CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP C ROUND 4
July Fourth 5-0 Sz FC
July Fourth 131.1 4-2-2-2 Hexagon - Sz FC 3N-5-2 V-Style
We decided to use a formation we have not used in a long time to play against Sz's 352V and that was the hexagon and it worked well for us here. It seemed to be the right counter formation... July Fourth got off to a flying start with Watson crossing in for Petersen to volley in for the early lead and it wasn't long until it was 2-0 with Kusama squaring off for Petersen for his brace... We had a little bit of defending to do before Papaleo came into the game and kept challenging their defenders but they stood firm as Petersen also had a hatrick attempt blocked. The second half saw Pietropaolo subbed off and Kusama brought forward to play as a striker and he proved quite effective on trying to create chances and almost scored himself. Papaleo though ran through on goal and was brought down by Bojovic for a penalty in which Papaleo made no mistake for only his second goal of the season, sadly though Papaleo had one more chance but missed once again and also setting up Kusama who had a shot saved. A pass from 'Doc' found Watson mideway through the second half and Watson took it round the keeper to score and Watson made it 5-0 2 minutes later with a long range effort. Petersen had a further chance to get a hatrick but his shot was blocked. There was a ate chance for Sz from a corner Wriessnig crossed it in for Van der Horst to header on target but Knight managed to get the save.
Goals: Petersen (2,7) Papaleo (48) Watson (66,68) MOTM: Watson - 1pt
Manager Points: Watson 3,Petersen 2,Kusama 1
Top 5 Standings: Beckett 19,Petersen 14,Watson 10,Ramirez 10,Pietropaolo 9,Calavicci 9.
Team Talk: That win means that we have qualified from the group and are in the knockout stages with 2 games to spare. Our next group game is away at "Sadadjang FC" in which a draw would be enough to see us win the group. We play friend club "Benca FC" in the league tomorrow afternoon away which will be quite tough seeing they have quite a highly active manager.