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Homer Hawks - Wartham United 0 - 7
View game: HT Live
Date: 24/02/2005 at 01.00
MatchID: 37664208
Arena: The Hawks Nest
Crowd: 704
704 spectators arrived at The Hawks Nest, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Homer tactics involved an interesting 5-3-2 combination. Lineup: Whalen - Brady, Eren, Ring, Ramsay, Kemp - Hartley, Arnau, Dean - Larios, Laguia.
Wartham tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. The following players had been chosen: Gray - Budd, Mason, Edwards - Crook, Singh, MacSweeney, Mika - Hammond, Kneale, Rowan.
Homer clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could, using their talent for it. Wartham seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. Seemingly due to lack of experience, Ove Eren needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. The terraces were silenced in the 25:th minute as Wartham´s Paul Hammond put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack from the right. Wartham´s George Crook received a play slashing through the home side´s defense in the 29:th minute, chipping it past the keeper scoring 0 - 2. The home crowd was not pleased with that one. The visitors Max Mason took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side´s goalie and central backs in the 34:th minute. 0 - 3 for Wartham. The structure of the game started to change as Wartham decided to pull back and meet their opponents in the defensive zone. After 40 minutes of game time Paul Hammond received an excellent opportunity to add to the visitors lead, clipping a volley hooked in from the right, but Cory Whalen was in the right place, tipping the ball to a corner. The visitors Quintin Mika took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side´s goalie and central backs in the 40:th minute. 0 - 4 for Wartham. The teams went for a half-time break at 0 - 4. Wartham, bringing the final ball possession rate to 83 percent, dominated the battle.
After 48 minutes of game time Richard Budd received an excellent opportunity to add to the visitors lead, clipping a volley hooked in from the right, but Cory Whalen was in the right place, tipping the ball to a corner. In the games 63rd minute Homer´s Scotty Ramsay fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee booked Scotty Ramsay for taking a dive. Wartham´s Max Mason received a play slashing through the home side´s defense in the 69:th minute, chipping it past the keeper scoring 0 - 5. The home crowd was not pleased with that one. Homer will have to do without Andres Larios for a time due to a bad foot injury. He was substituted by Alex Maloney. Wartham´s Tony Rowan received a play slashing through the home side´s defense in the 85:th minute, chipping it past the keeper scoring 0 - 6. The home crowd was not pleased with that one. After 86 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for Richard Budd who increased Wartham´s lead to 0 - 7. Wartham, bringing the final ball possession rate to 94 percent, dominated the battle.
The most dominating Homer player was without a doubt Beau Brady. José María Laguia was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Wartham player was without a doubt Allen Gray. Tony Rowan on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 7.
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The final stats being:
Homer Hawks
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Counter-attacks
Tactic skill: excellent
Midfield: disastrous (low)
Right Side Defence: weak (high)
Central Defence: poor (low)
Left Side Defence: wretched (very high)
Right Side Attack: poor (high)
Central Attack: wretched (low)
Left Side Attack: poor (high)
Wartham United
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: Normal
Tactic: Attack in the middle
Tactic skill: solid
Midfield: wretched (high)
Right Side Defence: poor (high)
Central Defence: weak (very low)
Left Side Defence: poor (very high)
Right Side Attack: wretched (very high)
Central Attack: inadequate (very low)
Left Side Attack: inadequate (very low)
So a comfortable win which was to be expected against this team as they are actually a newbie side. next round will be tougher but I'm at home so hopefully I can reach the semi finals.