Subject: [NT] World Cup

The world cup draw has been made!

Group G

1. España
2. Danmark
3. Ireland
4. Bolivia
5. Hong Kong
6. Ecuador

There are 15 groups, and 30 teams from 1st and 2nd and 2 from 3rd place will qualify.

What do you think? Do we stand a chance? I myself think we can become 4th. We've beaten Bolivia before!

well just do the thing you are good at... :-) and i won't be surprised
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I've made something nice for this group of Hong Kong. It's a nice review of the opponents Hong Kong wil meet in this Group G.

WorldCup Qualifications Group G



España

❏ General info
España plays their matches in this outfit:
The current position of España on the WorldRanking is 2, this is based on the following rankingpoints: 3075.20.

❏ Last WorldCup
España managed to reach the finals. They played against Italy and lost the match with 2:1.
Italy - España 2:1

Important players:
Aberán García Pulido, Goalkeeper, 23 years old, 7 caps for National team, best rating: 91
Miquel Àngel Daudé, Attacker, 26 years old, 29 caps for National team, best rating: 81
Dani Cobas Obarrio, Midfielder, 28 years old, 52 caps for Natioal team, best rating: 74


Danmark

❏ General info
Danmark plays their matches in this outfit:
The current position of Danmark on the WorldRanking is 18, this is based on the following rankingpoints: 2407.83.

❏ Last WorldCup
Last WorlCup Danmark managed to qualify for the WorldCup. In Group E of the WorldCup, Danmark reached the third place and was out of the competition.

Important players:
Ingolf Thomassen, goalkeeper, 28 years old, 63 caps for the National team, best rating: 95
Edelhardt Karlsen, attacker, 26 yeasrs old, 23 caps for the National team, best rating: 77
Niels-Erik Tembo, midfielder, 27 years old, 36 caps for the National team, best rating: 81


Ireland

❏ General info
Ireland plays their matches in this outfit:
The current position of Ireland on the WorldRanking is 35, this is based on the following rankingpoints: 1816.42.

❏ Last WorldCup
Last WorldCup Ireland did not qualify for the WorldCup. In Group F of the qualifications of the WorldCup Ireland reached the 3rd place and did not qualify for the WorldCup.

Improtant players:
Derek Reidy, goalkeeper, 26 years old, 77 caps for the National team, best rating: 92
Christian Colbert, midfielder, 25 years old, 37 caps for the National team, best rating: 63
Corey Curley, attacker, 24 years old, 39 caps for the National team, best rating: 73


Bolivia

❏ General info
Bolivia plays their matches in this outfit:
The current position of Bolivia on the WorldRanking is 61, this is based on the following rankingpoints: 1135.88.

❏ Last WorldCup
Last WorldCup Bolivia did not qualify for the WorldCup. In Group K of the qualifications of the WorldCup Bolivia reached the 5th place and did not qualify for the WorldCup.

Important players:
Elias Gave, goalkeeper, 23 years old, 53 caps for the National team, best rating: 83
Facundo Trujillo, attacker, 22 years old, 16 caps for the National team, best rating: 61
Luis Parejas, midfielder, 23 years old, 53 caps for the National team, best rating: 59


Hong Kong

❏ General info
Last WorldCup Hong Kong did not qualify for the WorldCup. In Group A of the qualifications of the WorldCup Hong Kong reached the 6th place and did not qualify for the WorldCup.

❏ Last WorldCup
Hong Kong plays their matches in this outfit:
The current position of Hong Kong on the WorldRanking is 69, this is based on the following rankingpoints: 819.90.

Important players:
You Chi Yuk, goalkeeper, 25 years old, 69 caps for the National team, best rating: 73
Shang Wai Kwok, attacker, 23 years old, 52 caps for the National team, best rating: 63
Chan Wen, midfielder, 25 years old, 38 caps for the National team, best rating: 55


Ecuador

❏ General info
Ecuador plays their matches in this outfit:
The current position of Hong Kong on the WorldRanking is 81, this is based on the following rankingpoints: 503.85.

❏ Last WorldCup
Last WorldCup Ecuador did not qualify for the WorldCup. In Group F of the qualifications of the WorldCup Ecuador reached the 6th place and did not qualify for the WorldCup.

Important players:
William Aimar, 20 years old, 3 caps for the National team, best rating: 82
Iván Baca, 24 years old, 32 caps for the National team, best rating: 52
León Porta, 21 years old, 25 caps for the National team, best rating: 60
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Nice overview Sharky :-)

It funny to see that the most important players of the first three teams are relatively old and last three teams young. Especially Ecuador..

