Well your supporting my point.
What is the basis for the confidence - ability. Not whether they’ve played well recently, won a few games or the managers said some nice things.
A more able finisher does better as they can take their eye off the ball and look at the goal whilst still maintaining control of the ball and their body. They then aim for a spot and hit it more often than not.
They’ve been in the situation 1000s of times before over numerous years. They’ve practiced it loads, they’ve succeeded loads, they have the muscle memory, the instinct.
Semedo is just looking for a good contact and like at any level, that normally means it’s going down or near the middle. Pretty much where the phrase “hit it too well” comes from.