ACL MD1 - Yokohama vs Sydney FC - 19/02/20

[denmil]

@timotae

You have to admit he hasn’t really showed any ability to influence a game with tactical changes. Same formation, same substitutions.

I mean I had this to say about the MC home game just a few weeks back:

@denmil

Don’t know who was saying that Corica can’t change games in last week’s thread, but the half time change was phenomenal.

Freed Ninković up to play his usual role instead of doing the defensive running at CM, allowed us to put Kosta on the right where he’ll always be more dangerous given the circumstances, and Caceres put in a fantastic shift at CM.

Fotmob has him as MOTM based on their stats based player ratings. 5 out of 5 duels won, 2 out of 2 successful dribbles, assist and two other chances created, 2 clearances, 4 recoveries, 31 completed passes at 91%, in a half of football where we’re a man down.

When we lost Grant early we made the obvious adjustments (Retre to RB, Ninko to CM, Kosta to LAM), but then at half time the far less obvious early substitution of Baumjohann for Caceres won us the game.