Played my fourth league game today. Here are the results:
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quote:Originally posted by Hattrick
3720 spectators arrived at Capricornios Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Capricornios had chosen a strategic incomprehensible 6-3-1 formation. The following players had been chosen: Duran - Boggs, Mcleod, Okeefe, Weldon, Hood, Henry - Rivera, Mcintosh, Gilliland - Parker.
Yellow had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Mcmahan - Toth, Knott, Haas, Harley - Wahl, Raines, Esparza, Cody - Tomlin, Burney.
Capricornios were very close to putting themselves one up in the 12th minute as Shannon Mcleod got through, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. Capricornios appeared unsure on how to play. Seemingly due to lack of experience, Justo Rivera needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. In the 32nd minute the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending and Theodore Burney put the ball away for 0 - 1. 35 minutes into the game Yellow were awarded a penalty and Omar Cody was able to increase the visitors lead to 0 - 2 rolling the ball in by the right post. After this Yellow lowered the tempo in order to concentrate on their defensive efforts. Praxedis Duran kept the home side in the game with a magnificient save, as Omar Cody delivered an almost perfect free kick to the far cross bar. Burton Weldon challenged the visitors full backs eagerly, producing a good chance in the 40:th minute as he went for a through ball combination. But as so many times before, the guestīs defensive efforts got the best of it. The teams went for a half-time break at 0 - 2. The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Yellow, with an impressive 56 percent possession of the ball.
During the break Capricorniosīs coach went through the teams new tactics yet again. Capricornios, bringing the final ball possession rate to 61 percent, dominated the battle.
The most dominating Capricornios player was without a doubt Shannon Mcleod. However, Alexander Boggs made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Yellow player was without a doubt Billie Tomlin. Danny Raines on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 2.
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I won, but it wasn't as big of a victory as I was hoping for. I wsa playing the 8th ranked team in the series, who had previously never lost by fewer than 4 goals and are famous for their 6-2-2 and 6-3-1 formations. I didn't even play it cool like I was originally planning. And the 5th ranked team in my series destroyed the 4th ranked one 9-0 away from home, whereas I only won 1-0 against them at home last week. It seems that having a good offense, defense, and keeper but a bad midfield causes low-scoring victories.
But, a win's a win I guess. I'm currently ranked 2nd in my series. My match of the season is coming up next week, against the first ranked team. Wish me luck!
