“I think we tried to attack just like in every game, but sometimes the ball just doesn’t go in. That’s football. But we always try to attack teams and score goals, but today the ball didn’t go in.” - Santiago Sosa
Poker is a game of skill and chance. Sometimes no matter how good a hand you get—no matter how skilled you are at betting, bluffing, and statistical analysis—you could still lose everything to the guy with a royal flush.
The same is true of soccer. A manager can have the perfect game plan, and the players can execute it to perfection, but sometimes things still don’t go your way.