Match Thread: July 3, 2022 - Forge v Atletico Ottawa

[narduch]

Game is at 4pm ET on One Soccer. 

The clubs played to a 1-1 draw on May 14.

[gator]

Beautiful weather today and no conflicts with other local sports so I hope there is a decent crowd, the previous meeting was an entertaining affair! It will be interesting to see how Forge adjust after the frustrating midweek loss to Valour, I expect Ottawa will try to use that blueprint to send the home side to another defeat, Forge need to be more clinical and find a way to break down solid defences!

[narduch]

 

 

[narduch]

Scoreless at the half 

[Cheeta]

Geez, do you think Ottawa could keep just one strike down?  One?

[Cheeta]

Beauty.  

10 out of 10.

[narduch]

Nice free kick by Bassett to give Atletico the lead

[narduch]

7 minutes ago, narduch said:

Nice free kick by Bassett to give Atletico the lead

 

 

[narduch]

Full-time Ottawa win 1-0

[Ftduck]

Absolutely nothing going forward today. 

[K Edgar]

 

[jonovision]

I still don't really understand what Ottawa does well, but kudos to them. Nice to see somebody new near the top of the table.

[narduch]

14 minutes ago, jonovision said:

I still don't really understand what Ottawa does well, but kudos to them. Nice to see somebody new near the top of the table.

They are 2nd in the league and have some of the most hilariously bad single game performances of the season.

[jonovision]

I was tempted to post earlier that there's a lot of parity in the league this year, but I think a more accurate way of looking at it is that all of the teams bar Cavalry have been very inconsistent in their performances. A byproduct of small rosters without a whole lot of depth, I suppose.

[jordan]

If Ottawa had a striker to chip in it would be something 

[Pottsy3]

1 hour ago, jordan said:

If Ottawa had a striker to chip in it would be something 

Malcolm Shaw looked good last year, what's happened with him?

[jordan]

58 minutes ago, Pottsy3 said:

Malcolm Shaw looked good last year, what's happened with him?

I think role has just changed slightly with the formation/style

[Metro]

Controversy in this one as Platt and Wheeler in the post-match show indicated that on the free kick, one of the Ottawa players was standing within a metre of the wall which is now a no-no.  (Didn't know that and had to check the rulebook: its true)

Even funnier, they interviewed Smyrniotis post-match who said the 4th official even TOLD the referee the Ottawa player was standing in an illegal position.

[gwsmith63]

13 minutes ago, Metro said:

Controversy in this one as Platt and Wheeler in the post-match show indicated that on the free kick, one of the Ottawa players was standing within a metre of the wall which is now a no-no.  (Didn't know that and had to check the rulebook: its true)

Even funnier, they interviewed Smyrniotis post-match who said the 4th official even TOLD the referee the Ottawa player was standing in an illegal position.

Didn’t see the game but did the commentator mention that at the time?

 

 

[Metro]

1 minute ago, gwsmith63 said:

Didn’t see the game but did the commentator mention that at the time?

 

 

Don't know, had the volume on low.

[Aird25]

Seems like a lot of complaining about a technicality. The shot was up and over, not through, the wall

[narduch]

Just now, Aird25 said:

Seems like a lot of complaining about a technicality. The shot was up and over, not through, the wall

Agreed.

So many minor rule infractions are ignored. 

[Cheeta]

27 minutes ago, Metro said:

Controversy in this one as Platt and Wheeler in the post-match show indicated that on the free kick, one of the Ottawa players was standing within a metre of the wall which is now a no-no.  (Didn't know that and had to check the rulebook: its true)

Even funnier, they interviewed Smyrniotis post-match who said the 4th official even TOLD the referee the Ottawa player was standing in an illegal position.

Yeah, very bizarre.

Not 100% sure but maybe one of those situations where the defending team has to request their entitlement , ie the 1 yard buffer otherwise it's allowed.  The defending team isn't allowed a Mulligan if things don't work out as they hoped.  Again, don't know but that's the only reasoning I can come up with.

[Metro]

So Wheeler mentions this on Twitter and promptly gets ratioed. 😄

[Metro]

17 minutes ago, Cheeta said:

Yeah, very bizarre.

Not 100% sure but maybe one of those situations where the defending team has to request their entitlement , ie the 1 yard buffer otherwise it's allowed.  The defending team isn't allowed a Mulligan if things don't work out as they hoped.  Again, don't know but that's the only reasoning I can come up with.

That makes sense but according to the rule book, if the free kick takes place with the forward too close to the wall, the play is blown dead and it is an indirect the other way.