Falkirk 3-2 Rangers. Neither better, nor worse

I could not sleep last night. It was not insomnia. I was, until the wee hours of the morning, watching the game against Falkirk, the replay on RangersTV. Needed to understand the reason for this debacle, or at least come close to some kind of understanding. But I did not find, in the British press articles, some convincing arguments. Only the wrote in catastrophic terms descriptive aspects of the game (“an incredible five-goal thriller”, It was not a movie, was a football game!) and made elementary comparisons between the stage of Super-Ally as a player and his budding stage manager. We all know that McCoist was prolific as a player in this competition! And something that particularly irks me is the systematic comparison with Paul Le Guen since the beginning of the season.

Was one of those games that are lost every few decades. Nor is it uncommon to see the impressive number of goals lost by the team. A succession of moves wrong. At a time like those games of handball, where all attacking in groups. The Falkirk area was awash in red shirts (Laff, Goian, Davis, Papac, McCulloch –he kicked from all sides-, Wylde, all coming on goal) and this generated a series of lapses in defense and midfield, often poorly organized. As I watched I thought, it seemed, seemed to underline, that underestimated the opponent and potential counterattacks.

The overwhelming reaction of The Gers came when the score was 2-0. The Falkirk showed commitment at all times. Spaces generated massive jump forward in various places that were not covered eventually. This is the risk of tipping forward almost with abandon. Before the first goal from Falkirk, is a play that I consider a turning point, or a metaphor of what would happen after a Falkirk midfielder, whose name escapes me, had enough space to shoot from outside the area and he demanded Alexander, who sent the ball into the corner. From there, you could see, once again, the flaws in pressure the opponent, in the marking of the rivals. The team always looks forward, let the opponent play, spread and reach the area without pressure. Generally, the plays conclude so inconsequential because other variables come into plat random.

This bucket of cold water to stop teaching. I believe that to build a squad that can retrace their path not only for Scotland but at the continental level, we must first learn from these mistakes. Work on finding alternative ways of moving in the field and start having a winning mentality.  This occurs when the projects seek to consolidate, setting ideas and not just repeating that in the past have left us empty-handed.