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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! ;)

Actually, nothing special. We were by far better then opponents and only Nigeria was strong rival. It is obvious, that we will be in the semifinals, but upcoming matches are important to be 1st after 2nd group stage and play vs weaker Nigeria, than vs monster Senegal or strong Algeria.
Also, i am just a coach, not GM, so significant contribution in current position is made by players owners, who are doing mainly great.

Last edited by Mod-Borgore at 8/22/2014 1:11:10 PM

Actually, nothing special. We were by far better then opponents and only Nigeria was strong rival. It is obvious, that we will be in the semifinals, but upcoming matches are important to be 1st after 2nd group stage and play vs weaker Nigeria, than vs monster Senegal or strong Algeria.
Also, i am just a coach, not GM, so significant contribution in current position is made by players owners, who are doing mainly great.

even GMs have no superpowers to enable training!

well done (so far...!)

Today we are playing against Senegal, the team with the best roster this year. While preparing to this match I thought that it is not enough just a words to prove their straight and made some researches. Here is team comparison :

TOP10 salary:
Senegal = 128740
South Africa = 94151
TOP10 DMI:
Senegal = 1667700
South Africa = 900100

The situation is not so optimistic, but its ok, cause salary isnt very accurate index as skills themselves. As for DMI, we have really bad gameshape this week and only 1 bench player has 9GS. Senegal has a few key players in proficient GS so the DMI difference is quite big.
Lets move on to one of the best index for national team - match ratings calculations (BBStats).

AVERAGE BBSTATS
Senegal = 101.62
South Africa =98.27

MAX BBSTATS
Senegal = 107.88 vs Algeria
South Africa = 109.86 vs Egypt

Well, BBstats is really great index, because it shows how the team plays and game ratings include all information about players, tactics, enthusiasm, etc. This index doesn’t works for teams, cause the numbers will differ a lot during the season because of cup matches, transfers and so on. But it is great while evaluating NT straight.
So, the 3 point difference in average BBstats is like math variance and doesn’t play huge role for us now. Aslo, according to the data, Senegal played 2 normal games already that is our advantage.

Tactics:
We are playing Patient and 2-3 zone. 2-3 zone will help us to stop their SF-P-C players and provide more rebounds. We don’t have enough players with ID to stop them and Man-to-Man could lead to huge amount of 2nd chance points.
We play patient offence, because our best shooters are guards and Senegal has weak guards in bed GS, so I expect over 50% FG from Mandela, Toivo and Brocklehurst. As for forwards, they just need to grab rebounds.

Good luck us!