statsbomb.com - Jaymes Monte
There are many ways to win a football match (and even more ways to lose one). How any manager, coach, team or club attempts to do so is their prerogative. However, progressing the ball towards the opposition’s goal is fairly fundamental in any method. The following is an exercise in differentiating between teams, leagues and players that opt to progress the ball via passing compared with those that look to do so via carries.