Asunto: u21 friendlies

Shame really..we use to beat Cameroon easy..:-( Those days are long gone..

I've noticed the substitution didn't work..you should probably put more time between the position switching and then substitution..

I've noticed the substitution didn't work..you should probably put more time between the position switching and then substitution..
indeed, it surprised me as it shouldn't be a problem..

Česká republika U19/20 - South Africa U21

Again, we'll play the Czech team, but facing a u19/u20 selection. so it's hard to predict what's waiting for us. still, I guess they won't play with a winger and a compact midfield. so, we'll try it with a winger and an offensive mid (his royal highness, who else ;-)

which leaves us to the following lineup:

1. Ntsu Moeti GK
2. Phillip Mxaka DEF
3. David Netshivhazwaulu DEF
4. Musawenkosi Ngwenya DEF
5. Louis Maselesele DEF
6. Louis Gqosha MID
7. Arthur Letsholonyane MID
8. Wilfred Nyathi MID
9. Ricky Winstanley MID
10. Pierre Pitakathi ATT
11. Musa Doxakis ATT

12. Jan Walker GK
13. Charles Raselemane DEF
14. Vincent Johnson MID
15. Andre Lutumba MID
16. Granwald Devine ATT

Set pieces
Free kick: not specified
Penalty kick: Pierre Pitakathi

Conditional orders
1' red card or no player Arthur Letsholonyane on position 1
1' red card or no player Wilfred Nyathi on position 2
1' red card or no player Wilfred Nyathi on position 3
1' red card or no player Wilfred Nyathi on position 4
1' red card or no player Wilfred Nyathi on position 5
70' always Andre Lutumba on position 9
70' always Granwald Devine on position 11

I'm not going to tell you what the Czech coach will play, I'm not going to look into the association (and neither I will tell him), the only think I can tell you as a MID scout for Czech team is that the 19y o generation is extremelly strong in midfield (there are 3 super sarts and another 7-10 great MIDs).
That's all I can say :-)
I guess he won't play wing also. I expect 442 with high off mid, but that's just a pure guess..

hmm...would mean we'd better play with 3 defmid then?

May be, I'm not sure. Sir Arthur is ready for his off mid role though ;-)

Arthur Letsholonyane, Age:20
club: Hustlers, country: South Africa
Value: 332 250 $, Wage: 2 375 $
magical (15) Form, formidable (11) Tactical discipline
height: 181

adequate (6) stamina, tragic (0) keeper
very good (9) pace, solid (8) defender
outstanding (12) technique, very good (9) playmaker
excellent (10) passing, good (7) striker

Decent match, but unfortunately Moeti showed again his skill set..
(editado)

well, the stats speak for itself...very disappointing once again :-/

O‘zbekiston U21 - South Africa U21

Against O‘zbekiston U21, we'll face a very dense and compact defense, hard to get through. we'll try a winger once again as our stikers just aren's strong enough to get through the middle all by themselves. We'll try again a 3 def-miid- midfield with Letsholonyane, Gqosha and Nyathi of course. the rest of the team is the same as usual:

1. Ntsu Moeti GK
2. Phillip Mxaka DEF
3. David Netshivhazwaulu DEF
4. Musawenkosi Ngwenya DEF
5. Louis Maselesele DEF
6. Arthur Letsholonyane MID
7. Ricky Winstanley MID
8. Louis Gqosha MID
9. Wilfred Nyathi MID
10. Pierre Pitakathi ATT
11. Musa Doxakis ATT

12. Jan Walker GK
13. Charles Raselemane DEF
14. Vincent Johnson MID
15. Andre Lutumba MID
16. Granwald Devine ATT

Set pieces
Free kick: not specified
Penalty kick: Pierre Pitakathi

Conditional orders
1' red card or no player Ricky Winstanley on position 1
1' red card or no player Wilfred Nyathi on position 2
1' red card or no player Wilfred Nyathi on position 3
1' red card or no player Wilfred Nyathi on position 4
1' red card or no player Wilfred Nyathi on position 5
60' always Vincent Johnson on position 7
70' always Granwald Devine on position 11

To make Arthur even more all-around he also had rpp in striker today :-) He is also few GTs away from poping in pace and defense..

And good luck against O'zbek's ;-)

nice victory today...a little lucky with our keeper as match-winner, stopping even a penalty !!!
and yet another bitter pill with Ngwenyas 13 days injury just a few minutes from the end...:-((

I didn't see the match, but 5:10 on shots? What happened?

their shots were often from a bad angle or from too far away, while our shots mainly were 1:1 situations due to their (too) high defense.

I remember when we use to destroy Ozkebks:-) How will our team look next season?

it seems we might have a young keeper that shows perspective:

Malcolm Ramulondi, ηλικία: 18

σύλλογος: FC OLYMPIACOS PIRAIOS, χώρα: South Africa,
αξία: 146 500 €, μισθός: 1 900 €,
καλός [7] σε φόρμα, τραγικός [0] σε τακτική πειθαρχία,
ύψος: 188 cm, βάρος: 79.1 kg, ΔΜΣ: 22.38

μέτριος [5] στην αντοχή αρκετά καλός [8] τερματοφύλακας
επαρκής [6] στην ταχύτητα φτωχός [3] αμυντικός
φτωχός [3] στην τεχνική φτωχός [3] οργανωτής
αρκετά καλός [8] στην πάσα μάταιος [1] επιθετικός

very nice prospect..but he must be trained