(S12) Match Results

Sunderland 2 - 2 Athletic Minerio

9(7) - Shots - 13(8)
44 - Possession - 56
29 - Tackles - 11
1 - Fouls - 1
No Cards
1 - Offsides - 1
2 - Corners - 6

45' Junior Ceasar
54' Jozy Altidore
73' E. Giaccherini
84' Luan Josue'

MOTM: Philip Bardsley - 8.8

A wild wooly affair... The visitors rung the post twice while the home English had at least 3 one-on-one breakaways with the keeper denied or sent high.

The go-ahead goal for Sunderland came under scrutiny late in the 2nd half... A forward Sunderland pass overshot Giaccherini and created a "60-40" ball for the Minerio defender tracking backwards. Giaccherini was running step for step with him and the ball drifted back into this lane, allowing him to slide a shot under a diving keeper. The goal was not available for replay after the game but gutnedawg was understandably questioning the voracity of said goal. They played on, where an inch-perfect counter-attack up the right wing found a streaking Luan who put home the equalizer for a fitting 2-2 draw.​

Where is the questionable play? Only see the goal

The goal wasn't available for replay after the match.

I sent a forward pass to my forward who had 1 defender on him. The pass was too strong and went into the path of the defenders, who was shoulder to shoulder with Giacherini. Defender had one reactive touch on the ball and it separated from his foot at an angle right to my guy who one touched a sliding shot under the keeper.

In the heat of the moment, the pass/touch/shot took less than 2 seconds to happen and it included the typical shoulder-to-shoulder button mashing when 2 players are in position for a free ball. So not-shooting wasn't really a realistic option for me as I was fighting for the ball.

Norwich City 0 - 4 Sunderland

15(8) - Shots - 9(6)
56 - Possession - 44
1 - Fouls - 2
9 - Tackles - 21
No Cards
1 - Offsides - 2
2 - Corners - 0
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2' E. Giaccherini F.Borini
20' S. Ki Colback
34' J. Altidore Cattermole​

86' Colback Altidore

MOTM: V. Mannone - 10.0 - 10 Saves​

The first surge of the match resulted in a sick sniper-shot from Giaccherini and the offense was just pouring out of the boots for Sunderland in the 1st half.

Norwich turned up the juice on their action in the 2nd half, hitting the woodwork 3 times in the final 30 minutes along (twice on back-to-back shots) but the keeper Mannone stood tall and the defense pestered just enough to complete the shutout.

GG Shankley!

Good game. Probably the worst beating I've taken in TFS play. Your shooting was on point and we had no answer for Altidore. Hopefully we can get it together when we head to the Stadium of Light!

Nice form lately Geneseo98

Thanks man. I'm liking this Sunderland team in a 4-2-3-1... My D is shutting down angles and I'm scoring goals on counters, crosses, headers... it's been fun!

My personal opinion on this, and its probably hard to say without seeing the specific incident, is that it comes down to possession. If there is a loose ball that the offensive player has a legitimate chance of getting to, he has every right to try to get there first. If the defender gets there first, possesses the ball, and then it is tackled away by the offensive player, that should be given back to the defense. But if the defender just pokes the ball away without possessing it, I would consider that still a loose ball up for grabs. Again, hard to say without the video how it applies to this situation, but just my two cents

The issue has been addressed. Part of the problem is with the new sprint mechanic, if you sprint onto a loose ball, you just knock it on, and that can be interpreted as not having gained possession. With a faster striker pursuing the same ball, he can then run onto that knocked-on ball and gain possession or take a one-time shot, which is what sounds like happened here.

The best remedy, for future reference is when the defender clearly gets to the ball first, back off. If it's a razor thin margin and you're unsure who got there first, or it's going to be a photo finish, the old soccer standby applies to the backtracking defender - When In Doubt, Kick It Out. Boot it the hell out of there and defend the throw or the corner. Don't risk there being a question about it in the aftermath.

Fair enough... I am staying out of this

Matchday 6

Hannover 96 2 - 3 Athletic Bilbao

8 Shots 13
3 Shots on Target 4
42% Possession % 52%
14 Tackles 22
2 Fouls 5
1 3
0 0
0 Injuries 0
1 Offsides 0
0 Corners 2

Match Events:
10': Mikel Rico
20': Mikel Rico Iturraspe
25': Balenziaga
25': L. Andreasen S. Huszti
30': Susaeta Iraola
62: L. Stindl
72': Ander Herrera Mikel Rico
82': Aduriz
90': M. Diouf
Man of the Match
Mikel Rico
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Dioufe scored my last goal

Thanks.. Saved the post before I lost all the input into it with 4 cards and 5 goals lol.. should be good now

Gremio 0 SC Braga 1

1 Shots 12
1 SOT 7
47% Possession 53%
7 Tackles 10
1 Fouls 0
0 0
0 0
0 Offsides 0
1 Corners 1

Events
S. AgraR. Micael 32'
MOTM Custodio
CS Eduardo



Braga celebrates another 3 points

GG pitt4life21


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Sorry, Saturday was a no go.

What does your schedule look like tonight and tomorrow?

Cimmy24 I can play anytime tonight up until midnight EST and tomorrow after 8pm EST. Tomorrow I can be up late as I'm off Thursday but flying out for vacation till Sunday night

Cimmy24

I can play right now if you can. Its 715 pm EST

I can't now, maybe around 9 pm est?

Okay I will hop on around then to see if you are around.

Actually can u play now?

Sorry dinner time with the family.

That's fine, 9 works.

B'Mgladbach 0 - 0 SC Braga

3 Shots 3
1 SOT 0
48% Possession 52%
21 Tackles 14
0 Fouls 2
0 0
0 0
2 Corners 1
1 Offsides 3

MOTM
T. Jantschke 8.5

Clean Sheets
TER STEGEN
EDUARDO​

Matchday 7

VfB Stuttgart - Borussia M'gladbach
Southampton - SC Braga
Catania - Norwich City
Athletic Bilbao - Marseille
Atl. Mineiro - Gremio
Sunderland - Hannover 96


Matchday 8

SC Braga - Athletic Bilbao
Marseille - VfB Stuttgart
Hannover 96 - Catania
Borussia M'gladbach - Sunderland
Norwich City - Atl. Mineiro
Southampton - Gremio​

Gremio 2 vs VfB Stuttgart 1

6 Shots 6
3 SOT 2
44% Possession 56%
16 Tackles 14
0 Fouls 1
0 0
0 0
2 Offsides 0
1 Corners 1

Events
13' WarleyAlex Telles
38' Barcos Para
60' A. Maxim
Para 8.5

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