soccer4evry1
Reserve Team
1) Spanish 2ªB3 (3rd division, group 3).
I was Figueres' manager, and 1 week before our 1st match in the league I scheduled a home match against Villarreal (my main intention was to get money from the tickets because a match against a 1st division side always brings crowd). Can you believe the final score was 2-0?
We played better in the 1st half and scored 1-0. In the second half Villarreal was like all attack, and in a counter attack we scored 2-0. Forlan barely touched the ball the whole game, it looked like Figueres was a 1st division side as well. And Villarreal played with their main starting 11. Unforgetable.
2) Brazilian Série C (3rd division).
I was Iraty's manager, and we were playing away vs São José (SP) (I guess). The winner would take the 1st place all to itself. I set up the team like this:
RB-CB-CB-LB
AM-DM-DM-AM
FW-FW
By the 60th minute, the AM who was playing in the right got a red card. I thought about sacking a FW to put another AM, since it was an away match. But I thought a little and sacked the left AM to put a ST. The team was like this then:
RB-CB-CB-LB
DM-DM
FW-ST-FW
I guess the other team didn't expect us to attack, and we won 0-2. Since I had direct participation on this, I'll never forget this match. It taught me that, when you know your team and believe in your players, you don't need to be afraid and defensevist (dunno if this word exists lol) like some coaches I know in real life.
I was Figueres' manager, and 1 week before our 1st match in the league I scheduled a home match against Villarreal (my main intention was to get money from the tickets because a match against a 1st division side always brings crowd). Can you believe the final score was 2-0?
We played better in the 1st half and scored 1-0. In the second half Villarreal was like all attack, and in a counter attack we scored 2-0. Forlan barely touched the ball the whole game, it looked like Figueres was a 1st division side as well. And Villarreal played with their main starting 11. Unforgetable.
2) Brazilian Série C (3rd division).
I was Iraty's manager, and we were playing away vs São José (SP) (I guess). The winner would take the 1st place all to itself. I set up the team like this:
RB-CB-CB-LB
AM-DM-DM-AM
FW-FW
By the 60th minute, the AM who was playing in the right got a red card. I thought about sacking a FW to put another AM, since it was an away match. But I thought a little and sacked the left AM to put a ST. The team was like this then:
RB-CB-CB-LB
DM-DM
FW-ST-FW
I guess the other team didn't expect us to attack, and we won 0-2. Since I had direct participation on this, I'll never forget this match. It taught me that, when you know your team and believe in your players, you don't need to be afraid and defensevist (dunno if this word exists lol) like some coaches I know in real life.