Another cold night at BMO tomorrow... this seems to the standard forecast for all of TFC's important games over the last couple of seasons! The goal celebrations always seem more epic in this weather.
INJURY UPDATE:
Defender Nick Hagglund will be out for approximately six weeks after sustaining “a reasonably significant hamstring strain.”
Vanney also provided updates on the trio that missed Friday night's 3-1 win over Real Salt Lake, but would not deliver a final verdict on the statuses of Chris Mavinga, Justin Morrow, or Victor Vazquez. “They all completed training today. We’ll see how things progress tomorrow.”
https://www.torontofc.ca/post/2018/0...morrow-vazquez
Was looking at the match preview on MLSsoccer.com and noticed this:
- Suspended after next caution: Emanuel Aguilera, Carlos Vargas, Cecilio Dominguez, Paul Aguilar, Alejandro Diaz
- Projected Starting XI
(4-4-2, right to left)
GK: Agustin Marchesin — Paul Aguilar, Bruno Valdez, Emanuel Aguilera, Carlos Vargas — Renato Ibarra, Mateus Uribe, Guido Rodriguez, Cecilio Dominguez — Henry Martin, Oribe Peralta
That's three quarters of the backline; either they play it safe or they get suspended for Azteca.
For what it's worth though:
- Suspended after next caution: Michael Bradley, Jozy Altidore
Bradley I am not too worried about, he managed to go unbooked in the series with Tigres, Jozy is the one that worries me.
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"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
The weather should make things spicy. Maybe soggy would be a better way to put it.
I second your thoughts
-------------------------Bono
---------Van Der Weil--Moor---Mavinga
-------Auro Jr.------------------------Morrow
---------------Delgado------Bradley
-----------------------Vazquez
----------------Giovinco----Altidore
In my honest opinion, we have to be the favourites with this lineup. I'm also pretty happy with a 4-4-2
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Oso > Delgado ...right now......for me
We need to attack tomorrow. Score multiple times. I think this game suites him more than marky.
All aboard the Oso train !!!
Interesting how the way players are playing ( Oso versus Axetke, for example) is making the formation pretty clear. Will change again during the season as others come on, I am sure.
Also interesting to see what the lineup will be if Vasquez cannot play. I am betting that it will be a 3-5-2. If he plays, a 4-4-2
Am I looking at the right thing? This has 11 posts
https://www.reddit.com/r/tfc/comment...erica_toronto/
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
Game day.
I say 3-1 Jozy with the brace!!
We're spoiled now. Back then, every move -- every decision -- worried the shit out of us. Now, we know the team is likely to perform well because it's focussed and we trust our coach.
Rare. But it leads to a malaise on discussing things.
Personally, I used to spend more time analyzing the games and performance etc and posted more often, but my interest in debate has abandoned me with age. I'm busy trying to juggle a home business/writing career, and am usually content to read others' comments and watch the game.
Still don't miss a minute, though.
Almost no coverage of this in Mexico City newspapers. Just a couple of stories about the Osuna visit
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/univer...ita-al-america
They don't have to win this.
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
Expected line up from America tonight
Full strength bar Menez out injured------------------- Marchesin -------------------
Paul --- Edson ----- Valdez --- Vargas
-------------- Guido ---- Uribe ----------------
---- Renato --------------------- Cecilio -----
----------- Martin -------- Peralta ------------
This weather forecast .... 3 degrees, rain, wind gusts to 35km, wind chill of minus 7.....
TFC haven’t really had driving rain in the cold yet at BMO. We have had one or the other, but not both.
It can be truly, truly abominable down there. Raise your hand if you were at the 1982 Grey Cup at Exhibition Stadium. That was the worst conditions I ever saw at any sports event anywhere.
https://www.thestar.com/sports/footb...n_perkins.html
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"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
To be fair, that paper did put up a real story, which I missed
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/univer...merica-cecilio
But the sports pages in the 3 Mexico City papers I checked had very little. Tons of Liga MX, some Euro Champions league, Vela (and Zlatan) in LA, Mexican baseball.... those were the stories.
America has won CCL twice recently. I think these guys are under way less pressure to win than Tigres was.
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff