Two goal lead

A two goal lead is when a sporting team most commonly a football (soccer) team is leading by two goals against their opposition.
Although it is hard to believe according to the Parisi Theory they are actually harder to defend than a one goal lead. The Parisi theory was developed by Lewis Parisi after watching many football matches he began to notice a large number of teams throwing away two goal leads and was confused by the situation so he decided to do research and came up with the theory of the attitude of teams changing when they add another goal to their lead.
Football teams often squander two goal leads because their mindset changes when they add another goal to their advantage. This is because teams go up by one goal they tend to go into defensive mode as they set their sights on winning the match. This mindset however changes when teams go up by two goals as many teams become complacent and many of the players begin to search for individual glory and do not do what is best for the team.
One example of this was on the 27th of December, 2008, when Sydney FC early in their match against arch rivals Melbourne Victory were leading 2-0. Sydney looked like a completely different team after this and Melbourne fought back to win the famous contest. This is strong evidence that the Parisi Theory is correct and the sporting public saw further evidence of this during the 2005 Champions League final when Liverpool FC came back from 2-0 down to defeat AC Milan.
This is not to say that teams wouldn't prefer to have a two goal advantage but just that often teams are more vulnerable to comebacks in these types of situations where they are leading by two goals.

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