Date: Friday 8th March 2013
Time: 9.21pm GMT
Venue: Emirates Stadium, London
July Fourth vs Kalex FC
July Fourth (Quality 100.2)
GK - Mourad Essadri (Morocco) (94)
DF - Ryan McNamara (England)(99)
DF - Ludek Novotny (Czech Republic)(103)
DF - Tony Adams (England)(104)
DMC- Petr Vasko (Czech Republic)(96)
ML - Leigh McNamara (England)(105)
MC - Phil McNamara (England)(100)
Mc - Kevin Mensah (Ghana)(105)
MR - David Rocastle (England)(98)
ST - Stacey Papaleo (England)(110)
ST - Alex Zidane (France)(104)
Subs - Murphy (95) Ramirez (100) Killerich (95) Savage (98) Zhekov (94) Holvoet (100) Crawford (102)
Key Players: Free Kick Specialist, Kevin Mensah, On Form Left Midfielder Leigh McNamara, Natural Goalscorer Stacey Papaleo and also game orchestrator Alex Zidane.
Kalex FC (Quality 92.2)
GK - Petr Cech (Czech Republic)(95)
DL - Paulo Cezar de Souza (Brazil)(90)
DC - Maik Helmlinger (Germany)(95)
DC - Tjemu Boujenoui (Netherlands)(92)
DR - Mahmut Krol (Germany)(91)
ML - Rok Zec (Serbia)(95)
MC - David Saive (French)(96)
MR - Sergio Campana (Spain)(94)
AMC- Andres Iniesta (Spain)(95)
ST - Valery Utkin (Russia)(96)
ST - Botond Balogh (Hungary(93)
Subs - Tamuzo (84) Glover (88) Gera (88) Kalex only have 3 subs.
Key Players: The Tall Petr Cech in Goal, 37 Goals machine Valery Utkin, Dangerous attacking midfielder Andres Iniesta, They don't have any special ability players in their first XI, just 2 Free-Kick takers on the bench.
July Fourth take on Kalex FC here at the Emirates Stadium where they claimed the Cup with an easy 5-0 win over erster FC Puma which many didnt predict, Kalex are more organised and will make it difficult for July Fourth to win here with a strong midfield and attack, they are an attack minded team and its the attacking game that got them to the final, July Fourth however have had the harder route of both teams to get to the final but have beaten 3 good teams well especially RonnyBonny who put up a good fight in the Semi-Final. We are expecting a good challenge from Kalex here as they will want to show us why they got to the final, July Fourth have good all-round strength in their team and will look to try and dominate the midfield area and prevent Kalex from getting many shots on goal.
Richard Keyes: I think July Fourth are a very strong consistent team and they wont let the 2-2 league draw earlier today affect them for tonights final against Kalex, If July Fourth play to a good standard then they should rollover their opponents but if July Fourth arent at their best the Kalex will have a chance to turn them over.
Prediction: July Fourth 3-1 Kalex FC
Match Odds: July Fourth 2/5 Draw 3/1 Kalex FC 11/2
To Lift Trophy: July Fourth 2/7 Kalex FC 11/4
First Goalscorer:
Kevin Mensah 4/1
Stacey Papaleo 9/2
Alex Zidane 6/1
Valery Utkin 6/1
Leigh McNamara 8/1
Andres Iniesta 9/1
David Rocastle 10/1
Botond Balogh 12/1
David Savie 14/1
Each way is 1/3 the odds any goal.
Tournament History:
July Fourth: Playing 12th Champions League Final, 6 wins 5 defeats (14 League Titles, 3 Cups)
Kalex FC: Playing 3rd Champions League Final, 1 win 1 defeat (5 League Titles, Cup Best: 3rd)