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February 7: Pass receiving and Aubameyang’s fit at Barcelona
The Athletic Soccer Show
Feb 07, 2022
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Episode description
There are a lot of ways to count and analyze passing in soccer. But there are far fewer ways to analyze the reception of that pass, despite it being one of the most critical skills in the game. John Muller is here to talk about a few ways the soccer analytics community counts pass receptions, and what it means in the case of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s move to Barcelona. On Aubameyang:
https://theathletic.com/3105449/2022/02/02/aubameyang-xavi-and-barcelona-is-this-going-to-work/
On pass receiving:
https://theathletic.com/3098569/2022/01/29/wont-somebody-please-credit-the-pass-receiver/
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