Northvansteve Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 For those of you who were able to see the game, could you confirm this is how they lined in a 4-1-4-1: Pantemis Legault, Dunn, Cornelius, Kinumbe Shome (Norman) Twardek (Bair), Okello, Daniels, Millar David (Verhoeven) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatest Cockney Rip Off Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 10 hours ago, harrycoyster said: Haven't been following the opposition rosters for the tournament, is this a decent Portugal u23 squad? I only recognised Quina who has made a few starts for West Ham this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pottsy3 Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 6 minutes ago, Northvansteve said: For those of you who were able to see the game, could you confirm this is how they lined in a 4-1-4-1: Pantemis Legault, Dunn, Cornelius, Kinumbe Shome (Norman) Twardek (Bair), Okello, Daniels, Millar David (Verhoeven) more like a 4-3-3: Pantemis Legault, Dunn, Cornelius, Kinumbe Shome, Daniels, Okello Twardek David Millar Norman, Verhoeven and Choineire all played in the midfield when they came on. Once David came off, Bair moved to forward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soccer.shocker Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 8 hours ago, 1998 said: How did Liam Miller look? He was good / effective but not fantastic. Emile Legault put in a heck of a shift at RB tho. Very nice surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soccer.shocker Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Pottsy3 said: more like a 4-3-3: Pantemis Legault, Dunn, Cornelius, Kinumbe Shome, Daniels, Okello Twardek David Millar Norman, Verhoeven and Choineire all played in the midfield when they came on. Once David came off, Bair moved to forward Tournament rules seem to allow for 4 subs. Okello was the first to come off. Choiniere went in for him IIRC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Highlights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 6 minutes ago, Blackdude said: Highlights. Who was the player in the first highlight - great run from his side of the pitch? Good shot too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 2 minutes ago, BCM1555362349 said: Who was the player in the first highlight - great run from his side of the pitch? Good shot too. Aidan Daniels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestseveran Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 2 hours ago, Blackdude said: Aidan Daniels I'm blown away by his progression in such a short amount of time. Not sure if he was injured last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffian Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 26 minutes ago, honestseveran said: I'm blown away by his progression in such a short amount of time. Not sure if he was injured last year. He played regularly for Toronto FC II last year. I think cutting his hair may have made him more aerodynamic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Wire story recap of the game with quotes https://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/young-canadians-draw-portugal-debut-game-toulon-tournament/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 The game is available on demand on DAZN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnyb Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 6 hours ago, Blackdude said: Aidan Daniels Wow, Blew by his man. Great speed, forced a good save from the keeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Observer Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 I watched the match. I wasn't blown away by any of the Canadian players but most were solid. Legault at right back stood out and David looks a player especially when you consider he was likely the youngest on the pitch for both sides. You can see why Okello is liked as he is very tall, rangy, and covers a lot of ground but his passing certainly needs to improve to get to the next level. Cornelius has the physical attributes and is a good defender but gave the ball away a lot when pressured. Dunn is big and strong and quick (and also young). You can see him having a future as he reminds me of Henry (including the brain farts with the ball). Shome was average. Daniels can certainly run with the ball at his feet but for someone playing the 10 role, he wasn't very creative at all. Twardek was probably one of Canada's best players but I think that was more due to the fact that he was 2 years older than most of the Portuguese players so could physically manhandle them...his skill definitely let him down when he created opportunities for himself to cross or otherwise. As for the subs, none of them stood out although Choniere had a good run and chance right when he came on. You can definitely see the skill with Verhoeven but would need to see more of him to have a better judgment. The keeper really had no work to do so really no comment there. As for Herdman, he seemed to have gotten his tactics quite right and out coached the Portuguese manager who never seemed to be able to adjust to the pressure from Canada even into the second half. We probably had as much of the ball as they did which is gotta be a first for us playing a side like Portugal who is known for possession. I liked how he brought Daniels up to pressure up high with David...he also had the midfield constantly switching positions both in defense and attack which kept them off balance. Also, when a player chased someone out of position he kept going but another player moved into his position so the side kept its shape. There was one point in the second half where David tracked back so Okello (who is a defensive mid) moved up to take his spot at striker and actually continued to pressure the ball there when it was played back. I found the tactics quite interesting and wondered whether they would translate to the senior game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northvansteve Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Just based on these highlights, the RB (Legault?) kept getting beaten. How was he named Canada's player of the game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Observer Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 I few hightlights don't show the whole match. He shut down most of the attacks. On the highlights he gets beaten twice. The first where he is double teaming the player and that player makes a nice play to split them; the second is where he forces his man inside but another overlaps to the outside and beats him for pace. Sure. he could have done better in both situations but neither was a major error and both were good play by the Portuguese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soccer.shocker Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 If you watch the whole match the MOTM for Legault was justified. Hell of a shift. Hopefully he can do it again v Turkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Mexico tied England 0-0 yesterday. Both teams on 4 pts. China and Qatar also tied and both on 1 pt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beaver Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 1 hour ago, jpg75 said: Mexico tied England 0-0 yesterday. Both teams on 4 pts. China and Qatar also tied and both on 1 pt. I see a coin-toss in our future! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 On 5/29/2018 at 2:12 PM, masster said: The game is available on demand on DAZN. Signed up for DAZN. Even though I won some money on Bet365 in order to watch the game last time.... I didn't like the postage stamp sized window. The DAZN on demand stream is really good quality. Looking forward to the game tomorrow. JM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou Posted May 31, 2018 Author Share Posted May 31, 2018 THere's a lot of photos here: https://festival-foot-espoirs.sps.gallery/fr/g/47501406-5d8e-11e8-a846-0a0161baa675 Canada's will be most likely be put onlne in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Molinaro interviewed Herdman on the tournament https://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/herdman-sees-toulon-golden-opportunity-canadas-prospects/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Disappointed because they should won..... ok John...I'm starting to warm up to you big guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 I don’t think many of us are surprised that we drew Portugal.. the problem with Canada is always the next game. When we play a supposedly weaker (but older) team we seem to drop a level and don’t have the killer instinct. It would be amazing to come out and get a victory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 An article on Kris Twardek "Captain Courage" Not much on it that I found interesting. Aside from talking about the mix of players who range from 17 to 21 and are together for the first time and that they need to have the same mentality no matter who they are playing. https://festival-foot-espoirs.com/festival/detail_actualite.php?id=3150 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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