Subject: Baltic Cup

The official forum thread of Baltic Cup!

So, the first games will be played already next Friday!

Anyway, wanted to say that I would rather make it an U21 tournament = I will use mainly 21yo players in my fixtures. Although, imo I think that managers can make deals between each other, so you can make an U20/mixed game with your opponent(s) also, if both sides agree. The main reason, why I prefer U21 games, is that I think it is slightly too early for full U20 games, thats all. Next generation gets their chance next season anyway, so no big problem. Hopefully it is OK for you as well.

I will try to create the fixtures today, but I will probably do it tomorrow evening or most likely on Thursday.

Stay tuned!

Ok, I will waiting schedule :)

Fixtures:

30.11.
Estonia U21 vs. Latvia U21
Finland U21 vs. Lithuania U21

7.12
Estonia U21 vs. Lithuania U21
Finland U21 vs. Latvia U21

14.12
Estonia U21 vs. Finland U21
Latvia U21 vs. Lithuania U21

Games with normal rules and with U21 teams. (PS! IF both sides agree, then they are also allowed to arrange an U20/mixed game)

Home and away teams are random at the moment (in the fixtures). Who makes the challenge first, usually also decides where the game will be played. (Hopefully it wont be a major problem, because here in Sokker is no home team advantage)
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Thank you, and good luck in this tournament :)

Almost...

First round is over and here are the results:

Estonia - Latvia 3:1
I would say, that it was a very hard game for us. My 1o1 situations were horrible today, but Latvia`s GK isnt the strongest one, lol... My players decided to bet on luck and scored 3 lucky goals - two of them were long shots by the way. Opponent`s through passes were quite dangerous and from time to time, my defenders acted like some headless chickens - many bad decisions made by them. Luckily, Latvia managed to score only once, although second was also close. Also low quality in passing, but a win is a win.

Lithuania - Finland 2:3
What can I say - the so called surprise was close, but Finland managed to come out from being behind 2:0 and win by one goal. PS! As I noticed, then Finland used their U20 team, but still, it seems to be an exciting football match.

League Table:
1. Estonia U21 1-0-0 3:1 (+2) 3p.
2. Finland U21 1-0-0 3:2 (+1) 3p.
3. Lithuania U21 0-0-1 2:3 (-1) 0p.
4. Latvia U21 0-0-1 1:3 (-2) 0p.

Next week fixtures:

Estonia U21 vs. Lithuania U21
Finland U21 vs. Latvia U21

Stay tuned!

It happened because of red card in our team.

Well, what can I say... Things went exactly as I was afraid of - the match against Finland and Latvia wasnt arranged. It is quite sad actually, because those kind of things shouldnt happen at this level. Also, both managers had 6 days to do the needed things... I did my best to get this match booked and informed them, but now I simply need to find the best solution.

Both managers claim, that they are not guilty (Mysi: 2012-12-06 21:33 I've sent an invitation for him, but guess who ain't noticing my calls...; Khatibi MC 2012-12-07 10:49: There wasn't any invites! I decline 3 invite to accept Mysi and now i havent any match!) According to that information I have, it is Mysi`s fault, but I cant be 100% sure about that. One option is to give a WO to one of the managers and also 3pts, other is to give 0 pts to both of them and 0:0. I need to think...

What I can say, it is very sad... Then we can say, that tournament ended...

One round is still to go and you are more than capable of winning Latvia.

But to come back to our game, then I would say that the final score was/is a bit too harsh against you. The match in general was very nice to watch and I would say, that is was one of the best (if not even the best) U21 game for me so far and my so called tactical experiment was also successful, and you gave me a serious battle. Seriously! You managed to create some great goal opportunities, but your strikers had slightly bad day and mine made a superb performance. Thats all. But you were in the game and thats a fact, although the outcome wasnt very good for you.

Dont give up, mate!

e: your formation was also very ambitious today. ;)

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PS! Next time pay more attention to low forms and perhaps also injuries. ;)

Yes, you are one of the best :), very nice game for you and incredible result. Congratulation for you mate :), I will see other games results :), If it's will be happen very often, then I should get out from this post. :)

Nah, I certainly am not one of the best or even the best, I simply had a good day. Happens, I got lucky (read: was luckier). :D

About FIN-LAT game I havent made my mind yet. There is still some investigation to be done.

Thank you for your information :), in other weekend I will play with Latvia U21? :)

Yes, your last game is against Latvia U21.

Here is some more information, what I have received today:

I sent him an invitation on Tuesday, and here's a screenshot of it. As he hasn't neither accepted nor declined it, the invitation is still to be seen at the U21-page.

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/6359/latvia1.jpg

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/1833/latvia2.jpg

Then, what he does, is inviting me instead of accepting my challenges? Okay, why not, but why did he do it last night!?

http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/348/latvia3.jpg

Still, from this picture, we can see that he has challenged me yesterday morning as well. However, I logged in yesterday evening at about 21:00 SK-time, and checked the U21-page. There were no invitations for me, just the one I had sent for him. So he has either retracted the invitation, or then there's some sort of bug in there.

Anyway, the question is, that why didn't he just accept my invitation, that I sent him well in advance?

Now I wait and see, what Latvian HC has to say... Hopefully this kind of crap wont happen anymore next week or better - never!
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