Subject: [NT U-21] Friendlies

Here is the schedule for this season friendlies.

Jan 23. Week 1 Cymru
Jan 30. Week 2 El Salvador ???
Feb 06 week 3 Al Maghrib
Feb 13 week 4 Norge
Feb 20 week 5 Luxemburg
Feb 27 week 6 Camerun ???
Mar 06 week 7 Hayastan
Mar 13 week 8 Andora
Mar 20 week 9 Mexico
Mar 27 week 10 Israel
Apr 03 week 11 Serbia
Apr 10 week 12 Russia
Apr 17 week 13 Iran
Apr 24 week 14 Hong Kong
May 01 week 15 Malta
May 08 week 00 South Africa

Nice list, we should be able to beat most of those teams

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Tomorrow is our first game versus Cymru (Wales). Nation with only 24 users but they have a pretty nice young squad.



The most popular sports in Wales are rugby union and football (soccer).As in New Zealand, rugby is a core part of the national identity, although football has traditionally been more popular sport in the North Wales, possibly due to its close proximity to England's north-west. Wales has its own governing bodies in rugby, the Welsh Rugby Union and in football, the Football Association of Wales (the third oldest in the world) and most other sports.
Wales has had its own football league since 1992 although, for historical reasons, two Welsh clubs (Cardiff City, and Swansea City) play in the English Football League and another four Welsh clubs in its feeder leagues. (Wrexham, Newport County, Merthyr Tydfil, and Colwyn Bay.)

Players who are going to start tomorrow.

Canada U-21

Victor Blackburn_________NK Duga Resa
Sébastien Brennan_______FC DelijeWindsor
T.J. Caraiman___________NK Duga Resa
Ben DeGuzman__________plays in Venezuela
Mick el-Mubarak_________plays in Germany
Pascal Gusberti__________HL Football
Janny ibn-Osman________plays in Venezuela
Rudy Lapierre___________plays in Spain
Milos Leopold____________plays in Belgie
Kurtis Lightfoot__________Pills United
Dave MacMillan__________HL Football

And on the bench

Ibrahim Angelini _____T syndicated______ Might see some action in the second half
Stephen Arzani_______T syndicated
Adit Hooper_________HL Football
Nolan Kampa________Valiant FC
William Mooney ______plays in Spain_____Might see some action in the second half



On the other side they best player IMO is their keeper
Richard Partridge
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Well you got out best player right thats for sure :)

Good luck for tomorrows game and for ur nations u21 future.

Matt

Thank you U2

nicely done

good luck

I thought their best player was Ryan Giggs :)))

congrats mate :)

Perhaps I was over defensive but hey ho shouldn't distract from a good win from your boys :)

All the best

Matt

Thank you bro.

It is always nice to start with a win a well deserved one indeed.

Good luck in future games Matt.

Congratulations on the win

I don't have the skills of the other players, but I was expecting to see Gusberti more in a defensive position due to his defensive skill (or at least more defensive than Mac Millan) but I suppose that he could play in offense as well.

Congrats on a nice result. :) I thought the 3-some of MacMillan, Gusberti and Lightfoot moved the ball around quite well. Leopold took his chances well. Second goal was a cracker!

Didn't learn much about our defense today, which is probably the biggest question mark. I'm sure the boys at the back will get a chance to shine sometime soon.

I'm can't say I'm a big fan of our kit. Maybe it's because I'm a bit of a traditionalist. :) Fuschia isn't really working for me - better colour for prom dresses.

Yup our defence is the biggest hole in our team. There is not many skilled players at this position and then there is form, stamina issue on top of that. Btw they played quite good today. Our MID-s moved the ball very well and we outplayed them on this part. I moved Gusberti to the offence because of his passing abilities and he made me very proud :)

As for the kit, I wanted to experiment some new colours but this one didn't work for me either. I want something different then our traditional ones. Maybe we can have a pool about that issue, what do the other managers think, please get involved.

I would like to get more coments about our game, team, players, tactics whatever you have in mind, good or bad just post it or sk-mail.

There is still open spot for the second week, El Salvador joined some tournament and wont play us week 2. Suomi offered to play but they are too strong and I asked them to play U-20 but they refused but instead they want to play with 5 U-21 and 6 U-20 but they are still strong. On the other hand I asked Singapore for the game but no answer yet. Not much time, what do you guys think? To go with strong Suomi or wait for somebody else?

What is right mix for you?

X * U21 and Y * U20

Statistics after first game

__Player ___________ Team _________Games ___Goals __ SOG ___Assists__Points

Milos Leopold _____FC Brussels_________1________2______8_______1______3
Pascal Gusberti ___HL Football__________1________0______0_______2______2
T.J. Caraiman _____NK Duga Resa_______1________1______5_______0______1
Victor Blackburn ___NK Duga Resa_______1 ________0 _____0_______0______0
Ben DeGuzman ___Gun`s Fc____________1________0______0_______0______0
Rudy Lapierre_____Galeto______________1________0______0_______0______0
Sébastien Brennan_FC DelijeWindsor____1________0_______0_______0______0
Mick el-Mubarak___papuc______________1________0_______0_______0______0
Kurtis Lightfoot____Pills United__________1________0_______0_______0______0
Dave MacMillan___HL Football___________1________0_______0_______0______0
Ibrahim Angelini___T syndicated_________1________0_______0_______0______0
William Mooney___ LEKEITIO F.T________1________0_______0_______0_____0

____Keeper____________Team_________Games_____SO_____SA_____Wins
Janny ibn-Osman___Miss Venezuela______1________1_______1_______1
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Good job Slavko, I thought that maybe you played a little more defensively than needed against Wales, but it turned out great. Everything seemed organized on the field, I was surprised to see Caraiman take a corner kick at one point :))

Now the kit is white and blue.

You do realize you are managing Team Canada? :)