Season 42

[Ljepoje]

Very hard win but very much needed

Wow, from being at the bottom in the start - to be at the top in the finish... Good work!

[FCB]

one draw is enough

[reddeviljohn]

Champions League Semi Final, 2nd Leg

ES54 FC 1-2 United Til I Die

ES54 FC 80.4 3W-4-1-2 United Til I Die 86.6 4-1-3N-2

Slightly changed formation as they were all over us in first match so dropped ND and went 1-3N in midfield but still playing up the middle was not working and the home side took the lead through Samban on 33mins so went mixed and Zouma got the crucial away goal on 39mins when he popped up from the back, so happy with the 1-1 half time score, Holt made it 1-2 on 54mins and we began to create much more chances and with the defense holding firm the tie was over.

Goals: Zouma (39), Holt (54) MOTM: Fernandez

Team Talk: A really hard thought match here and a slightly better performance than first leg and we got the away goal to finish them off so will take the win to progress to the final 1-3 on AGG

[Zeon]

I lost my CL away match with 3-2, then I'd had to quit watching todays match after 60minutes with 0-1 for him. Now I log in to see I won 2-1 and advanced to the finals (I won quarters with penalties and semi with away goals, pretty lucky )

Now I will most likely play vs the guy who won my season 4 + 5 leagues, time for revenge!

[CarlTaut]

a lot of time is passed from my previous update about A.C. Ianna... well the team isn't in good shape...mostly coz his manager stopped to follow the matches. But, since the 10th season of the team history is come to the end (for the first time high chances to fail a CL qualification), I thought to share the formation of the decade... tribute to all our players that honoured the jersey with the heart.
Enjoy



note *= still playing with the club

GK Agnew Darran (Scotland) 54 games played 1 MOM (4 seasons)
DC/DR Bebéto Bruno* (Brazil) 200 games played 12 goals 3 assists 7 MOM (8 seasons)
DC Pandelica Dan (Romania) 149 games played 13 goals 1 assist 9 MOM (7 seasons)
DC/DMC Barrett Garfield (Jamaica) 139 games played 13 goals 3 assists 4 MOM (7 seasons)
DR/DMR Pirovano Francesco (Italy) 92 games played 11 goals 2 MOM (5 seasons)
DML/ML Facù Francisco Matos* (Brazil) 181 games played 57 goals 38 assists 9 MOM (7 seasons)
MC Gonzalez Alexis (Chile) 50 games played 52 goals 15 assists 6 MOM (2 seasons)
MC Flett David (Scotland) 85 games played 37 goals 19 assists 6 MOM (4 seasons)
ST Chikovani Maxim (Russia) 56 games played 48 goals 28 assists 20 MOM (3 seasons)
ST Miloradovic David (Sweden) 100 games played 62 goals 46 assists 15 MOM (6 seasons)
ST Spaskovski Milos (Serbia) 107 games played 72 goals 31 assists 22 MOM (4 seasons)

[reddeviljohn]

We are playing Barizta FC in the final of the champions league who are a Thai team they have been beaten twice on route and their manager seems quite astute with his formations as he always seems to change them for each match but he is currently set up for 4-4-2 and he has a DC suspended for the final his q82.7 and he has 3 scouts

[July Fourth]

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - SEMI-FINAL, 2ND LEG

July Fourth 5-0 Zekspor FC

July Fourth win 7-0 on aggregate
July Fourth 125.3 aeroplane 1st half, 3N-4-1-2 2nd half - Zekspor 119.2 5-4-1

It's been a while since we played a formation with a back 5 and also it was a bizarre choice by our opponent manager despite trailing 2-0 from the first leg and it seem to work for our opponent for 3/4's of the game, we were barely hanging on to our lead as they seem to kept getting all the attacks, They had a free-kick on 24 minutes which was saved by Knight and it went to the double corner scenario but thankfully for us Zek put it wide in what would of put them back in the tie. de Oliveira and Daminuta had long range efforts blocked and Hogan was forced to clear another corner. Shots came in from Wie and Mekeongo and even Michu was back doing defending at this point and it was 0-0 @ HT.

The second half continued with Zekspor on the front foot... Daminuta got past the last defender and Knight closed him down to force a corner and from it Zek's header went just over the bar. It could of easily been 2-0 to Zekspor on the night at this point... Then Stuart came on and first of all he fouled Kim (Zekspor's best player) and Kim has injured and the game changed, basically the NGE Troll struck our opponents here when they were on top in this game... Nothing came from the free-kick and Zek fired another shot wide. We took the lead from a corner with a Childs diving header and minutes later we buried the tie a Beckett pass found O'Sullivan to bury it and a minute later Miku scored from 25 meters, Miku got a brace from 20 meters for 4-0 on 87 minutes and just when you thought that wasn't enough we won a last minute corner and Stuart crossed that in for Pietropaolo to get his head on it for 5-0 in the 90th minute.

