WORLD CUP MATCHES

England against Holland is always an exciting and mostly close match (go Sweeuwvlokje!). In SAEFL it wasn't really any different. These teams are 3 and 4 in the WC table and they both had to win to make it to the semi's. Allthough Holland didn't field a bad team it was fire power of England that made the difference. In a great WP performance (with Rowbottom as the hero) they outshot Holland and did what they had to. Now they have to wait for the result of Brazil.

England and Holland are the numbers 3 and 4 in Group A, behind Germany and Brazil. Germany was already sure of the semi finals, but the fight for the second spot was still very close, with Holland on 3 points (just like Brazil, only Hollands Goal difference was not as good as Brazils), and England on 2. So, the situation was that both England and Holland could still make it to the semi finals. If Brazil should lose their match, it would mean that the winner of this match would make it. And if this game would end a draw, it would be Holland. If Brazil should draw against Sweden, a win would make Holland climb to 2nd place for sure. A victory for England in this case, would have to be with a 16 goal difference to catch up with Brazil. Anyway: regardless of the Brazil vs. Sweden result, both Mark and Jeroen of course wanted to win this match anyhow, if only because of the prestige. With a Star like Rowbottom, of course Mark almost HAD to play WP. Jeroen probably expected that, but did not want to take the risk of playing off. (He’d be smashed when Mark would have chosen anything else but WP), and played a strong CP. However, Jeroen didn’t play CP with the right bonusplayers, or (the other way around), he chose the wrong tactics for the players he put on the pitch. That made that England was better than Holland, the difference was 11 EMP, and that showed: 19 chances for England, against 11 for Holland. The 7-4 result after 90 minutes was a fair reflection of the match, and when it comes to the situation in Group A, it means that Holland is out, because England have overtaken them. England now has to wait what Brazil has done, who need only 1 point to make it to the semi’s now……

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SAEFL SUPER STADIUM

ATTENDANCE

0

England

7

Holland

4

TEAM TEAM

POS

PLAYER

NSL

EMP

SHOTS

GOALS

POS

PLAYER

NSL

EMP

SHOTS

GOALS

GK

G. Babos

10

10.62

11

4

GK

I. Akinfejev

10

10.40

19

7

DS

M. Keen

9.5

10.96

0

0

DS

W. Altercapio *

12.25

15.88

0

0

CB

D. Campbell3rd

10

10.58

1

0

CB

H. Foxe

12.5

14.78

0

0

CB

P. Puyol

10

10.04

0

0

CB

E. Karnak

10

3.33

1

0

30 ( 15 )

MF

M. Idden

10

10.70

2

2

CB

B. Star

10

10.94

0

0

MF

A. Souza

12

12.74

2

1

DS

S. Clause

10

9.90

0

0

W

D. Malfoy

9

12.02

4

2

DM

C. Lackberg

10

11.58

2

1

W

C. Phillips

10

11.59

2

0

DM

B. Emerton

10

11.16

2

1

S

S. Snotling

9.75

14.14

2

0

WH

R. vanPersie

9.5

10.94

2

0

CF

P. Morales

11

17.65

4

0

WH

K. Hamlin

10

12.04

2

0

CF

R. Rowbottom * #

12.5

21.58

2

2

W

S. Blondelle #

10

10.70

2

2

PENALTY

0

0

PENALTY

1

1

SUBSTITUTES SUBSTITUTES

POS

PLAYER

NSL

EMP

SHOTS

GOALS

POS

PLAYER

NSL

EMP

SHOTS

GOALS

GK

A. Manchester

9.5

0.00

0

0

GK

V. Baia

10

0.00

0

0

CB

N. Blima

9.5

0.00

0

0

FB

J. Carlos SUBON 30

10

10.58

0

0

30

MF

D. Kochetkov

10

0.00

0

0

DM

A. Bsint

10

0.00

0

0

S

I. Drinktomuch

8.75

0.00

0

0

AM

M. Swansson

11.75

0.00

0

0

CF

R. Garcia

11

0.00

0

0

W

L. Griffith

9.75

0.00

0

0

TACTIC

WP

TACTIC

CP

STYLE

TR

STYLE

FL

FORMATION

3 - 2 - 5

FORMATION

5 - 4 - 1

TOTAL NSL

.00

TOTAL NSL

.00

TOTAL PERFORMANCE

132.00

TOTAL PERFORMANCE

121.82

DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE

30.34

DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE

76.24

ATTACKING PERFORMANCE

101.67

ATTACKING PERFORMANCE

45.58

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SAEFL Season 12 WEEK 20

And Brasil won! In a performance that was empwise very close to the England performance they did what they had to do and they beat the last placed team Sweden. Sweden did had a bit of bad luck with red card of Maldade but Brasil just was the better team. That means we have to big teams in het semi finals allready. In this group Germany and Brasil advance. Who said EFL's aren't realistic??

