Battle of unbeatens in the champions league, is a matchup of contrasting styles. My opponent, the reigning champions league winner plays a 4-1(DMC)-5(ML-MC-MC-MC-MR). He also didn't attend the match, but updated his team in the minutes following the match, so i'm assuming he was gunning for less possession, to produce more opportunities on the counter. I played a 3w-5-2 flat, attacking, down the flanks, pressing whole pitch with short passing. In theory (and probably reality) such a strategy would play into his hands, but as fate would have it, I was the team launching more counter-attacks. I don't quite know where my players where finding the room to counter-attack against the defensive bunker but they were, as we managed to score of the counter with a 23rd minute goal from ST Panaigua! Opponent would equalize with a goal off the 30th minute corner to knot the score at 1, where it would remain into the half. The boys came out motivated from the intermission, adding goals in the 53th and 56th minute (56th was off the corner, I think the 53rd was too but I can't remember for sure). Again, i'm not quite sure where they were finding space to counter-attack against the 10 man bunker, but they were. My ST with the infamous name would add goals in the 86th and 89th minutes from a pair of free kicks, increasing the margin to a final and decisive 5:1 victory.