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Did France or Argentina Break the 40% Mark?
Neither France nor Argentina broke the 40% mark in their semi-final. FIFA's new possession stats, they could both have contested possession. I was a bit surprised when I read that stat because both semi-finals supposedly featured a dominant favourite against the defensive team. Both of these managers have, or the teams have, is that they wait for the opposition to make the mistake that they can exploit as opposed to trying to take the game to them. Like you see with France, they don't really press very high. They're quite passive in the first line and let you... Then suddenly you've got in Bappi, you can get in behind, or Griezmann, you