Subject: »[NT] group play game 2: Lietuva

sigh, sorry guys, not much we can do when their keeper makes so many saves like that

edit: oops title change please
(edited)

title changed

20/20 saves for them,
4/5 saves for us.

insane.

we had like 15 saved or hit the post

yeah, I watched it live. they couldn't have got any luckier than that

now that im sober :p umm.. why did you use madsen instead of patterson? the form is a big factor I think don't you?

their keepers form is unearthly, yours is good, that's a big difference.

an unfortunate loss...
but some changes in the tactic now and then can do miracles, their coach knew you were going to pay with that tactic, possibly mirorred, it wasn't that hard to position his wingdef where your winger might run...
good anticipation from their coach, that's what I think.

but that coach is stupid for not putting conditional orders for his best def, and putting only 2 defenders on only one striker... It's the WC don't underestimate anything.

its not hard to anticipate wingers when everyone uses them that way, i had his covered as well because its obvious hed use varaneckas in the same way. and he was very vulnerable in the middle with his back line the way it was set up

perhaps patterson should have come in, but superdivine striker even if in good form should put at least one of the 12 or so 1v1 chances in

oh well, a win over argentina and a romainia win will get us through, and both are very likely
(edited)

haha don't underestimate anyone haha look what happened today...

for me, Patterson would have been the best choice iirc he was almost as good as madsen.... right?

Their tech and pace are same. Patterson striking skill should be brilliant-magical. Plus he has incredible pm.

so, wouldnt you put patterson in instead of madsen? :)

I would have used Patterson of course, despite of his lower striking.

Sounds about right. Back in my day they were pretty similar strikers.

tech/pace not the same. regardless, my superdivine keeper in superdivine form lets in ~30% of 1v1s, and this is against ML strikers most of whom only have brilliant-magical striker id guess. i dont think their keeper is even superdivine. 0 for ~12 1v1s with this matchup is quite unlucky
(edited)

Hard luck on failing to qualify for the world cup knock-out stages.

How would you rate USA's squad against the rest of the world, do you think they have the potential to go to the world cup final with a little luck?

no luck this season

outshot argentina 9-6 despite having a redcard

with a little luck? yea we could go far, but we didnt get any breaks sorry guys