Shanghai Lions FC

1st half time.
United started better than us in the game. They were more agressive. One of their forward succeeded to dribble Oumarou and alone in duel with Edu, he didn't succeed to shoot in the frame. 1st warning and they were dangerous again several times, finally they got a PENALTY kick (shock between Oumarou and United forward). That moment was a crucial turning point of the game because they missed it (not in the frame) !! In our attacks, we systematically played depth passes. It didn't work well because either the pass is too long or many offsides due to timing between the players who makes the pass and the player who receives it. Anyway, United had their good period and didn't succeed to score .... Usually in every game, each side of the teams has their up and down periods. Succeed to resist in the down, and have some realism in the up period is good key to victory !!

2nd half time.
If we wanted to win the game, it had to be our time now !! We made a tactical change who worked very well. Their offensive midfield (no 21) created all their dangerous actions. Les Bleus's defense play in zone but for this guy, we assigned Max to follow him all the time, and he did a great job !!
Everybody could have remarked that the referee was particularly crap, always taking bad decisions.
Olivier on a long pass played it well, he dribbled their defender, there's been a slight contact. Actually, he was trying to provoke the PENALTY and got it !! He scored himself, Les Bleus were leading 1-0. We were continuing to play well, everybody defending or blocking the development of their game but without being too low on the pitch. Then on a rush of Olivier again, he provoked 2 or 3 players, gave a pass to Bertrand alone at the penalty spot. Nice shot but the goalkeeper deviated on Olivier who had followed and just had to push on empty cage. Double for him and we were leading 2-0 !!!
The United also knew referee was crap. On a rush from their forward in the surface, David tried to stop and didn't even touch him. He made a wonderful diving crying loudly, referee gave Yellow card to David and PENALTY again (the 3rd one in the match) !!
Still 7-8 mn to go, though there is natural little fear to get a draw, I think the team got some experience this year (thanks to Korean and Voodo games). We were confident enough and know we are able NOW to preserve a score when there is less than 10 mn to go, so no panick in the team. Jerome even got a chance to score on a duel but he shot outside the frame.

Congratulations to all the players. We've beaten the second in the league and must continue our series ! SECOND VICTORY IN A ROW !!

Final score : United 1 - Les Bleus 2