Atlético Kolkata Day 20 & 21 Report
Atlético Kolkata start the year with a perfect record — 3 wins in 3 matches. On New Year's Day we played a weak and tanking team at home, but won only 3-1. That's the problem with 4-5-1V, you can't score much. Moore and MOM Lewis twice entered the scoresheet, the first time with an assist by Andrew John.
Today I've continued by dream run in the CL, winning 2-1 away and agg progress to the semis. Here we face a quite tough team, so we'll like to take it to penalties. Andrew had pretty much sealed the deal with the opener itself, as we lead by agg and away goals 1-0 in 33'. They equalised in 50' while John again scored in 79' to take us home. It was a one man show, since other than John, the squad's performance was not quite up to the mark. But a win is a win! We also won a very crucial tie against the 6th place team, who trailed us by 3 points only. It was, I guess, trolled, since they blew up a penalty. Captain Claudio and AMC Arif (the slow, young trainer) found the net by corners from Adriano Baert, but it was James who was MOM with 8.6 rating. He stopped all 5 shots on target of the opposition, and kept a clean sheet (interestingly, his opposite number saved 6).
And thanks everyone who helped me for the CL tie! http://forum.topeleven.com/top-eleve...-3-1-2-cl.html
What about a league like this, Gert, where only a few GOALS are between success and failure?
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Last edited by Arion; 01-02-2016 at 03:51 PM.
AH AH — manager of Atlético Kolkata. Named in honour of my hometown club, Atlético de Kolkata, which won the inaugural edition of Indian Super League in 2014.
A good defence is the best offense.