League, Matchday 4

Holzhacker FC [4-5-1 V] 1 - 5 New Team [3-2-2-2-1]



We had a taste of the lately off game engine ourselves this time, but we managed to pull it out. An average opponent (25.5) with a natural counter formation to our usual 4-1-2-1-2. Due to this, we were forced to use almost the same formation decided for the later cup match, with Ivor Hardy playing OOP as DML. We started with a large ball possession (which endured for all the match) while, tho, like last times the shoot counter rising was our opponent's and not ours, despite the miriad of actions from New Team showed in the live report. We even took an unneeded counter which almost let us give away the first goal. But Hutton proved again to be the right choiche as forward when getting past his marker forces him to foul inside the area, earning a penalty which the specialist Clifford Yuma scores for the 0-1 (33'). Seeing as the 3-2-2-2-1 doesn't offer many solution near the goal before half time Coach Mad anticipates his choiches getting in Lenders and Becker for the Derrick's twins, moving the formation into a 3-2-2-1-2 which proves to be a very effective counter formation as the opponent's shoots and actions ista stopped. Before half time Hutton receives from Becker and takes the second point off the guests (40'). In the second half the new module keep being effective and New Team increases his pressing on the goal. From a corner kick after a perfect shoot from Hutton, Yuma centers perfectly and Diamond doesn't miss his chanche heading in the 0-3 (50'). Hutton again easily gets rid of the defenders, surpassing even the keeper and tapping in the game-closing 0-4 (55'). The 3 man defender line proves once more to conceide a bit too much by letting the opponents score on a corner kick with Ribac (65'). Near the end is Oliver Hutton again receiving the perfect pass from Lenders and avenging his comrades for the final 1-5. New Team is now alone at first place already with a 22 scored/2 against goal difference.

Scorers: O.Hutton (3), C.Yuma (Pen.), Paul Diamond, R.Ribac.
MoM: O.Hutton (9), New Team.


Cup, Qualifiers, 2nd Leg

New Team [3-2-3-2] 2 - 1 Chelsea FC [3-5-2 Flat]



We can safely assure now that 3N-DML/DMR-3N-2 and 3N-DML/DMR-2N-1-2 are the perfect counters for the so hated 3-5-2 Flat.
A match in which despite the result we practically dominated both on plays and occasions, and only the good keeper (decisive on 3 free kicks) and some bad luck avoided a much larger result. Not much to say as we held the ball for 60% of time in the first half and 58% in the second, giving little to none chanches to the still strong opponents. We had a pressuring start reducing the english team into eleven defenders and forcing them to resort to fouling as only way to stop our players. Both at minute 23 and 36 the refree shows the yellow card to Chelsea FC's defenders, and on both free kicks the keeper managed to save the score deflecting on corner kicks. For the whole first half we couldn't find the goal despite the many occasion. In the second half we forced some substitutions due to the not complete recover of the team from the League's match, and we kept pushing going ahead at minute 48 with a long ranged shoot by Patrick Everett. Right when we seemed to be about to score the second, the just entered Paul Diamond committed New Team's very first foul getting the yellow card (our only carded player in cup, what a coincidence) and of course, after their keeper taking everything from free kicks, they got the equalizer on it with S.Stanimir (76'). Although they didn't have much time to party as Oliver Hutton proved immediatly later the difference between us and them following Mason's ride-through and being ready to tap in his last passage for the final 2-1 (78'). New Team accesses next round with a 6-2 aggregate.

Scorers: P.Everett, S.Stanimir, O.Hutton.
MoM: Clifford Yuma (9), New Team.

We are glad that finally Oliver Hutton stated adapting and scoring, along with noticing with joy that Johnny Mason (Hutton V1) still has his charme into his plays. We are now waiting to see the result of Alex FC which lost first leg home 1-2. His second account (Q45 as his first, scouts only) managed an easy win 8-1 against a much weaker team to which he had lost first leg. Along him, AC Bar Aurora (Q 41) and Kaiserslauten (Q43) both easily accessed the finals. Gonna be tough from now on.