Balkan Boyz - Matchday 5 (Sz.3 - lvl3)

LEAGUE: ROUND 3

Opponent: Egyptian team (written in arabic)
Result: 1 - 4 (Away win)
Scorers: X.Shaqiri (7min), Z. Ibrahimović (50min), S.Hajrović (71min), P.Dušek (75min) and D.Stanković (86min).
Man of the match: Xherdan Shaqiri

1th eleven squad: A.Begović, S.Hajrović, S.Kolašinac,M.Nastasić, A.Otyrov, M.Pjanić (A.Halilović), X.Shaqiri (D.Stanković), L.Modrić, A.Ljajić, M.Özil and Z.Ibrahimović

Summary: In the 3rd round we faced a quit weak but pretty active and attacking Egyptian team. We started quit defensive in the 1th half but changed our tactics and style of play (from defensive to offensive) in the 2nd round and the goals started to pour in. The home team started to play agressive and ugly and they managed to outmanage (injure) our MR player, Miralem Pjanić, so we played one man short for a couple of minutes. This was something they managed to take advantage off and managed to score from a free kick in the 75min. But the debutante Dejan Stanković showed his skills on the pitch and made sure that the away team was the better one by scoring his first goal in the season (since I purchased him yesterday) and therefore extended our lead to 1-4. This away win was our 3rd and Balkan Boyz is currently the league leaders (and hopefully league winners at the end of the season)


CL: ROUND 2

Opponent: BOLA FC (written in cyrillic)
Result: 1 - 5 (Away win)
Scorers: P. Artemov (20min), A.Ljajić (27min and 40min), Z. Ibrahimović (53min), M.Pjanić (76min) and Xherdan Shaqiri (90min)
Man of the match: Zlatan Ibrahimović

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: We faced a Kakaz team in the 2nd round in the CL and I was quit worried before the game because they managed to play 1-1 against my biggest opponent and league rival, FC Kula at home in the first round. And as I predicted, they took the lead in the 1th half but we managed to turn the game in our favour thanks to Adem Ljajić´s two goals, and Zlatan Ibrahimović, Miralem Pjanić and Xherdan Shaqiri extended the lead to 1-5 in the 2nd half and the win was secured. This meant that we extended our lead in group G to 6points, +2 more points than the second team - FC Kula which we will face in the 3rd round and I´m quit sure that we will beat him as well


Note: Tomorrow we are playing the 2nd leg of the (World) Cup qualifiers against the Swiss team (and heavy token buyer) Verofit FC and I'm very thrilled and quit excited actually because I think we have a pretty good chance to advance further in this competition since the 2-2 draw at home. Also its the first time my players will enter and play on a 46K stadium. Also, I havent decided if we are gonna play defensive or offensive from the first minute, but there is still some time before the kick-off.


Over&out!