Season 39

[Raykco]

Just watched my biggest rivals (and long term opponents, Pto Alcudia), lose 1-4 in the Champs League, to the team who finished second in my group, and who I beat 4-0 away in match 5.

[Ljepoje]

Balkan Boyz - Matchday 11 (Sz.4 - lvl4)



HEADLINE: Ivica Olić´s late goals puts Balkan Boyz in "pole position"

CL: Stra FC (Q34) Formation: 4-3N-1-2 >> 1 - 2 << Balkan Boyz (Q42,2) Formation: 3W-2-2-2W-1/4-5-1V & 4-1-2-1-2
SCORERS: M.Krepela (11min.ass:M.Saint-Louis), Ivica Olić (61 & 79min.ass:H.Salihamidžić and S.Jovetić )
SUBS: H.Salihamidžić <> E.Džeko (63min)
MOTM: Hasan Salihamidžić (rate:8)


This was an unexpected and minimalistic away win over Stra FC (Ireland) in the 1th leg of the CL final-eight. ((mostly becuse of the fact that I lost myself/didn´t pay attention to it, was watching the Italian derby between Juventus- AC Milano)... Anyway: First, we didn´t expect Stra FC to be a better team than it was a day ago, mostly because of the fact that their manager decided to buy 4 scouts (in which one of them is worldclass, 7*) two or three hours before our meeting (!). Second, they got an early goal in the 1th half and managed to put a high pressure on our 3 line-defence (despite our two DMC´s) with their 4-3N-1-2 formation.

Anyway, we managed to pull it off and a win - is a win. The butterfly formation (3W-2N-2-2W-1) seemed quite ineffective and useless since we didn´t manage to get pass/through their flanks. The 4-5-1V got us an equalizer, but the 4-1-2-1-2 got us the winning goal and all of a sudden we had 3 or 4 dangerous opportunities the last quarter (subbed H.Salihamidžić with E.Džeko), but their GK and Defence did well. The return on Thuesday will be quite interesting, but I think that we will make it through. Let´s hope for the best!

[SimplySimon]

Well I haven't updated for a bit, so a quick overview of the last three very successful days for Feeder AFC

Friday:

Wiberg United FC 0 - 9 Feeder AFC

A club record away win at lowly Danish team Wiberg, featuring a hat trick from Arljind Andreoli, to continue Feeder's 100% league record. The down side is a broken leg for top scoring midfielder Marius Panzaru, which could leave him out for 20 days. The club have stated that they will try to get a specialist in before the crucial 2nd leg cup tie tomorrow

Feeder AFC 4 - 2 inkypoolutd fc

Feeder avenge their only CL defeat against the other English team in the group to finish top

Saturday:

Feeder AFC 2 - 0 RAVENS FC (agg: 2 - 1

A close run thing, but Feeder get through a tough tie against the best team they have ever played. Despite giving away 3 points in quality (29 v 32), the home team start well and open the scoring after 27 minutes. A great through pass from Andreoli puts star youngster James Watson in on goal and he slides home for the lead. Then, with half time approaching, Andreoli unleashes a pile driver from distance and Feeder are ahead on aggregate. After the break RAVENS increase the pressure, so after 67 minutes Feeder drop their attacking style in favour of a more balanced approach. Despite some scares, they avoid conceding the goal that would put them out and at the final whistle scenes of jubilation engulf the stadium

Feeder AFC 5 - 0 Guiseppe FC

The fans are going nowhere as, just 20 minutes later, 1st plays 3rd in a crunch league match. The home side, featuring 10 changes from the previous game, dominate from the first whistle - scoring after 6 minutes and rattling in a further four to leave their Italian opponents floored. This time it's Russian striker Vitaly Puzin who takes home the match ball

Sunday:

Black Diamonds 1 - 4 Feeder AFC

Feeder face Italian opposition again, with the league leaders travelling to their closest rivals. A first minute goal starts the ball rolling and despite conceding an equaliser, an easy win takes the team 6 points clear at the top

Fire Monkeys 1 - 3 Feeder AFC

A comfortable away win in the first leg of the CL round of 16 against their French opponents should see Feeder into the QF


A great weekend for Feeder, seeing good progress in all competitions. Two new signings have also been added, a GK with one on one SA and a ML/AML with shadow striker. We're top of the league, the best team left in the CL and the cup draw means we would avoid the best side (Level 5, Q33) until the final - assuming we can get that far. The fans are starting to get excited at the prospect of a treble, but a lot could happen between now and the end of the season!

