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!