Season 37

[Chris Rath]

Hey lads, I sadly lost today the first points in CL group stage.

I played with 4-4-2 vs. a 3-2-3-2. First everything ran well. Left winger Abdel Aal moved forward after 11 minutes, outplayed 2 defenders and the keeper. Striker Afriyee could even extend the lead to 2-0 (57.). But then the match turned, my opponent could close the gap to 1-2 (59.) and even equalize 8 minutes later.

Earlier the day I faced in the league another 3-2-3-2. I chose the same tactics and mentality like later in CL. Midfielder Manuel Rasch led the match into the right direction with two early goals (9.), (15.). Abdel Aal (had two play twice today, because he is my only ML in the squad, my other left winger is AML/AMC) could extend the lead with another 2 goals (42., 46.) before defender Ziereis moved in the last quarter forward after a corner and marked the 5-0 final score (80s).

With this win I climbed from 4th to 3rd, but tomorrow I play away at the league leader. He is already 6 points ahead of me, has a very strong squad and adopts tactics quite well so far. He seems to take me serious, because he did today some late minute transfers and power trained one of his forwards to 6*. That will be tough.