Goals: Childs (75) O'Sullivan (77) Miku (78,87) Pietropaolo (90) MOTM: Pietropaolo.

Team Talk: Well... We were delighted to see this one through in the end in style but the 7-0 aggregate scoreline does not reflect in reality what went on in this Semi-Final. Zekspor are quite a good team. Until that injury for Zekspor they still had a fighting chance in this tie and perhaps could of scored a goal or 2.

July Fourth have reached a club record 8th consecutive Champions League Final and will play against "Ilknur ve Ozgur" in an attempt to defend our title and possibly win another double. It will be our 17th Champions League Final in total.

[reddeviljohn]

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - SEMI-FINAL, 2ND LEG

July Fourth 5-0 Zekspor FC

July Fourth win 7-0 on aggregate
July Fourth 125.3 aeroplane 1st half, 3N-4-1-2 2nd half - Zekspor 119.2 5-4-1

It's been a while since we played a formation with a back 5 and also it was a bizarre choice by our opponent manager despite trailing 2-0 from the first leg and it seem to work for our opponent for 3/4's of the game, we were barely hanging on to our lead as they seem to kept getting all the attacks, They had a free-kick on 24 minutes which was saved by Knight and it went to the double corner scenario but thankfully for us Zek put it wide in what would of put them back in the tie. de Oliveira and Daminuta had long range efforts blocked and Hogan was forced to clear another corner. Shots came in from Wie and Mekeongo and even Michu was back doing defending at this point and it was 0-0 @ HT.

The second half continued with Zekspor on the front foot... Daminuta got past the last defender and Knight closed him down to force a corner and from it Zek's header went just over the bar. It could of easily been 2-0 to Zekspor on the night at this point... Then Stuart came on and first of all he fouled Kim (Zekspor's best player) and Kim has injured and the game changed, basically the NGE Troll struck our opponents here when they were on top in this game... Nothing came from the free-kick and Zek fired another shot wide. We took the lead from a corner with a Childs diving header and minutes later we buried the tie a Beckett pass found O'Sullivan to bury it and a minute later Miku scored from 25 meters, Miku got a brace from 20 meters for 4-0 on 87 minutes and just when you thought that wasn't enough we won a last minute corner and Stuart crossed that in for Pietropaolo to get his head on it for 5-0 in the 90th minute.

Goals: Childs (75) O'Sullivan (77) Miku (78,87) Pietropaolo (90) MOTM: Pietropaolo.

Team Talk: Well... We were delighted to see this one through in the end in style but the 7-0 aggregate scoreline does not reflect in reality what went on in this Semi-Final. Zekspor are quite a good team. Until that injury for Zekspor they still had a fighting chance in this tie and perhaps could of scored a goal or 2.

July Fourth have reached a club record 8th consecutive Champions League Final and will play against "Ilknur ve Ozgur" in an attempt to defend our title and possibly win another double. It will be our 17th Champions League Final in total.

A late, late show from July Fourth but they are there to defend their title which is the main thing!

[dv8r]

Champions League semi-final, 2nd leg

Perfect Tactics (4) 7-0 Hatay Spor (1)

Perfect Tactics: 66.1, butterfly | Hatay Spor: 58.1, 4-4-2 classic

Perfect Tactics win 11-1 on aggregate.

Easy win here, it looked like a no contest after the first leg. We rested all of the players on a yellow card and gave a debut for San Fransisco in defence and got a goal. There were goals from Petersen and Pistov while Silly picked one up and Van der Zande scored a nice solo goal. We're in the final after being absent for one season. This is what matters now... The final of the CL.

Goals: Petersen (18', 43'), Van der Zande (22'), Silly (23'), Francisco (28'), Pistov (50', 56')
MOTM: Van der Zande
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[dv8r]

And here are our opponents in the final....



Pre match odds:
To lift the trophy:
Perfect Tactics: 8/11
Extacy FC: 11/10

I hate playing against this formation!

What is suggested that I use? I would say butterfly but I haven't tried it out against this formation before, it could work against me.
A) Butterfly
B) 3N-2W(DML/DMR)-2N-1-2
C) 3N-2W(DML/DMR)-3N-2 (last resort, it means playing Petersen OOP)
D) Other