Match Thread: August 26, 2023 - Atletico Ottawa v Forge

[narduch]

Game is at 7pm ET on One Soccer and Fubo 

[Big_M]

[gator]

Forge are set up quite defensively and haven't had a lot going forward, I suppose Bobby will be fairly happy with how it is playing out in not giving up much and having one really good scoring chance!

[narduch]

Ends 0-0 

[gwsmith63]

Attendance was 5211

[rkomar]

Post-game interview of Zapater was probably the most intriguing part of the program.  He doesn't understand English well enough to follow the questions, so he gave answers to questions that he expected would be asked.  It was odd and normal at the same time.

[-Hammer-]

I'll give Atletico credit. They did a great job of jamming up the middle. I was incredibly frustrated with how much space though Ottawa was leaving near the South side that Forge simply didn't want to press into. That said, their finish was dog meat. It seemed like no player was willing to try a cross and was incredibly focused on the top of the box or passing in from the top of the box.

On the other side, Forge's defense did it's thing. They are a very tough nut to crack when you get it into their end. The down side was Forge simply wasn't breaking in and players simply weren't willing  to outright beat defenders to make good chances.

Ottawa certainly had more chances then Forge, even though Forge had the better chances. Honestly, I feel it was a very even affair. Forge has got to start scoring if they want to stay in the race.

Edited August 28 by -Hammer-