Peter Grove
RefChat Addict
6 shots on target from open play in 6 World Cup games.
I’ve heard that stat a few times not sure how true it is but quite remarkable if true.
It's apparently true, but I think it's a fairly bogus stat. Since when was "shots on target from open play" a valid measure of a team's overall performance?
Football isn't only about shots from open play. The same article that I read with this stat (in TalkSport) also pointed out that, "No team had more shots on target from set-plays" than England. Last time I checked, goals from set plays count for just as much as goals from open play. And an effort on target is an effort on target, no matter whether it's from a set play or from open play.