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Interesting confrontation between a very offensive team & a very defensive one.
Reading this match - picturing how things will pan out - isn't the easiest task. I'm trying to determine whether Jayvin's approach here is overly defensive or not, for instance.
I'm not sure whether it's a purely aesthetics thing with Jayvin's 3-5-2. Tarantini and Maicon do look somewhat reserved in their positioning. But perhaps that's a reflection of the wide attackers they're up against and a means of providing more attacking freedom to the central midfield trio.
Yeah that seems sensible - horses for courses. I can see Cubilla causing some problems there, but at the same time he was a bit of a chubster so I don't fancy him tracking Maicon back either.I want Tarantini to perform a primarily defensive role. Tuppet has outlined in his write-up that Scarone will be cutting inside and with Tarantini I have a left back who is capable of slotting in as an extra central defender, tucking inside along with Marquez and Ricardo Gomes which will give me the advantage in terms of numbers. Maicon's role is far more attacking, and I want him along with Velasquez to use their athleticism and stamina to try and overload that right flank on the counter. With Sensini covering for him as an auxilliary RB and Maicon's exemplarly work-rate I think my right side should remain defensively strong.
A bit simplistic maybe but in don't have much time:
I think Monti is a huge asset in terms of offering protection from counter attacks, and the defence behind him is reasonably strong. Suarez is a threat on the break but doesn't necessarily possess lighting quick speed.
Thus, my thinking is that tuppets defence copes fairly well with the counter and the attacking threat of Romario and Scarone in particular is the most likely goalscoring threat.
I've gone for Jayvin. I like his central core and tactical setup. It was a really close call, though. Could have gone either way.
I think you lack bodies in attack to take advantage of my high line. Even if say Caetano is caught up high there is no winger to take advantage of it. Having no wide attacking players also limit the effectiveness of Cueto's passing who has fewer targets for his accurate passes. In a counter I see Sivori operating in the zone between Perfumo - Andrade and Suarez between Monti and Matosas, I think my defense match up quite well. Your best hope would be to nick a goal and see the game through 1-0, but I don't see that happening with Romario - Scarone with the service they are receiving in the game.With so many bodies at the back in my team, Tuppets fullbacks will be a vital part of his attack and I'm hoping they will be caught out with a swift counter. As I've said before I believe I have the right players to execute such a system and while Monti would be a difficult opponent, I don't think he has the ability to subdue Cueto AND cover for his central defenders given the exceptional movement and passing of my front 3.
But you are completely neglecting both Cubilla and Sastre, esp Cubilla. Your strength in defense come from numbers and that is because I have more attacking players, the moment of genius can most definitely come from left side of Cubilla. Much like the moment he provided in a similarly tight game Uruguay vs USSR against the defense lead by shesternyov -I think it probably would come down to a moment of genius - whether from the Romario/Scarone/Ademir trio or Sivori/Suarez/Cueto - and because of my defensive strength I think that gives my team the edge.
You left without voting thoughA bit simplistic maybe but in don't have much time:
I think Monti is a huge asset in terms of offering protection from counter attacks, and the defence behind him is reasonably strong. Suarez is a threat on the break but doesn't necessarily possess lighting quick speed.
Thus, my thinking is that tuppets defence copes fairly well with the counter and the attacking threat of Romario and Scarone in particular is the most likely goalscoring threat.
I think you lack bodies in attack to take advantage of my high line. Even if say Caetano is caught up high there is no winger to take advantage of it. Having no wide attacking players also limit the effectiveness of Cueto's passing who has fewer targets for his accurate passes. In a counter I see Sivori operating in the zone between Perfumo - Andrade and Suarez between Monti and Matosas, I think my defense match up quite well. Your best hope would be to nick a goal and see the game through 1-0, but I don't see that happening with Romario - Scarone with the service they are receiving in the game.
But you are completely neglecting both Cubilla and Sastre, esp Cubilla. Your strength in defense come from numbers and that is because I have more attacking players.
May be I didn't phrase it right, what I wanted to say that I have more attacking players simply because you have more defensive players. Saying that we have both 3 players capable of providing an attacking magical moment while you have edge on defensive side is a bit disingenuous when you don't count one of the greatest winger, who won everything there is to win in his club career and is voted 11th best SA player by IFFHS. I also do genuinely feel that individually my defenders are slightly better (well at least 2 of them are), but you have a more tightly packed defense and a tactic which favors defending.I don't think it's just the numbers, that's playing down the individual quality of my defenders. Ricardo Gomes was captain of Brazil and a key player for successful European sides, Marquez is regarded as the best Mexican defender of all time and Roberto Sensini played in Serie A during it's peak and represented Argentina at 3 World Cups. Marquez and Sensini in particuarly are also technically adept and versatile players who can cover multiple positions.
I just wished you hadn't specified you were keeping the ball on the ground so I could emphasise Ricardo Gomes' prowess in the air.
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Sorry about that, quite busy at work yesterday