July Fourth 5-1 Steaua Siret Champions League Last 16, 1st Leg

I was a little nervous actually going into this game because the opposition manager is unpredictable for formation selection, they choose 4-3W-1-2 which really played into my hands as I played 3N-1-4-2 which I believe my formation counters his and when the game begun, we quickly started playing football and a shot from P.McNamara just outside the area gave us the lead, Steaua Siret then gave away a free kick on the edge of the area, up steps Mensah and he scores again, 8 mins gone and we were in control, Zidane and Rocky both had chances blocked and then Steaua Siret got an important away goal at this stage of the game through Tyrone Connor from out of knowhere. Then minutes later L.McNamara hit it from 25 meters to restore a 2 goal lead at half-time, the second half continued pretty much like the first half, We had most of the ball and quality was showing here, Papaleo is having a hard time of late missing 2 chances and setup Rocky for him to only miss, Another foul from the away side gave Mensah another free-kick and he struck it so well the keeper didnt have much of a chance. Tison and Connor both missed a chance to keep Steaua Siret in the tie, Then Papaleo broke clear with the ball past the defence and past it to Zidane for a comfortable 5-1 lead at this stage, Then afterwards we were left to do some defense work through Adams and Novotny who both kept the concertration to make sure they didn't allow Steaua Siret another away goal.

This result should be more than enough to get us through to the Quarter-Finals without having to do too much work in the second leg.

Goals: P.McNamara (4) Mensah (8,62) Connor (30) L.McNamara (38) Zidane (74) MOTM: Mensah.