Just played my first game.
Difficulty- Top Player
Master League Originals
Master League Level - Hard
Network - Off
Development - Yes
Transfer Activity - Normal
Match Length - 20mins
English League, using Liverpool in Division 2
Drew 1-1 at home to Sochaux. They scored a good goal, helped by some awfully hesitant defending. None of my defenders are fast enough to close down play effectively on the edge of the box. They took advantage by getting someone to run across my square defense, and he finished it a bit like Gerrard against Everton when he smashed the ball across the keeper from a difficult angle.
They then missed an absolute sitter, when my keeper saved a shot and it bounced across goal. Their striker took a touch from 4 yards out, giving my keeper time to block the shot, which may not even have been on target. A couple of wild shots later, I finally got a shot on target, Iouga brilliant 25 yard volley spectacularly saved by the keeper. Then the moment I'd been waiting for, Castolo dribbled himself into a bit of space and hit a perfect through ball into Ordaz's well-timed run. One touch to control the ball and out it onto the right foot, and another to slot it in at the near post. Brilliant.
By this time Minanda's stamina was well down, and he was struggling to get into a position to use that comaritive wand of a right boot, so I bought him off for the pacey Burchet. Burchet did well, but kept being hacked in the shins byt their left back, so I couldn't get the cross away as the dickhead ref wasn't giving anything.
A draw was about a fair result, I had more chances, but they had better ones. This is my formation btw:
Ivarov
Stremer Jaric Valeny Dodo
Espimas
Iouga
Minanda Ximilez
Castolo
Ordaz
Stremer and Minanda are horrifically slow on the same wing, may have to switch Stremer with Valeny, though Valeny was probably my second best player.
Best football game ever.