Match Thread: June 27, 2021 - Forge v Valour

[narduch]

Match is at 2pm ET on One Soccer.

Preview from CPL site:

https://canpl.ca/article/preview-forge-fc-vs-valour-fc-match-3

[narduch]

 

[narduch]

Tactical line ups

 

Edited June 27, 2021 by narduch

[Ansem]

Oops... too soon to call this about Valour?

[Shway]

Forges only issue will be the u21 player minutes as usual. Their squad is easily the best in the league. 
 

[narduch]

Dyer scores from the spot. Valour up 1-0 early.

Ricci earned the penalty.

Also growing up watching Serie A on TLN its nice to hear Alf de Blasis doing commentary for One Soccer 

[Cheeta]

Good lad.

[SpursFlu]

I'll always remember where I was when the Forge dynasty came to an end 

[narduch]

Damn Ricci with a nicely worked goal to make it 2-0

[Bison44]

HEHEHE, obviously Forge is the best in the league......HEHEHE  

[Dominic94]

How do Rea and Sirois look ?

[Weng]

Sirois has looked good and confident. I haven’t seen Rea do much yet, so hard to say.

Edited June 27, 2021 by Weng

[Cheeta]

Sirois so far so good.  Good decision making around the box.  Pretty good at moving the ball.  Solid introduction to the league so far.

 

[Weng]

Should have been 3, very close offside call.

Edited June 27, 2021 by Weng

[Dominic94]

4 minutes ago, Cheeta said:

Sirois so far so good.  Good decision making around the box.  Pretty good at moving the ball.  Solid introduction to the league so far.

 

Good to hear, some hype on him. Montreal flooded with young Canadian GK’s…

 

Rea too has some hype. 

[toontownman]

Another poor offside call punishes a team and costs them a goal. Should have been 3-0. Unlike the Eddies goal this one wasn't even close.

[SpursFlu]

Whats going on up on the concourse? Looks pretty rowdy

[Ansem]

3 minutes ago, SpursFlu said:

Whats going on up on the concourse? Looks pretty rowdy

 

[Cheeta]

9 minutes ago, SpursFlu said:

Whats going on up on the concourse? Looks pretty rowdy

Some of the usual suspects with Red River Rising by the look of it.  

Solid half by Valour.  Certainly early days though.  Decision making will speed up with a few matches under the belt.  Passing will improve for sure.

Going to see how Forge's legs hold up.  It's a warm one today.  One of those text book Winnipeg summer days that we endure winters for.

[Cheeta]

New Valour kits look grand by the way.  

[Cheeta]

Coo....

Should have buried that one.

[narduch]

Full-time Valour win 2-0

[Cheeta]

Job done.  

Good look out of Valour.  Work to do but it's nice to see some purposeful passing and catching opponents in possession out of Valour.

Nothing to worry about in Forge land.  They are going to be just fine as they've finally have their chance to get their groove on.  Might take longer than they want it to though, but it'll come.

[Wippersuna]

Strange feeling to watch Valour win but nice especially with Reyes, Bouka Moutou and Galhardo all out. Ricci looked good too but clearly the man of the match was Red River Rising singing from outside. 

[Ozzie_the_parrot]