Top Eleven Season 09 Day 19, 20

The last 2 days saw us taking a stumble in the league, surviving in the Champions League and being knocked out in a crushing home defeat.

In the league, we won 5-3 away to Jorge FC but lost at home 2-3 to Taufik Hasibu FC. In the 1st  match, we simply overwhelmed the home team with our firepower as Ma (2), Adeso, Osman and Schweizer scored to bring us the victory though the 3 conceded goals were a sign to be concerned for future matches as we lost the next league game at home despite 2 goals from Tajeddine who came on as a substitute.

In the Champions League, we gave a resolute defensive display as we won 1-0 away at Falcon FC in the quarter final 1st leg with Ma scoring the only goal. Sapasadee was excellent in goal as we were put under pressure for most of the match and was a key player who helped us to the win.

In the Cup, we failed to hold on to the 2-1 advantage as we crushed out of the Cup at the semi final stage, losing 2-4 at home to PS GelEs FC. Our opponents were stronger than us on paper and that difference was reflected on the pitch where despite early goals from Ibanez and Haciyev, we were subjected to waves after waves of attack which eventually knocked us out with 4 conceded goals. The recent leaky defence was definitely cause for concern and we will need to tighten things up at the back as we look to hang onto 1st place in the league and advance in the Champions League.