences.

Trace the intended receiving area, first contest and supporting positions before judging the goalkeeper’s longer option.

Follow pressure, running lanes and the ball carrier’s view before deciding whether an early pass or dribble was available.

Watch the support around a forward receiving under pressure, where the next touch can matter more than the first contest.

Read a withdrawing forward through the spaces and defensive decisions created around the movement.

Watch the players behind and around the ball while their team attacks to understand the first response to losing possession.

Follow the supporting run on the outside or inside and the defensive choice it creates around the wide ball carrier.

Read a cross through the positions it connects rather than judging every unsuccessful delivery by the same standard.