Season 41

[July Fourth]

LEAGUE ROUND 18

July Fourth 3-0 Fenerbahce SK

July Fourth 119.2 4-1-3N-2 until 63 mins 4-1-2-1-2 ND (O'Sullivan OOP) - Fenerbahce 110.6 3-5-2 inverted V

This time I was available to watch my teams game against Fenerbahce who managed a shock 2-1 win against us 2 weeks ago back in Round 5, and this time we were much better, We had Miku suspended meaning we could not choose the optimum formation being the narrow diamond to counter and setup 4-1-3-2 with red arrows on Diamond in our midfield, It was a slow start to the game and the best early chances fell for Fenerbahce but made nothing of it, Papaleo broke clear just after the half hour mark and and took it round the keeper to give us the lead, Michu should of made it 2-0 on 39 minutes but out it wide, When the second half begun Fenerbahce had a great chance to equalise when Stuart gave away a free-kick, specialist Ridvan got his effort on target but Knight saved it and out for a corner for Malik to header away, Papaleo dribbed past a defender and passed to Michu but the keeper saved it for a corner and Stuart crossed in for Childs to header in our 2nd goal, Stuart then had a chance himself but it went wide, next Papaleo once again was getting past the Fenerbahce defence so easily today and passed to Michu and this time Michu finally put it in the back of the net, Next Papaleo then got behind the defence once more but this time it was Pietropaolo (who just came on for Michu) that put it wide... Diamond and O'Sullivan but tried long range shots but they were both blocked and a late opportunity was missed when Papaleo once more got past the defence and passed to Hardy and it was saved for a corner which was cleared away.

Goals: Papaleo (31) Childs (56) Michu (62) MOTM: Papaleo.

Suspension News: Stuart is suspended for the next league game after picking up a yellow, Miku returns.

Team Talk: We got the win to avenge our disappointing 2-1 loss against this team 2 weeks ago, but on another day this quite easily could of been 6-0 or 7-0 to us and perhaps all these missed chances on goal could of cut Batigo's GD advantage down. We are behind by a GD of 14 now because Batigo won 12-0 against agger who are a severely inactive team, but we still have to play agger later on in the season.