Balkan Boyz - Matchday 6 (Sz.3 - lvl3)
LEAGUE: ROUND 4
Opponent: DCrew (Brunei)
Result: 9 - 0(Home win)
Scorers: A.Halilović (10min, 36min), M.Pjanić (11min, 56min and 89min), L.Modrić (33min), X.Shaqiri (42min), M.Nastasić (70min) and Z.Ibrahimović (84min)
Man of the match: Miralem Pjanić (Hattrick)
1th eleven squad: A.Begović, S.Hajrović, N.Tomović, S. Bečirević (C), A.Otyrov, M.Pjanić, A.Halilović, X.Shaqiri, D.Stanković, L.Modrić and Z.Ibrahimović
Summary: In the 4th round we faced a bot-robot team (abandoned) from Brunei which we picked piece by piece and finally won by 9-0 after 90min play. Our GK, A. Begović got injured in the second half after a hard tackle and was therefore not able to continue, but we managed to play with one man short without conceiving' a goal which was quit impressive. Also, M. Pjanić scored a hattrick and was therefore honoured as "man-of-the-match", (his second this season in the league play). Tomorrow we are facing our biggest rival - FC Kula - and I´m quit optimistic that we will win this one as well, but you never know whit the T11 engine - it could fool you. 
CUP: ROUND 2 (2nd leg)
Opponent: VEROFIT FC (Switzerland)
Result: 1 - 0 (Away defeat)
Scorers: K. Šabanadžović (37min)
Man of the match: E.de Oliviera
1th eleven squad: A.Begović, S.Hajrović, S.Kolašinac, S. Bečirević (C), A.Otyrov, M.Pjanić, D.Stanković, L.Modrić, A.Ljajić (X.Shaqiri) , M.Özil (A.Halilović),. and Z.Ibrahimović
Summary: So there were we, "The big game" as the FOX Deportes commentators would say, and it sure was! The first meeting ended in a dramatical draw, 2-2 and we were more or less forced to win this one if we were able to proceed to the next stage. Because of my limited squad and tactical options, I started with a 4-5-1 (flat) formation with a normal mentality against his 4-4-2 (wide - narrow diamond) attacking formation to gain some possesion in the middle and it seemd to work until the 37min when they took an surprisingly lead from nowhere. We hade like 2 or 3 quit good chances to score in the first 20min (freekick, corner and a one-on-one opportunitie) but unfortunately the ball didnt go in. In the second half, he changed to a more aggressively play and gain more ballpossesion (his friend joined as "suppport) so I decided to play a 4-3-2-1 formation (quit offensive and aggressively aswell) and recapture the possesion, something that seemed to work as we pushed them back from our half and increased our attacks and for a while he seemd to panic a little bit and played more aggressively then before. This resulted in a booking (yellow) which meant that one of his defenders will miss the next round. Unfortunately we were not able to get a equalizer and our journey in the CUP competition ended, aswell our first defeat this season. Despite the defeat and elimination in the CUP-play, I´m quit satisfied in the way we managed/played against our opponents (both heavy token buyers) and I´m quit optimistic that we will do better next time. 
Over&out!
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