Subject: »[U21] [NT] Matches

This will be very hard. We lost twice last season with a better team (but with worse coaching).

but with worse coaching

worse coaching for nz? not at all, you proved that you are a great tactician, and i was surprised you didn`t want to continue this season
i will think at something offensive, but not too risky...we need a victory here

Perfect first half. In the second one certainly could see the limitedness of the team.

Qstarw kept his promise after our nasty match in the beginning of the last season. Nevertheless a nice victory. And the second goal has all what's needed to become "goal of the century of NZU21". Very nice!

indeed, the second goal was very nice...assist from reid :)
i think we deserved the win, though not at such a big difference...maybe a 4-2 would have been a more fair result, but i`m happy we took all 3 points

we were suppose to play against turkey u20 and 5-6 players of 20 or less for us, but he used 7 players of 21, so we lost, 3-0...

Well, that was definitely not the reason for the defeat. They could have won much higher. Nevertheless this is always very disappointing. During the last 15 minutes NZ could have scored but they did not.

many of their shots were from a big distance, so i believe this 3-0 reflects the reality from the pitch...this score is not that bad against a 59 mark team, but i`m a bit upset with this situation
he was suppose to play u20, like we agreed...i messaged him before the match and he told me everything will be as we agreed

Certainly there are some countries you can't count on. Mainly the southamerican teams but we also had this situation with Turkey. I understand very well that you're pissed.
Cheer up! Who's the next oponnent?

albania

Nasty defeat. If only Woodward passes earlier. And Reid also was not that strong. Aiken made an excellent match.

Again a nice and close match against Russia. We had the better team but this had to end as a draw. Like always. ;)

better mark, but i`m sure they had better team today on the pitch, except the strikers maybe :)
after all, they participated to the world cup some few weeks ago, so they can`t be that weak as the mark shows

we are fighting for a place in the 4`th pot with kyprus, for the next season qualifications...they have with malta at this hour...if they draw or lose, we will take their place

No chance today. NZ was very weak. I'd put Lauaki as DefMid, but you would have lost anyway.

gordon and mcdonald have more defending than luaki...and indeed, it was a poor choice of tactic, my fault
unfortunately, only 1 defender from 4 have formidable defending, the rest of them are quite weak...and azerbaijan has some pretty strong strikers
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Excellent match, batman! Congrats to this important win!

PS: Bodger also showed a strong performance (except the first three minutes). :-)
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