….and too bad for Mark, but Brazil made no mistake against Sweden, and won their match 7-2. We have seen Ivo pick a number of different tactics for Brazil so far, including WP and TS, but in their match against Sweden, another trick came out of the hat: ONE. With 2 freak CF’s, of course an attacking tactics was expected, like WP or maybe LB. But instead of playing OFF, with all the risk that goes with that (much like Jeroens decision), Brazil did not want to counter that with defense, but with another attacking tactics. Mike indeed played attacking (what else can you do, with a country like Sweden, if you have Stansfield and Mbamba), so no big surprises there. He did play a small surprise though, by playing LB instead of WP, hoping to benefit from the opponents bonus if Brazil would decide to play CP, for example, with players like Gamberini and Blue. But unfortunately for Mike, Brazil didn’t play CP. And even more misfortune for Sweden in the 30th minute, when Maldade was sent off. But then again, that cost them 6.34 EMP (It’s easy to do the math here), and that would still have meant that Brazil were the better team. In that perspective, the 7-2 in the end, or at least the victory for Brazil, is no more than fair. And that means that Brazil is through to the semi-finals, along with Germany. (Brazil and Germany in the semi-finals? Man, this game looks realistic!)

PLAYED AT

SAEFL SUPER STADIUM

ATTENDANCE

0

Brazil

7

Sweden

2

TEAM TEAM

POS

PLAYER

NSL

EMP

SHOTS

GOALS

POS

PLAYER

NSL

EMP

SHOTS

GOALS

GK

A. Schliecher

10

10.58

7

2

GK

T. Howard1

10

10.08

3

2

88 ( 20 )

DS

W. Woody

10

11.92

0

0

DS

N. Maldade SENT OFF 30

9.5

3.17

0

0

30

DS

B. Brant

11.75

14.34

0

0

DS

B. Bleys

10

11.00

0

0

CB

S. Guyett *

10

11.66

0

0

CB

M. Moonie

9.5

9.98

0

0

CM

B. Jupiler

10

13.33

2

0

CB

M. Dawson

10

11.50

0

0

WH

B. Convey

10

13.53

4

0

AS

A. Gamberini

10

12.69

1

0

WH

B. Finch

10

13.29

2

2

CM

M. Blue Booked

10

9.59

1

0

AM

O. Garotinho

9.25

.78

0

0

5 ( 16 )

MF

M. Hyde *

9.5

8.49

0

0

AM

A. Man

9.5

13.27

3

2

S

S. Blank Booked

10

15.00

1

0

AM

L. Stitch

9.5

14.60

4

2

CF

A. Stansfield

12

18.18

2

0

W

A. Gilardino #

10

12.50

3

1

CF

E. Mbamba #

11.75

15.66

2

2

PENALTY

0

0

PENALTY

0

0

SUBSTITUTES SUBSTITUTES

POS

PLAYER

NSL

EMP

SHOTS

GOALS

POS

PLAYER

NSL

EMP

SHOTS

GOALS

GK

A. Aussie

10

0.00

0

0

GK

O. Hendriks SUBON 88 SUBON 0

9.75

9.79

15

5

88

FB

H. Luz

9

0.00

0

0

CB

C. Smith

9

0.00

0

0

CM

G. Garanhao

9

0.00

0

0

CB

H. Holydays

8.5

0.00

0

0

MF

J. Gotheridge SUBON 5

10

11.01

0

0

5

MF

S. Speedy OOP

6.8

0.00

0

0

CF

A. Wambach

10

0.00

0

0

S

F. Moyale

9.25

0.00

0

0

TACTIC

ONE

TACTIC

LB

STYLE

MD

STYLE

CA

FORMATION

3 - 6 - 1

FORMATION

5 - 2 - 3

TOTAL NSL

.00

TOTAL NSL

.00

TOTAL PERFORMANCE

130.23

TOTAL PERFORMANCE

115.25

DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE

60.07

DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE

44.45

ATTACKING PERFORMANCE

70.16

ATTACKING PERFORMANCE

70.80

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SAEFL Season 12 WEEK 20

The was the topmatch in this group. The number 1 Argintina against the number 2 South-Africa. Both teams have played several tactics allready so it was also a diffecult match to predict. And strangely enough both managers, Nathan and Bart decided to both try another set of tactics. OL for Argintina and LB for SA. Especially the OL is pretty surprising. But it worked! Argintina reached a good emp (not as good as England and Brasil though) and defeated SA. But they did had bit of bad luck! they red card of Striker Cole was bad, but even worse was the injury of CF Batata. But hey, that's soccer. Argintina advance in a superior fashion and Sa will have to wait for the result of New Zealand.

PLAYED AT

SAEFL SUPER STADIUM

ATTENDANCE

0

Argentina

14

South Africa

11

TEAM TEAM

POS

PLAYER

NSL

EMP

SHOTS

GOALS

POS

PLAYER

NSL

EMP

SHOTS

GOALS

GK

C. Keller

10

10.08

27

11

GK

E. Fechugol

10

10.12

28

14

DS

O. SylfarJr

10

11.74

0

0

FB

A. Bond

10

10.50

0

0

CB

J. Davids_1

10

10.76

0

0

AS

B. Orc

10.25

11.66

0

0

CB

N. Dame

10

11.18

0

0

AS

Q. Donaldson

10.75

13.26

3

1

DM

T. Lucius

10

12.08

3

2

AS

P. Adorso-II

12.5

14.94

1

1

DM

W. EllDone

10

13.19

4

3

DM

N. NAME

10

10.19

0

0

DM

T. Future

10

13.65

8

3

MF

S. Bryce

12.5

10.98

6

2

DM

I. Kroontjesdief

10

11.81

1

1

S

D. Cole Booked SENT OFF 30

10

5.03

5

0

30

WH

C. Ronaldo_1

10

12.43

4

3

S

T. Janssen

10.75

16.27

5

2

WH

S. Correria

10

12.78

3

1

CF

P. Eemofoos

10

15.05

4

3

CF

P. Sage * #

12.5

14.95

5

1

CF

G. Batata * #

12

8.01

3

2

41 ( 36 )

