Season 38

[Ljepoje]

(World) Cup qualification: Balkan Boyz 2-2 Verofit FC (1th leg)

So there where we again - playing the 2nd round of the (World) Cup qualification and again we faced a heavy token buyer but managed to get a draw at the end. We started off pretty rough and defensive and it didnt go as we planned. Verofit FC took the lead quit early in the game after a free kick caused by A.Otyrov, and 5min later they extended their lead to 0-2 and I was pretty sure that the 3rd goal would come soon. But, the team got together and the midfield led by the duo Dejan Stanković and Alen Halilović did a great job in the second half, as well as Zlatan Ibrahimović and Miralem Pjanić (each player scored one fine goal) and we managed to go from an inferior position (as we were outnumbered) to an imperior, mostly because of the tactical changes (from defense to offense) and the Verofit FC become the team who defended them selfs. They changed their style of play and become quit agressive and one of their midfielders got injured and the other one got booked (yellow), something that we managed to take advantage off. Then, in the end of the game we had a couple of chances to take the lead but their GK did a great job between the posts.

On friday we are gonna play the return and I´m not sure if we gonna start defensive or attacking from the first minute (because of the limited squad and tactical opportunities), but one thing is for sure - We will make life difficult to everyone