National soccer team: Toni and the assistants

The national coach used numbers and data to convince everyone of his decision to reactivate Toni Kroos. “There is the term Querpass-Toni,” said Julian Nagelsmann at a press conference. “Unfortunately, anyone who still writes that has no idea about football.” According to Nagelsmann, the impact values ​​said that Kroos was the best player in Europe when it came to outplayed opponents. “And that’s what it’s all about at the end of the day.”

Impect is a company that creates and sells data analytics in football. Two former professional footballers, Jens Hegeler and Stefan Reinartz, founded it. Ironically, one of their strengths was the cross pass, which has been somewhat unfairly discredited, which is a topic for another time.