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Hello, boys and girls. Here is promissed Ghana overview.

Ghana is really weak this season, but i am not underestimating them. I saw descent PG and C in their roster and they can move the ball really well. We are playing for the W and the most possible points difference. All matches will be playing in South Africa, that is our main advantage. I missed this fact earlier, but now i am even more concerned. Our roster is not optimal, but GS is much better then in Ghana.

I will try to post little pre-game post tomorrow about our tactic for the match. I am not sure about it, cause we will be playing similar plays in future. So i want to hear your thoughts about it. I can just PM local managers if the are aware about it.

So, viva South Africa. First match win will be very inspiring for me and important for the final standing in the second group stage, cause Ghana is able to promote further. Bye)

End of 3rd: up by 25. A good start! ;)

Ghana vs. South Africa 62 - 95 (29498) +33

The game was really easy and i had no doubts about the W. Nevertheless, i managed to fail with GDP and Ghana predicted our inside focus. That is really bad, because i hoped to get at least +50.
The game itself. We were dominating all match long, 4th q was played by the bench.
Positive things
Great game for E-5 duo Mandela-Brocklehurst. First one single handed leaded the team in first half, the second one showed up his versatility and scored with nice FG%. Ben Jacob grabed all rebs, as well as Nyoni from the bench. Toivo, despite his poor GS, played really well as for. I planned to put him in the starting line-up before Friday, but i am happy that he leaded the team in 4th q.

What i dont liked
Our salary leader Cebekhului showed up really poor perfomance, both on rebs and shots. I am not sure now what is the reason, but i think that PF position is not suitable for him. Luckily we have a lot of time before important matches. Also, Ngoma was a bit passive as for his skillset and i wanted him to play better.

All others played well. Defence is what i like the most in the team and today we managed to limit opponents only with 62 points. That is what the key to the vicrories.

Other matches finished without surprises.
Tounes U21 vs. Senegal 0 - 50 (29500) Senegal has the best roster this season so the W was just a matter of time. But Tounes decided not to play and got technical loss.
Al Maghrib vs. Nigeria U21 71 - 96 (29501) Nigeria with higher attitude defeated Marocco. The teams are approximately equal so attitude played the key role.
Misr vs. Al Jazair 79 - 100 (29499) Algeria without any difficulties won Egypt. Egypt has maybe the worst roster this season and has very low chances to promote further.

Last edited by Mod-Borgore at 7/21/2014 1:28:59 PM

Great start. Could you not head to GOLD at least??

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U21 en venta!!! 19 años

Tiro: regular 6
Alcance de Tiro: mediocre 5
Def. Exterior: prominente 10
Dribbleo: respetable 7
Penetración: respetable 7
Pases: horrible 2
Tiro Interior: desastroso 1
Def. Interior: regular 6
Rebotes: respetable 7
Tapones: inepto 4
Resistencia: regular 6
Tiros Libres: espantoso 3

Experiencia: desastroso 1

Next match we are playing vs Marocco (Al Maghrib U21).
They have slightly better roster this season and came up in better game shape for this match. Also Marocco has unbalanced roster with dominant inside tactics. There is no descent PG that can help us to make interceptions and force turnovers.
(29501) They lost previous match with lower attitude. The difference a bit large as for me, because i see Marocco in the semis for sure, and under certain circumstances they can win the tournament.
As for us, we got few popps, but not so important that last week. Also, we got an unexpected new best defender=) Gameshape is good, but could be much better, so we have more chances for the W. I dont want to talk too much because want to keep tactics in secret)
Personally i think that teams have equal chances to win, even maybe we are slightly behind. So i need to play kind a mindgames to beat them.
Good luck South Africa!

(29502) +37. Won again without any difficulties. I have failed with GDP once again, sorry, but i dont understand our opponents logic at all. They are playing tactics that automatically put them by far behind and they cant score as with LI for example. Also, Marocco put more attitude in this game, what is not so nice for us, cause they will play w/out enth further. I tried to mislead their manager via our forum and a bit overestimated their chances. I dont know, if their manager read my massage or not. But i want to say that i expected them to play LI and to get easy win with like 20 points margin. Their coach decided to show his tactical awereness and played patiant with awfull SG. Well, thx for ez W. Nothing to say more.

As for match, we took the leadership from the beginning and leaded throuth the final whistle. There were 2 key spurts at the beginning of 2nd and 3rd quarters that made the difference. All players performed well, i cant even distinguish a single leader. I would like to note only 2 double-doubles by Cebekhului and Malete.

Just a few words about other matches
Nigeria vs. Tounes 108 - 89 (29503) The same tactics and defence, expected victory but too little difference as for me, only 19. Our next opponent (Tounisia) played with higher attitude 2nd time in a row that is great for us and will make our victory even more possible.

Senegal vs. Misr 111 - 82 (29504) Also same tactics (Push the ball Egypt falepalm), but Senegal was more successfull with defence. Once again too little margin for as for teams status and correct defence.

Al Jazair vs. Ghana 111 - 72 (29505) No surprises here for both winner and margin. Nice ratings for Algeria, really tough opponent for us.

Last edited by Mod-Borgore at 7/28/2014 1:42:04 PM

a good W! keep it up! ;)

i had been bisy IRL last time and had no opportunity to be active on forum, but now everything a bit better.
We played against Tounisia last Monday (29506). That match was really useless, beacause Tounisia has nearly 0 chances to play in the 2nd group stage and match result wont be counted. I can not analyze the performance of the team, because the opponent is very weak. Lets move on.
Our tomorrow rival is Egypt. They surprised me previous week and won Nigeria on equal attitude. We might have better enthusiasm and better roster and game shape, so i expect only to win.

(29511) +29 vs Egypt
I am satisfied with result and with the perfomance. I tested patient offence to find our best shooter as GE sees it. As for personalities, E5 duo and our front court won this game.
That was the last easy match for us at this stage.

(29514) +19 vs Nigeria
I have to say that this W is all about tactics. I expected Nigeria to play outside tactic and decided to play 3-2 zone. As for us, we have better front court so it was predictable to play inside. I decided to play Princeton, because it is outside tactic but guards shoot more from inside. Also 2-3 zone cant stop it and the worse defence vs Princeton. Nigeria played Motion - easy stopped by 3-2, and 2-3 defence failed as i wish to be. Also, they played with higher attitude, so not so correct tactic could lead to loss.

PS: I write this message via mobile phone, so pls sorry for some possible mistakes.

a solid performance so far! ;)