Something Weird - Opposing DC Suddenly Appeared As A Striker And Scored
Something weird happened today in a league match. My team was dominating the match versus n non-favourite team, and yet the score was only 2-0. Suddenly, in the final quarter of the match, the opposing left-centred DC appeared in the position of where a right-sided striker would be (I mean the right-side ST's zone); he ran and then dribbled past my GK and slided the ball into the net like a world-class finisher. That was not a corner situation or anything where you would expect a DC to be so high on the pitch. Opposing manager was absent.
(1) How come a left-sided DC ended up in the right-sided ST zone in open play? No corner or free-kick. At most you would expect him to be as high as say a LCM. I mean he was completely off position (both side-wise and lengthwise). To compare, it was as if the manager switched the player set as the right-sided ST position with the player at left centre-back, except that there was no manager.
(2) How come a left-sided DC ran, and then dribbled past the goal-keeper (that too, one with one-on-one stopper S.A) and slided the ball into the back of the net like a world-class finisher?
For me, it is as if anything can happen during a match in this game to satisfy whatever the game has calculated or pre-determined, even if there is no sense at all in terms of football. No wonder why GKs have been scoring or assisting. The game seem to be 'gifting' goals to the opposition for whatever reasons, especially when the opposing manager is absent.
