Asunto: National Team U21

Good effort. Coughed up a goal right at the death but we almost booked our spot in the last 16. Surprised you only used 1 sub but maybe you had some other orders for when they came on. Feel like our defs definitely struggled that last 20 and was waiting for us to concede earlier given they made subs to both their strikers. Still a draw keeps us in it, though not as sweet as it was looking towards the end there.

2nd time we have lost a lead in the last 2 minutes against a much stronger opponent. Hrvatska U21 are having all the luck in the tournament after this last minute get our of jail free card, and drawing with Brasil despite Brasil demolishing them.

We completely deserved a win there, and a spot in the final 16, but with that draw, it has almost killed our chances at the final 16 (as Hrvatska should beat Israel).

Even in the 2nd half we were dominating them, until the moment we scored, and then the game completely changed. It was like a whole new ME and set of player skills existed. Suddenly they were linking all their passes, our players were making dumb decisions etc.

man, what a great match!!! Croatia scored at min 88!! crazy and congratz.

Still dont know about the GK substitution :P. I would leave the first one for 120 mins even if he is tragic form!!!
hope u classify next round. What the team has shown, it is deserved.

cheers

I'll have to put it out there because of the questioning.

Unsat stamina will not last 120min :'D

hahahah i know

That's why I have to sub unfortunately, as apparently noone training GK for Australia right now are prepared to give a couple of weeks of stamina training.

still.... better the main one :P

now everybody can train GK, if there is a good prospect, let me know i could find him a compromised manager

It took 3 unlucky small errors to stop us from progressing to the final 16.

1st - Brasil not beating Croatia despite a 10-2 shot count, giving Croatia 1pt
2nd - Croatia scoring in the final 2 minutes against us, robbing us of the 3pts and giving themselves 1pt
3rd - losing 1-0 to Brasil due to an own goal.

If any one of these didn't happen, we would have qualified for the final 16, and we definitely deserved it, but that is sokker and the kind of rubbish it regularly pulls

Nooo
A draw against brasil woukd have classified Australia

Anyway good job

Croatia are the luckiest country out. Maybe there were even some under the table $$$ passed over to Raul to help

Haha maybe :p. I do wish I understood more about the match engine and how it calculates certain things though. Like what conditions trigger a through ball, or what conditions leads to one striker scoring 5/5 and another 0/5 for the exact same opportunities.

So close, what a pity. Great work done though.

So was busy organising this, that I forgot to advertise it in here.

U21 ASIAN CUP - 6th EDITION


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GROUPS
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GROUP A

1. Viet Nam (34)
2. Indonesia (61)
3. New Zealand (62)
4. Zhonghuo (65)


GROUP B

1. Nippon (64)
2. Misr (71)
3. Ozbekistan (85)
4. Iran (95)


GROUP C

1. India (58)
2. aa-Sa'udiyya (63)
3. Pilipinas (74)
4. Hong Kong (87)

GROUP D

1. Australia (38)
2. Rossiya (49)
3. Prathet Thai (86)
4. Singapore (92)


GROUP E

1. UAE (67)
2. Malaysia (75)
3. Kazakhstan (89)
4. Daehan Minguk (91)

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So we don't have the group of death (Group A), or the easy walk through (Group E), but we are somewhere in the middle.

Top team from each group progresses, as do the 3 best 2nd places.

We have Russia in our group which will be a tough challenge. This will be our match next week.


So far we are 2 from 2, with 6-0 win over Prathet Thai and a 10-0 win over Singapore putting us in a group position moving forward.
Today I decided to let our strikers and midfield have a real crack at the opposition with a 3 man strike attack, and it was fun to say the least.

We also came away without any cards or injuries, so can't complain there

Good result again. Group looks like a decent one actually. You also get to play someone similar to us in skill level next round so acts as a good lead up into the knockout rounds.

Will players be arriving at stadium in tanks?! Or is it a home tie?
Zilly needs some stamina…might boost next training.
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I suggest keep training Zilly in striker skills and forget stamina this late in the game.
All 4 strikers are in good form and all pretty similar in skills too.