In the last world cup qualification, Hong Kong left with a humiliating 0 points. The one before that, I managed to get 7 points and a 5th place for Hong Kong. I'm confident we can get much better results this time, and it is not unrealistic to set the target at the 4th place.

I think that Ecuador, Bolivia and Hong Kong are very close at playerskills and ratings, so a good tactic is needed against them.

Ireland is , imho, just a bigger step to take, but with a bit of luck , you might stand a chance. 4th place would be a very good effort in this qualification for Hong Kong.

Danmark and Espana, don't even think about getting a point from those two teams, it might be an achievement to score against them.

In about 10, the first WC match will begin. I'm very curious. Ecuador is ranked pretty low, even though their ratings are pretty high, almost as good as ours. Who knows, maybe even better! Luckily, ratings aren't everything, but it does mean it will be a tough match.
I think we have to win though, I wouldn't be satisfied with anything less.

I'm not really happy with this draw. I really hoped we could leave the pitch with 3 points, but alas. Better get ready for next week!

Teribble. Apart from the 1 goal we scored, this was a terrible match. Tactic didn't work even half as much as I had hoped or expected.

edit: You Chi Yuk injured :(
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:-(
too bad the tactic did not work out.

I think you talk about the defense strategy that did not work out as you hoped for?
because the Wingbacks were too far away from the wingers of Danmark.

Also very crowded in the penalty box, too many players of Hong Kong, I think. The players were running too fast backwards to their own goal.

The injury of Chi Yuk is not good at all. Fortunately there is no WC to play next week, so he can recover.
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Today, we'll face an even tougher opponent thanDenmark, namely Spain. We lost to the Danish with 8-1, but they managed to defeat them with 4-2. Defeat is almost inevitable, and the only thing I can really do is trying to make it difficult for them so that they don't score too many goals.


Squad:
1 You Chi Yuk GK
2 Akandu Sze Ming DEF
3 Chak Ko Kiu DEF
4 Gong Wo Yau DEF
5 Xu Tat Kong DEF
6 Tang Chun Wing DEF
7 Chu Chi Ming MID
8 Or To Kwan MID
9 Tsui Siu Chee MID
10 Pang Yiu Chung MID
11 Ngai Hing Yu ATT

Reserves:
12 Li Geng GK
13 Gao Chung Man DEF
14 Akandu Kai Cheuk MID
15 Or Ping Kai MID
16 Singh Ka Ho ATT

Set pieces
Free kick: Akandu Sze Ming
Penalty kick: Ngai Hing Yu

Conditional orders
Min. Condition / Action
1' red card or no player
Tang Chun Wing on position 2
1' red card or no player
Chu Chi Ming on position 3
1' red card or no player
Chu Chi Ming on position 4
1' red card or no player
Or To Kwan on position 5
1' red card or no player
Akandu Sze Ming on position 6
1' red card or no player
Tsui Siu Chee on position 11


5 players are injured. I will play with Gong Wo Yau even though he is also injured, but it's only a slight injury and he was also able to play last wednesday. Besides, he's one of our best defenders and there are simply no others to take his place.

Even though we lost, only a 5-0 loss against Spain is not bad at all! The tactic worked, and our GK did very well. :)

Sadly a 12 day injury for Tsui Siu Chee though :/
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that's a very nice result and a well played tactic. Spain has a very good team. On the NT ranking they are on spot 1.

Too bad for the injury.

I overslept, sorry I didn't post the line-up before the match.

I used essentially the same tactic as last week since it worked so well against Spain, with only a few minor adjustments. It didn't do as well today it seems.
Their strikers were nicely placed, and the positioning of the Irish during defensive throw-ins was very good.

Apologies for being a bit late, but here's the line-up:

Squad:
1 You Chi Yuk GK
2 Tang Chun Wing DEF
3 Gong Wo Yau DEF
4 Xu Tat Kong DEF
5 Chu Chi Ming DEF
6 Chan Wen MID
7 Akandu Sze Ming MID
8 Pang Yiu Chung MID
9 Shang Wai Kwok ATT
10 Singh Ka Ho ATT
11 Ngai Hing Yu ATT

Reserves:
12 Li Geng GK
13 Gao Chung Man DEF
14 Tung Chun Hung MID
15 Akandu Kai Cheuk MID
16 Wang Wai Yeung ATT

Set pieces
Free kick: Akandu Sze Ming
Penalty kick: Ngai Hing Yu

Conditional orders
Min. Condition / Action
1' red card or no player
Chu Chi Ming on position 2
1' red card or no player
Akandu Sze Ming on position 3
1' red card or no player
Akandu Sze Ming on position 4
1' red card or no player
Tang Chun Wing on position 5
56' drawing or losing
Wang Wai Yeung on position 9