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Another pretty easy cup game. Same goals: PIC, get some team spirit, avoid injuries, and avoid cards.
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hoosier 1 – 4 Hippopotami (218722386)
2-12-2009 01.00
The crowd of 21993 turning up at
The Hoosier Center today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. hoosier decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Neves - Álvarez, Popescu, Valsania - Hoskins, Gillis, Kawala, Grimes, Sepetçioğlu - Anderhall, Winslow.
Hippopotami decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Milam - 安粱 (Anliang) , Linneberg, Williams - Partridge, Little, Brik, Vickers, Weissglass - Masereel, Treibahs.
hoosier clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. Hippopotami demonstrated their creative tactics on the field. 0 - 1 was the score with 5 minutes played, after Hippopotami's
Volfs Treibahs cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal. Hippopotami's
Adrien Masereel made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 16 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender sprang up, clearing the ball on the line. With the scoreboard showing that 27 minutes had been played, Hippopotami nearly put themselves up another goal after
Allan Brik came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. After 31 minutes hoosier's
Juán Winslow contracted a slight foot injury, but could finish the game. 32 minutes into the game a free kick by
Ryan Linneberg found its way through the home side's poorly assembled defensive formation, making Hippopotami's lead 0 - 2. 33 minutes in, hoosier's
Christer Anderhall received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. It might be a while before the fans see hoosier's
Fabio Valsania again, after he had to leave the field in great distress at the 45 minute mark. He was replaced by
Mike Gigax. 0 - 2 was the halftime score. Hippopotami held the ball, with a clear 57 percent of possession.
The muddy pitch made the game a gritty affair, which seemed to suit
Adir Weissglass just fine. hoosier will have to do without
Vasfi Sepetçioğlu for a time, due to a bad foot injury at the 52 minute mark. He was substituted by
Ervin Potter. Always a threat,
Juán Winslow tore past his marker and placed the ball right at the feet of the waiting
Christer Anderhall who should have easily scored for hoosier, but the ball went wide.
Charlie Partridge increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley shot away on a pass from the right. 0 - 3. After 66 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed
麥 (Mai) 安粱 (Anliang) to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 4. The structure of the game started to change as Hippopotami decided to pull back and meet their opponents in their own half. 75 minutes in, Hippopotami's
Charlie Partridge received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. A marvellous hoosier effort on the right-hand side resulted in a goal after 76 minutes by
Gerard Kawala, making the score 1 - 4. Hippopotami claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.
hoosier's top performer was clearly
Mark Gillis.
Ervin Potter on the other hand, had a terrible day. Hippopotami's best player was
Volfs Treibahs.
Tomas Milam on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 4.
Rating details
| hoosier heroes | Houston Hippopotami |
| Midfield | poor (very high) | inadequate (very low) |
| Right Defence | weak (low) | inadequate (low) |
| Central Defence | weak (very high) | inadequate (low) |
| Left Defence | weak (very low) | weak (high) |
| Right Attack | inadequate (very low) | wretched (very high) |
| Central Attack | weak (high) | weak (high) |
| Left Attack | poor (very high) | wretched (low) |
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| Indirect set pieces |
| Defence | weak (very low) | weak (high) |
| Attack | weak (very low) | inadequate (low) |
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| Team Attitude | (Hidden) | Play it Cool |
| Tactic | Attack in the Middle | Play creatively |
| Tactic skill | excellent | - |
Highlights
Possession
43%
57%
47%
53%
Cup Game Recap
Hey, my fans have finally stopped bleeding away now that I've reeled off 3 straight wins. I'm back to " No supporters joined or left the fan club. " Smart fans, my @$$. They just trickle in and out more slowly but they still bleed you and they still penalize you for actually trying to promote. Anyways, 21993 showed up in the rain so it can't be all bad.
So, got done what we needed. Win and advance.
SI