It's been great fun so far though, good luck to everyone else on this forum for their upcoming matches :-)

[mzaini_18]

1st time lead the league after inconsistent form by top 4

[July Fourth]

fenerbahce 2-5 July Fourth League Round 14
fenerbahce 96.4 4-4-2 Classic - July Fourth 108.0 3N-1-3W-1-2

We had an early KO time here away at bottom side fenerbahce and we expected all 3 points here and Mensah broke clear of the fenerbahce defence to put us into the lead in the 2nd minute, however fenerbahce were in the game for most part of it and had their fair share of chances and got a equaliser almost immediately in the 9th minute through a corner kick with Pungpoh with a header they almost took the lead on 15 minutes with Pungpoh this time putting it wide. fenerbahce continued to threaten and eventually Miku on the counter attack put us back infront with a shot that hit the underneath of the bar. Michu a minute later made it 3-1 after getting in behid his marker to stick it past the keeper. Papaleo should of made it 4-1 just befoe half-time but put it over the bar.

In the second half fenerbahce got a free kick and then Fernandes de Paula found the top corner to put fenerbahce back in the game, again like last nights CL match @ 3-2, we needed to bring on some substitutes and freshen things up again, Papaleo's claim for a penalty was denied and Mensah blashed the free kick wide, Tony Adams then won an important tackle from Norinho that would of put him on goal for a certain 3-3, but eventually our subs paid off again and a Michu corner found Rocky running into the box to smash it in for 4-2 and there was a late strike from L.McNamara to seal the deal after it went in after it bounced off the keeper.

It was a close interesting battle rather than a expected easy win.

Goals: Mensah (2) Pungpoh (9) Miku (29) Michu (30) Fernandes de Paula (47) Rocastle (70) McNamara (85) MOTM: Michu. (AGAIN!!!)

[Ljepoje]

The T11 CUP - Draws: Balkan Boyz face English team "Villa" in the Quarter-finals.
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The quarter-final match-ups for this season’s T11 were determined yesterday at a draw held at Topeleven Headquarters where it was decided that Balkan Boyz will face the english side "Villa" in the next round of the European competition. The other results of the draw are as follows: Madrid FC - Hypool FC, Buca FC - Dynamo Swag and AlZaeem FC- Orchard Utd.

Manager -Ljepoje- said earlier today that they "are seriously preparing for a very difficult game against Villa",since they tend to play on counterformations then having a game of their own. -Ljepoje- continued, "It is important for both teams, whenever you play for progression to a semi-final it’s a crucial one for both teams. All these games are intense, hard and sometimes tend to end with unexpected results.” But he added, “all I ask from my players is that they give 100% out there on the pitch. We have plenty of respect for them, as we do for any other team. Respect – but not fear. We know it’ll be a difficult game, but we aren’t afraid.”

The first leg of the quarter-final will take place at the "Balkan Boyz" stadium tonight at 23.18CET, with the second leg at "Villans" scheduled for Wednesday at 13.24CET. If Balkan Boyz makes it past Villa, they will be playing the semi-finals against the winner between AlZaeem FC and Orchard Utd.

[dv8r]

League, round 14 - Hurycan Speed FC 0-8 Perfect Tactics
Hurycan Speed FC: 35.9, 4-5-1 flat
Perfect Tactics: 52.0, 3-5-2 v (60' 3-3-2-2)

Just like July Fouth, we had an early kick off for our league game today. Our players must have not liked the early kick off because we were not up for this match in the first half. Hurycan FC's defenders were playing like 8* defenders as we couldn't find a way through. Eastgate and Hardy giving away free kicks but both were wasted. We did take the lead from a corner kick, Petersen's cross finding Nascimento who headed into the goal. Eastgate made it 2-0 before half time, a timed pass from Mata giving him an empty net to score from. After a slight tweak to the tactics, the floodgates opened in the 2nd half. Petersen's long range strike making it 3-0 before Suarez's solo effort put us 4-0 up. We were awarded a penalty when Hardy was brought down in the box and Petersen got his 2nd goal of the game from the penalty spot. Blomqvist added another to the game and then it was 7-0, Miranda coming on for Suarez and providing the pass for Nascimento's 2nd goal of the game. Mata made it 8-0 from a counter attack and this is a scoreline that reflects our true power.

Now we are 7 points clear, 2nd place will play 3rd place and we are hoping for a draw or an away win. Guedes FC has 2 suspensions today so I'm hoping they lose to Blue Whales as it will make our season a whole lot easier.

Goals: Nascimento (34', 73'), Eastgate (41'), Petersen (50', 62' PEN), Suarez (58'), Blomqvist (65'), Mata (77')
MOTM: Petersen

And it's back to sleep lol.

[Ljepoje]

And it's back to sleep lol.

What a coincidence, just as T11 went down for maintenance (AGAIN)

[dv8r]

What a coincidence, just as T11 went down for maintenance (AGAIN)

Uhh I was about to assign SP and then it went down... It better not reset my score or I won't be happy

[Ljepoje]

In addition. This guy seems to like play tricks: He seems to favour the 3W-2N-2-2W-1 and the 4-5-1V formations, but tend to switch during the game and play on counter-formations. Hi has currently 3 players out of position, a DC/DR playing GK, DC playing DR and a AMC/AMR playing in AML position. His team are stacked with scouts+SA, so it will be a difficult one, especially since he managed to eliminate the Qatari team (stacked with superstars and legends) from last round...