The one where we have broken records instead of records broken

1: 3 in the back hasn’t quite worked. 4 in the back hasn’t quite worked. Have we thought combining and going with 7? Ronald struggled in the first 45. Azul overloaded him and he was often caught in a tough spot having to almost mark two at once. I’d like to see us be able to adjust go to 4 in the back on the fly if need be before a half time talk but we also don’t quite have the personnel with the quality or versatility to do that. 

 

2: We showed more energy and than we did against Miami. Great? The chances and the chances at having chances were there and we just couldn’t pull the trigger. Too often we are not applying continued pressure. We’ll create a half decent opportunity, lose the ball, do a half decent job of winning it back, and then instead of going again, we slow it up and or go backwards. You don’t knock a prize fighter down by giving them a chance to breathe. 

 

3: Muyumba seems have to some quality. He passed at 92% with 45 touches in the and 5 duels won in the first half alone. For a bigger guy, he’s got speed and he’s pretty neat tidy on the ball and we played through him quite a bit. He’s got creativity and to his credit, he tried to create. Dude even hit a high pressure PK. Mosquera was equally impactful given the minutes he had and not just because of the assist. Maybe he’ll be able to continue to contribute from the bench after all. 

 

4: I hate it when a Ref has to be a take, but when they’re this bad 🤷‍♂️ He inserted himself when he didn’t need to. He missed calls that had a direct impact on the outcome of the match. He seemed to be completely uninterested in VAR. 

 

5: I have no idea how this result and being knocked out will affect Pineda and Boca’s futures but we are trending down and have now been knocked out of two tournaments. Garth was very clear with us at the start of the season. Time was going to be needed, but I suspect that even he is not content with how it’s gone and how it’s going. A change wouldn’t surprise me. Having Berry take a PK is probably a fireable offense alone, tho TBF, I was going with Puratta as one of the first 5 and he missed his too.