I said I would get back to the short conversation between Lea and Alex shortly before the cup final started. I think it's showing us the problem with Alex' coaching in a nutshell. For me it's the most telling scene (tactics-related) of the whole documentary.
Lea wanted to learn about her exact role and whether it's her or the midfielder's job to approach the fullbacks. She wanted some clarification and she was right about this because the players need to know when they have to run and when it's the teammates turn. @batsarentbugs mentioned in many analysis that players seemed to be uncertain and torn whether they should slow down, how to set the pace and whether they should run or wait. There seems to be uncertainty about their roles which costs a lot of energy and explains why many attacks run dead.
This short scene is telling us incredibly much when you watch carefully and extrapolate. Lea wants guidance and doesn't feel understood. The frustration on her face is obvious. She looks over to the staff member/coach, hoping that he understands that she is aware of "we have to wait" (which is what Alex repeatedly said), but needed a precise task description. But didn't get one. Absolutely not.
It's painful to see the frustration on her face. And you can also hear the tone of her voice when she says twice "I know that we wait" and "I know that". In the end she got no guidance at all, the conclusion is that players need to improvise without being certain about their own roles and the roles and tasks of their teammates. That is truly a big big problem.
It was frustrating to see her frustration and also helplessness in a way. If that's how conversations go and Lea can't suppress the frustration even in front of the camera...and obviously gave up on it because she wasn't getting a helpful answer? Sigh.
PS: It's interesting in a way that they included such moments in the documentary as it's not a third party documentary, but a documentary done by their sponsor Allianz. Such moments are really really not looking good on you.
