Subject: Canada Senior NT Discussion

Cool thanks man

Good game against USA:
- They focused on center so we played more on the wings.
- Our normal vs. their long ball didn't bring the result I expected in terms of ball possession.
- After we switched to 5-4-1 for 2nd half, they had no shot.

I like the way we played more than the result, we should have won this won. We had a really strong domination in shots, 14 vs. 2. Problem is only 4 out of 14 were in target.

Only 1 friendly remaining before qualification games. We have a tough agenda to begin with: Argentina (A), Switzerland (H) and Russia (A). If we can get 6 points out of 9, that would be good.

Thanks for the update. I think we're in pretty good shape.

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Ugly. I'll come back on this game later, I need to digest it first

Well, I'd say the story is that we were down 1-2 at half time, but it wasn't that bad in ST 2 vs. 3 and SW 1-1. We played 5-4-1 in hope to shut their 2 strong forwards 90+IGR. It was pretty good, our long ball vs. their possession made us almost on par in ball possession.

But then I wanted to test more ball possession during 2nd half, that's why Tery replaced Borden and we went possession with 5 mids in 2nd half. That was a test, and it wasn't conclusive!!! Well, we also had a few subs coming in, which didn't help. But not shot in 2nd half, this is pretty bad.

Anyway, time for serious stuff now, 3 tough games ahead, 2 on the road. As I previously stated, 6 points out of 9 is my objective for this first part of qualifications. That will be tough, but it's not impossible.

Lucky win in 1st game, but we'll take the points. They played wth a stronger midfield than anticipated, that's why the game was tough.

Next 2 games won't be easier, let's be ready!

OK, this one sucks. Big time. We were lucky last week, and we were not this week. I don't see anything else to say. We went with an offensive 4-3-3 since they have a strong mids and we had to surrender midfield anyway. So an offensive strategy to challenge their 3 defenders sounded like a good idea. It was indeed, but they managed to score a goal out of 2 shots, while we did not with 4 shots, meaning they won. As simple as that Despite they played long ball with 5 string mids, which is very surprising.

Let's hope for better luck next time.

All Swedish no Finnish in this instance. It happens. Move on and get them next time

Wow, what a game. Bringing those 3 points back from Russia is awesome. This is an upset, but we'll take the points. I guess this is better winning with only 1ST than losing with 4 shots vs 2...

We'll, that's 6 points out of 9 for the first 3 games against toughest opponents of our group, with 2 on the road. That was the objective. We now have 1 week off and we'll play some weaker teams. The challenge will be to avoid being upset. Ideally, this means 12 points in the next 4 games.

But for now, let's just celebrate this win!

Well done bud!

Quite excited by this one against the favorite in our group last week was depressing and I was afraid we would go 1-0-2 after 3 games. 2-0-1 is much better

good job

Thanks, hoping it will last!

After a break last week, we play Indonesia this week. They are one of the 3 teams with us having 2 wins and a loss after 3 games, along with Uruguay. We definitely won't take this game for granted, there is no easy win. We'll make our best to be 3-0-1 after today!