Asunto: [U21]LaBamba

already early preview against Czech rep.

The SA logo has disappeared from the NT pages..:-( Does anybody have the picture? Please upload it to some server like imageshack and send me the link..

This was the old link:

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Andre Lutumba, Age:19
club: Tυвαяõєѕ đø ¢єяяα∂σ, country: South Africa
Value: 217 250 $, Wage: 1 500 $
superdivine (18) Form, adequate (6) Tactical discipline
height: 176

poor (3) stamina, tragic (0) keeper
formidable (11) pace, average (5) defender
solid (8) technique, very good (9) playmaker
solid (8) passing, poor (3) striker

He's doing alright. Doesn't need a pace trainer right now though.

he's probably not going to sell Lutumba for that price.
I hipe he still get's good training!

Hi guys. Congrats to the well deserved result. You were probably sligtly better and dangerous despite more shots from our side. I'm happy for LaBabma his unbeaten strike is ongoing :-)
I suspect due to name of tactic that Doglo not Labamba deserve this congrats ;-) cheers and good luck in the future.

Thanks mate, indeed the unbeaten streak is now 18 matches (16-2-0), but you broke our streak of 12 wins in a row:-) The 1st half tactic (our classic) is still without blemish 10 wins and another "half" win against Czechs, win won the 1st half 2:1:-)
I don't know if we were better, Czechs missed lots of chances on their own, but it is a shame we conceded on 2 stupid mistakes, firstly both Ngwenya and Fredericks lost the ball twice in a row in a blink of an eye and than Tavlibudine made the stupidest mistake possible on sokker, the famous "save" when goal keeper deflects the ball in front of him and then he is just standing and watching the striker comfortably hiting the ball in an empty goal..
What surprised me is that our offmids won a lot of ball in the midfield and played pretty well. With Kalaka we could have dominated..
Serola with 3 days of injury was totally useless, Lingard as his sub was much better, although he could be the hero of the day as he wasted 2 big 1 on 1chances, just like Ledwaba..

Anyway decent draw against the Czechs, but with Kalaka and healthy Serola and bit of luck it could have been win number 13 in a row..
I hope to get the unbeaten streak to 20 matches, with only Costa Rica and Australia left..

50 mark with only 2 U21 players is quite promising before next year's WCQ..

Thanks jonkacz, the congrats belong to LaBamba as much as to me.

It was indeed a tight game. we were able to creat a lot of big occasions in the last about 20 minutes, but unfortunately couldn't succeed striking a third time. On the other hand, the Czech had some good opportunities as well, even if quite a few shots were from a long range or from the side.
Our 2 tactics created to different game dynamics in the two halftimes:
It was a tight midfield fight in the first half, with only few space between the def lines and concentrating the game on the center.
The second half created more space (playing wider in midfield and with a lower defensive line) and thus more occasions, but on both sides.

I guess the tie is a correct result, even if I was hoping one of the "one on one"-chances of our strikers in the end would make the difference..;-)

That draw got us some nice points and we are now 56th in the World (spot behind us is Vietnam with 600+ users) my record so far. I think the 64th spot is secured now, so we should be drawn 4th for the WCQ groups..

excellent! you can be proud of what you achieved with the team!

Good effort. Well done guys.

Elections are may be here, but we are still playing fiendlies, here is the preview against Costa Rica

Damn Marc's SA youngsters can really play those corner tatics :-)

1:1

Hustlers Durban Pace Academy
corners Tactics Corner
63% Possession 37%
58% Play in the half 42%
6 Shots 6
0 Fouls 2
0 Yellow cards 0
0 Red cards 0
0 Offsides 0
43.6 average mark 21.5
average (5) Shooting poor (3)
good (7) Passing weak (4)
average (5) Defending poor (3)

...and they do it without a central striker like yours! ;)

thats actually a defender:-) he is there to keep the ball so my other trained players avoid the injury..
You should do it the same way :-)