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Was it considered cheating that the English goalie had statistics about penalty kick preferences of opposing players written on his water bottle (and concealed
by mikemitchelldev 2y ago
Was it considered cheating that the English goalie had statistics about penalty kick preferences of opposing players written on his water bottle (and concealed under a towel) in the semi-finals for the Euros?
- tomjakubowski 2y agono - the key difference is those penalty kick stats are derived from watching the games, which are public, not from surreptitious surveillance of private practice sessions
- mikemitchelldev 2y agobut then why hide it under the bottle?
- jelkand 2y agoIt’s not hidden. It’s just on the bottle because it’s convenient for a keeper to reference.
- mikemitchelldev 2y agoThe bottle was wrapped in a towel.
- boomboomsubban 2y agoI have no idea what the Euros rules are, but this could have been him wanting to keep all his stuff together without the paper blowing away.
- Shadowed_ 2y agoI can't say for them, but towel is good heat insulator and can keep bottle content cold. I use it often for that reason (either towel or other clothes that's already in backpack).
- hluska 2y agoIt’s just strategy. If I have a penalty kick and you’re the keeper, I want to know if you know where I kick the ball most often. If I know that you know, I will kick somewhere else. So if you’re the keeper and you know my habits, you have a slight advantage if I don’t know that you know. So you would hide the list. Easy hey?
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