Pressing by Cosine, Defending by Distance: When Football Learns Semantics
Halftime is where many analytics dashboards become strangely shy. They can tell a coach which zones were overloaded, how many high-intensity runs dropped after minute 30, how pressing recoveries changed, and whether expected goals has decided to be emotionally cruel today. But when the actual question arrives—what should we do now?—the answer often slides back into expert intuition. ...