A long pass forward that does not find a man is not a lost ball yet. This is what happens in the seconds after it, on your definition of the window rather than a provider's.
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Who wins the second ball after Club Brugge's long passes forward, and after the long balls they face?
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The report, section by section
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Our long ball, we chase the knock-down
Forward passes of 32 m or more that ended in the middle third without finding a man
01 · Our long ball
The report starts with every forward pass of 32 metres or more that ended in the middle third without finding a Brugge player: 510 of them in 40 matches. Brugge won 55 of those back within 5 seconds, 11%, and 37% within 12 seconds, with 133 more won late, after 5 s. Of the 55 won quickly, 40 were still theirs 5 seconds later.
The other side of the ledger is on the same row: the opponent got a shot within 12 seconds 1% of the time, 5 shots all season, and reached Brugge's final third 16% of the time, 82 entries. That is the real price of going long, in one line your staff can argue about.
Every match
510 long balls we lost, per match: won within 5 s, held, shot conceded
02 · Every match
Below the tiles sits every match, one row each: second balls, how many were won within 5 seconds, how many were held, and whether a shot followed. At Cercle Brugge on 26 Dec there were 27 second balls and Brugge won 4 (15%). At RSC Anderlecht on 3 Oct, 17 and none won quickly (0%).
The red cells are the matches where a lost long ball cost a shot, like Sporting de Charleroi away on 18 Sep and Standard Liège at home on 7 Nov. Those are the rows to open before you decide how much to go long next time.
Their long ball, we defend the knock-down
Opponent forward passes of 32 m or more that found a man in the middle third
03 · Their long ball
The same questions, turned round: opponents' passes of 32 metres or more that found a man in the middle third. There were 434 against Brugge, who won 69 of them within 5 seconds (16%) and 42% within 12, with 113 won late. When they won it quickly they kept it: 57 of the 69 were still theirs 5 seconds later, 83%.
When they did not, it cost more than on their own long balls: the opponent got a shot 3% of the time, 14 shots, and reached Brugge's final third 38% of the time, 166 entries. That is the number a back line and a holding midfielder should hear before Saturday.
Won within 5 seconds, match by match
Last 12 of 40 matches, their long balls that found a man
04 · Match by match
Over the last 12 of 40 matches the chart shows Brugge winning their opponents' long balls back within 5 seconds 38% of the time against KRC Genk on 20 Mar and 33% on 12 Mar and 1 Apr. In the last two, 15 May and 22 May, the figure was 0%.
A trend like that is a question for the staff, not an answer: a change in shape, in personnel or in what the opponent was trying. The report puts the question on the table so the meeting can start with it.
The read
The report's own summary of both sides of the second ball
05 · The read
The report closes with its read: 11% of Brugge's own long balls won back within 5 seconds, 16% of the opponents'. Of the second balls won quickly, 78% were still Brugge's five seconds later, and 2% of all situations gave the opponent a shot within 12 seconds, 19 shots across both sides.
That is the summary a head coach reads first, and every figure in it goes back to a tile and a match row above it.
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