07-13-2014, 03:32 PM
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#34
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: The scorched Desert
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| 3/5/2014 | Friendly: USA VS Senegal | | Record vs Opponent 0-0-0 | Att: 21,193 | Favorite: USA | | This gives me a good opportunity to try our third tactic, a countering 5-3-2, which has some stark differences to our regular 4-1-3-2 in that true wingbacks are utilized and it will allow me to use Altidore (who is injured of course) as a target man.Clint Dempsey will fill that role in Jozy's absence, while Donovan can create as an AMC | | GK - Howard | Mid - Beasley, Bradley, Kljestan, Chandler | | Def - Besler, Cameron, Brooks | Att - Donovan ©, Dempsey, Johannsson | | Summary | | 11 - Beasley gets forward on the wing and feeds a cross in to Dempsey who bangs it in!! 1-0 | | 13 - Off a throw in Dempsey finds Johannsson on a run and he scores, but the flag was up | | 27 - Diop finds Sadio Mane unmarked at the top of the area on a corner and he blasts it in 1-1 | | 35 - Diop on free kick from the byline, ball loose in the 6 yard box, Demba Ba scores!! 1-2 | | HT - Well, the new tactic started well, but we were beyond bad on set pieces, back to 4-3-3 | | 46 - Zusi on for Donovan and Fabian Johnson on for Beasley as they fit our regular tactic better | | 59 - Diop is deadly on set pieces as he bangs a free kick from an angle off the cross bar | | 62 - Jermaine Jones on for Cameron at DMC | | 63 - Dempsey from just inside Senegal's half place a beauty to Johannsson who equalizes 2-2 | | 72 - Bradley is banged up, so Bedoya comes on and Gonzalez at DC for Brooks | | Final | USA - 2 | Senegal - 2 | USA scoring | | Shots | 14 | 5 | | Dempsey | | Target | 6 | 4 | | Johannsson | | Poss | 42% | 58% | | | | Booked | 0 | 0 | | MOM - Clint Dempsey USA (7.8) | | The new tactic was actually decent, we just needed to attack in the second half to equalize and the discrepancy in possession was only 49/51 before we changed, so that is due to attacking.Set piece defending will be a focus going forward and I will now only use the counter if we are heavy dogs or have a lead and the other team is pushing too many forward. |
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