PENALTY

0

0

PENALTY

0

0

SUBSTITUTES SUBSTITUTES

POS

PLAYER

NSL

EMP

SHOTS

GOALS

POS

PLAYER

NSL

EMP

SHOTS

GOALS

GK

L. deCarpolini

9.75

0.00

0

0

GK

P. Knots

10

0.00

0

0

DS

Q. Beleza

9.5

0.00

0

0

FB

W. Snotling

10

0.00

0

0

DM

C. Costinha

9.75

0.00

0

0

MF

D. Blitta

10

0.00

0

0

WH

M. Camonaresi

9.5

0.00

0

0

S

M. Jayden SUBON 41

10

7.22

0

0

41

CF

M. Harrold

11.5

0.00

0

0

0

0.00

0

0

TACTIC

OL

TACTIC

LB

STYLE

FL

STYLE

TR

FORMATION

3 - 6 - 1

FORMATION

4 - 2 - 4

TOTAL NSL

.00

TOTAL NSL

.00

TOTAL PERFORMANCE

124.56

TOTAL PERFORMANCE

123.10

DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE

52.56

DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE

29.10

ATTACKING PERFORMANCE

72.00

ATTACKING PERFORMANCE

94.00

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SAEFL Season 12 WEEK 20

And New Zealand didn't make it! In the closest match of this WC round they were defeated by the Italians. But to be honest, those two points are a little bit stolen (but hey, we just established the reality of the game and these are the italians! So no surprise there). New Zealand was stronger in emp and nsl. But the CP tactic hurt them and GK S. Tained played a good match. Argintina and Sa advance in this group and New zealand will feel a bit robbed. The SA manager should feel very very lucky and keep quiet :)

PLAYED AT

SAEFL SUPER STADIUM

ATTENDANCE

0

Italy

13

New Zealand

11

TEAM TEAM

POS

PLAYER

NSL

EMP

SHOTS

GOALS

POS

PLAYER

NSL

EMP

SHOTS

GOALS

GK

S. Tained

10

10.40

26

11

GK

O. Moens

10

10.48

24

13

FB

E. McHale

10

13.02

2

1

CB

T. Popovic *

10

11.16

1

0

86 ( 74 )

FB

N. Karthikeyan

10

12.60

2

0

CB

J. McCue

10

11.94

0

0

AS

R. Meireles

10

12.76

3

3

FB

F. Cannavaro

10

10.94

0

0

AS

R. Carvalho

10

14.61

2

2

WH

W. Hat

9.25

11.25

7

4

AS

D. Onopko

10.25

12.58

4

3

WH

T. Tevez

9.5

12.59

3

0

DM

J. Bruce

10

13.06

2

0

WH

K. Koulos

10.5

14.14

1

1

CM

S. Berry * Booked

9.25

12.31

3

1

AM

S. Gerrard_1

10

13.94

5

2

CM

S. Guerrero

10

13.33

1

1

AM

N. GoodmanJr

10

13.59

3

1

MF

R. Knopper_1

10

11.59

1

1

AM

M. Hamm #

12

17.06

6

3

S

Q. Owusu-Abeyie # Booked

11.5

11.52

4

1

S

N. Gomes_1

12

13.63

0

0

PENALTY

0

0

PENALTY

0

0

SUBSTITUTES SUBSTITUTES

POS

PLAYER

NSL

EMP

SHOTS

GOALS

POS

PLAYER

NSL

EMP

SHOTS

GOALS

GK

E. Fast

10

0.00

0

0

GK

D. Dunkin

10

0.00

0

0

FB

C. Peixoto

10

0.00

0

0

FB

P. Mexes SUBON 86

10

.50

0

0

86

AS

P. Paulus-II

10

0.00

0

0

MF

M. Chapeleta

9.75

0.00

0

0

MF

V. Slakozlev

9.75

0.00

0

0

S

J. Moranes

9.25

0.00

0

0

S

D. Cadorin

10

0.00

0

0

0

0.00

0

0

TACTIC

CP

TACTIC

ONE

STYLE

CA

STYLE

MD

FORMATION

5 - 4 - 1

FORMATION

3 - 6 - 1

TOTAL NSL

.00

TOTAL NSL

.00

TOTAL PERFORMANCE

127.38

TOTAL PERFORMANCE

130.73

DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE

43.13

DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE

48.39

ATTACKING PERFORMANCE

84.25

ATTACKING PERFORMANCE

82.34

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