League: Matchday 10:



Bakuretsu Storm 0 - 4 New Team

We abso-fkin-lutely did it this time! New Team pulls out a perfect game against the 1st on board and eternal rival Bakurtsu storm, not only turning the bad luck away, but even imposing its play and piercing 4 times a defense that, untill now, had taken 0 goals in league and one among CL and CUP.

Coach MAd took all the day to prepare for this match. Knowing his friend/rival tactics, it was a war for the surprise! Bakuretsu Storm opted for a 3-5-2 V instead of the usual 5-4-1 V, while coach Mad as wel changed from 4-1-2-1-2 to 3-1-2-2-2. Furtherly, NT's boss risked out and pulled off a man-to-man mark to guard against the 2 AMs and the 2 STs, young and dangerous.
The first half stalls at midfield, with neither the two teams able to get through, with just a couple of sporadic shoots coming form both ways which don't really pose a threat. It seems like everything will be decided in the second half when suddenly the forward duo of NT pulls out the magic: Lenders receives from Becker, turns around and serves/shoots towards Oliver Hutton. New Team's captain elegantly avoids the tower defender Sevr, and draws a perfect curve ball under the bar, it's 0-1! (43').
In the second half, Bakuretsu Storm's coach gets out one of his defenders for a 3rd AM, getting into the central position. Waiting for the move to come, COach Mad switches rapidly to the beloved 4-1-2-1-2 Setup, asking the genius regista Julian Ross to cover more the defensive line. Bakuretsu has no time to try at it at all. Forced to commit a foul on Diamond, the defensive head and free kick specialist Callaghan doesn't miss the chanche: his ball goes around the barrier and beats the unguilty keeper for the 0-2 (51').
Bakuretsu feels the punch and takes a while to reorganize. After a double sub, keeping the same module, New Team seems to be holding the game anyways. And the golden trio shines again when Oliver Hutton exchanges with Tom Becker, which pinpoints an awesome one touch passage to Lenders. The shoot is so powerful the keeper doesn't even move, it's 0-3! (64').
At this point, the opponents became much more aggressive and coach mad set orders to defend and act on counters. On the very first ball taken back, a long feed reaches Hutton who flies for over 50 meters avoiding all the defenders, just to easily surpass the keeper to for the final 0-4 (73'). The rest of the match is pretty much give-take. The first match ends with New Team trashing their opponent and putting a SERIOUS comeback on the league's title.

Statistics:

Scorers: Hutton (A:Lenders), Callaghan (FK), Becker (A:Lenders), Hutton.

MoM: Oliver Hutton - 9 - New Team.

-WIth the large victory, New Team reaches Bakuretsu Storm on the first place, and due to a total gain of +8 goal difference between them, surpass them by one goal difference! A thrilling League!