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Sun. July 12, 2020 - Preseason Friendly
Dover Athletic vs. Folkestone Invicta
Crabble Athletic Ground, Dover, UK
We play one of our old rivals in our first competitive friendly. This should be a nice easy contest - hopefully no one gets hurt. My hopeful starting eleven will all be going today, barring any new additions before the season begins, of course.
Dover: 4-4-2 Control
GK - I. Wilke
D - R. Gaucho, L. McCullough, L. Stetina, S. Loucif
M - A. Bamba, A. Rocca, N. Cairney, G. Bolis
S - G. Gesios, G. Escobar
Dover 7 - 0 Folkestone
Goals - Arsene Bamba 2 (9.4), Petr Simek 2 (8.6), Giorgos Gesios (8.1), Oliver Nicholas (8.6), Gerardo Escobar (8.0)
Dover Assists - Andrea Rocca 3 (9.1), Renato Gaucho (8.4), Neil Cairney (6.8), Arsene Bamba, Mancini (6.9)
Man of the Match - Arsene Bamba
Other Notables - Salim Loucif (8.6), Lukas Stetina (7.7), Gianluca Bolis (7.6), Ingo Wilke (7.2), Jozef Kuciak (7.2), Petr Kostal (7.2)
Attendance - 5792
Domination, as expected. Shots were 35 to 0 (12 on target) and possession favoured us 64% - 36%. Wonderkid Neil Cairney missed a penalty shot (well, it was a great save actually) and I think that's why his rating suffered, although he did force a few long shots. Bamba and Loucif were sensational in their first game and Rocca, as usual, was awesome.
Injury Report
- Crap. We have two injuries in this game, both to key players. DC Luke McCullough sustained fractured ribs after a robust challenge and will miss about four weeks. Star MC Andrea Rocca suffered bruised ribs but will miss only a week.
Loan OUT
- New striker Ryan Bodin will head out to Rushden and Diamonds on a loan deal for six months. He still doesn't speak English so hopefully he can get some basic knowledge of the language while he's on loan.
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