Season 37

[July Fourth]

July Fourth 1-0 Fc RonnyBonny Champions League Semi-Final 1st Leg
July Fourth 99.9 3N-1-4-2 - FC RonnyBonny 92.0 3W-1-4-1-1

I said this could be a tough encounter in the Semi-Finals and it sure was, We went into the game hoping to get a good win and RonnyBonny also would of liked to keep the score low, It's a result that keeps this tie alive and sets up an interesting second leg, We had an early attack which Papaleo broke through the defence of RonnyBonny and Passed it to Zidane and he put it away, RonnyBonny started to concerntrate to pack the midfield by playing a strange 3W-1-4-1-1 for most of the game and we had most of the attacks through Zidane and Papaleo, most of our midfield players didnt get shots on goal, Perhaps Mensah being missing played a key part here but we didn't win any free-kicks so that part of his game wasn't needed, Novotny's corners were all headed away, RonnyBonny should of had an equaliser at the beginning of the second half when Barracade was 1v1 against Murphy and passed it to Berrebat to only eventually be cleared for a corner and we headed the corner to safety, I stuck to 3N-1-4-2 for the game, I thought I would be open to a flank attack if I pushed my midfielders upto a 3N-5-2 V, So I decided to sub both Papaleo and Zidane late in the game with Zhekov and Crawford but it didn't have any effect because my opponent manager reacted and went 3W-1-5-1. The away leg will undoubtably be tough but the clincher for us will be if we can get the away goal.

Goal: Zidane (6) MOTM: Papaleo.