Season 41

[Ljepoje]

MATCHREPORT (DAY 17 & 18) - BALKAN BOYZ (Sz. 6 / Lvl6)

LEAGUE: We played two of the "weaker" teams, The Moroccan "Royal Academy" (1-4) and the Spanish "Rayo Turicano" (7-0), and managed to beat both and therefore collect 6 important points. Edin Džeko and Ivica Olić scored 2 goals each in the first game and Olić was declared as MoM (rate:9). In the game gainst "Rayo Turicano", Vedad Ibišević scored 4 goals and 1 assist, while Edin Džeko, Miroslav Stevanović and Nemanja Vidić scored a goal each. Edin Džeko was declared as MoM (rate:9).

The win against "Royal Academy" and "Rayo Turicano" means that we hold on to the 1th place with 44 points after 16 rounds and with a record of 14W-2D-0L. "Ekranas FC" is 2nd with 41 points and "PUTOV" 3rd at 35points. We are playing the Spanish team "CD Tenerife" tomorrow away. The Kick off is scheduled for 20:11CET.


CL: We managed to beat the Greek team "Waterschei FC" with 3 - 0 in the 2nd leg in the final-eight and therefore win with 7 - 0 on aggregate. Hasan Salihamidžić, Miroslav Stevanović and Luka Modrić scored a goal each and Nemanja Vidić was declared as MoM (rate:8). We will face the 2nd best team in CL tournament in the quarter-finals, the Turkish "Malatyaspor". Malatyaspor is well known for playing the 4-4-2 N-diamond and we will either fight "fire with fire" or apply a V/butterfly formation.


FRIENDLIES: We played 5 friendlies, all of them against "well-known" teams and opposition. I took the liberty to test and addapt a couple of new formations and swap players around, just to see if the could play better or not in their given role. Also, some extra boosters are always welcome.


TEAM TALK: Well, we continue to play pretty damn good, both offensivly and defensivly. The players will be well prepared for the game against "Malatyaspor" as I re-scheduled the game from 20.30CET to 10.39CET.

INJURY LIST/SUSPENSION: Currently we have 1 player on the injury list: S.Lulić (2days). But Lulić is expected to recover by tomorrow morning. No suspensions to report.

CLUB FACILITIES: We finalized the Stadium upgrade today, from 31.000 to 43.000. Next upgrade will take place in a week or two. The cost will be 25,4M and will take us 19 days to complete. The Stadium will seat 57.000 spectators



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