The Run of Play is a blog about
the wonder and terror of soccer.

We left the window open during a match in October 2007 and a strange wind blew into the room.

Now we walk the forgotten byways of football with a lonely tread, searching for the beautiful, the bewildering, the haunting, and the absurd.

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Hard-Hitting Match Analysis of the Day Courtesy of Bernd Schuster

“Schuster: Juve’s Effectiveness Hurt Us”
— Goal.com headline

The Real Madrid manager went on to cite some overlooked factors in his club’s 2-0 loss to Juventus, such as “Juve’s ability to score more goals than we did” and “Juve’s ability to beat us 2-0.”