Thursday, March 09, 2017

Top Eleven Season 08 Day 05

2 wins out of 2 today but any feeling of satisfaction was minimal, especially for the narrow win against the bottom team FC Abdo Mezo.

in our 2nd Champions League match, we had a convincing victory against Hamza Kaan38. Ma scored twice and was Man Of the Match while Ibanez scored as well. We dominated in terms of possession and shots at goal which in a way made it especially disappointing that we failed to keep a clean sheet, conceding in the 80th minute. That being said, 2 wins out of 2 in the Champions League set us well on the way to top the group and advance into the knockout stage.

The same could not be said for our league form, even though we managed to get our 1st league win against FC Abdo Mezo. We controlled possession but still conceded numerous chances with our newly tested 3 men defence. Eventually, we just managed to edge it thanks to goals from the in form Ekinci as well as Coulibaly who scored his 1st goal for the club. Ekinci has been one of our shining lights this season and his Man Of the Match performance was definitely well deserved. Ali put in a decent shift in central defence while Coulibaly not only scored the winning goal but also protected the back three well in his position. It was a pity that while there were some encouraging individual performances, it was not the dominant display which we were looking for and we need to work hard to improve our league form, myself included.

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