I got a nice draw against a 26.8% stronger team in associations today, although it's important to note the average of the white stats was closer than 26.8%, since it looks like my opponent used the personal trainer to get to 167.7%. I lost the first leg. The boys showed guts though, going down 1-5 in the first leg, before closing to within one (4-5), eventually falling 4-6. Second leg, the boys against went down, traiing 0-2 at the half, but rallied with 61' and 89' minute goals from Sparta.

I had my tactics wrong on this one, he was attacking with short passing and I was using defense + long balls, and defensive mentality vs. short passing is a tactical no-no, short passing game will break down the bunker. But tactics were changed to attacking + long balls, against his attack based short passing game, which brought the boys back for a draw. Draw still feels good though

We won the semi's 22-13

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