Simon Kuper, during a 2015 sports data discussion with Balls.ie, on how Daley Blind helped Germany win the World Cup pic.twitter.com/xRflQCPIlC

— Mohamed Moallim (@iammoallim) September 4, 2016

Simon Kuper, during a 2015 sports data discussion with Balls.ie, on how Daley Blind helped Germany win the World Cup

Simon Kuper mentions that during the World Cup, the German players had watched videos of how Daley Blind stopped a “one-two”  before the France and Brazil games. This apparently was the only proven way to stop a “one-two”.

Below is the video of Blind cutting off a one-two.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EmoMzV5QUc