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Wrexham 1 - 2 Liverpool
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1st Half: This was more a half of "Finding your feet", as regards to a few of our players. The man we will all focus on, Cisse, I would give 7.5/10. He was found offisde 5 times, but this was more due to Wrexham pushing up the field; an interesting prospect if anyone wishes to carry on doing that, BECAUSE... Cisse showed great bursts of pace, and in one instance, started about 2 yards behind a chasing defender, yet still breezed past him to claim the ball, only for the Linesman to call Offside.
Wrexham took the lead through Sam (I think it was, anyway), from a corner on 20mins. A corner which he rose to head home, which may have been more to do with Liverpool being caught on the back foot, but a deserved goal nevertheless, as neither side at that time looked like grabbing the game by the balls.
4mins later, Le Tallec equalised. Biscan (who, by the way, was man-of-the-match in the first half) won possesion from a Wrexham player in the half-way point, ran half-way up the Wrexham half, and from 25 yards out, unleashed a really good shot on another day, would have gone in. Wrexham's goalie was equal to it though, and tipped it onto the post, only for the young and very aware Le Tallec to tap in.
Not much left to talk about in the first half, except one piece of genius from Cisse were, near the corner flag, won the ball, kicked it up once or twice, and then acrobatically overhead kicked it for a cross, only for nobody to be equal to his intentions.
---1st half: 1-1---
The 2nd half saw a multitude of changes, with only Le Tallec surviving the half-time substitutes. Apart from Dudek, Risse, Diao, Pongolle, and Le Tallec, the rest of the team consisted of reserve team players; most notably, Otsemeboor, and Steven Warnock.
The second half team were actually a lot better than the first, and this surely was the enjoyable, passing, fluid, attacking play that Benitez hopes to see as a regular at Premiership games. Darren Potter had a great game, as did Warnock, the latter of whom, had no qualms about going in on 2 meaty challenges, both of which, he won the ball fairly.
During the whole fluidity of the teams performance, many chances were created. Pongolle had a few good chances - 2 of which, he made himself - but sadly couldn't hit the back of the net. Better was to come from him though, when on 78Mins, he picked the ball up about 40 yards from goal, and had 2 defenders to beat. First one, he shimmied left-and-right to wrong foot the defender, and took at past him. Second one, he rounded with pace, and left the defender for dead, and still had the pace to take himself in to the box, with only him and the goalie for company. With the keeper not committing himself too much, Pongolle squared it towards the edge of the box for Le Tallec, who sent the keeper the wrong way with a powerful side-foot, which nestled in the far-bottom corner.
After that, Liverpool continued to impose themselves, continuing to create numerous chances; the best one, falling to Le Tallec again, only for him to be brought down as he ran into the box. The ref waved play-on.
The game gradually began to peter out with about 10mins left, and this saw Wrecham begin to put their foot on the ball; a trait not seen at all since the first half. The only carved out one chance though; a free-kick which cliiped the corner of the bar to go out for a Goalkick. With that, the referee decided that he'd seen enough, and the 2-1 Victory was Liverpool's.
---Full Time: Wrexham 1 - 2 Liverpool---
In summing up, Benitez must surely be proud of this match; the performance more than the result, but this is a great way to start your managerial position with a win. A great performance from the Academy lads, and this will surely give Benitez food for thought; something which he himself must be pleased with.
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1st Half: This was more a half of "Finding your feet", as regards to a few of our players. The man we will all focus on, Cisse, I would give 7.5/10. He was found offisde 5 times, but this was more due to Wrexham pushing up the field; an interesting prospect if anyone wishes to carry on doing that, BECAUSE... Cisse showed great bursts of pace, and in one instance, started about 2 yards behind a chasing defender, yet still breezed past him to claim the ball, only for the Linesman to call Offside.
Wrexham took the lead through Sam (I think it was, anyway), from a corner on 20mins. A corner which he rose to head home, which may have been more to do with Liverpool being caught on the back foot, but a deserved goal nevertheless, as neither side at that time looked like grabbing the game by the balls.
4mins later, Le Tallec equalised. Biscan (who, by the way, was man-of-the-match in the first half) won possesion from a Wrexham player in the half-way point, ran half-way up the Wrexham half, and from 25 yards out, unleashed a really good shot on another day, would have gone in. Wrexham's goalie was equal to it though, and tipped it onto the post, only for the young and very aware Le Tallec to tap in.
Not much left to talk about in the first half, except one piece of genius from Cisse were, near the corner flag, won the ball, kicked it up once or twice, and then acrobatically overhead kicked it for a cross, only for nobody to be equal to his intentions.
---1st half: 1-1---
The 2nd half saw a multitude of changes, with only Le Tallec surviving the half-time substitutes. Apart from Dudek, Risse, Diao, Pongolle, and Le Tallec, the rest of the team consisted of reserve team players; most notably, Otsemeboor, and Steven Warnock.
The second half team were actually a lot better than the first, and this surely was the enjoyable, passing, fluid, attacking play that Benitez hopes to see as a regular at Premiership games. Darren Potter had a great game, as did Warnock, the latter of whom, had no qualms about going in on 2 meaty challenges, both of which, he won the ball fairly.
During the whole fluidity of the teams performance, many chances were created. Pongolle had a few good chances - 2 of which, he made himself - but sadly couldn't hit the back of the net. Better was to come from him though, when on 78Mins, he picked the ball up about 40 yards from goal, and had 2 defenders to beat. First one, he shimmied left-and-right to wrong foot the defender, and took at past him. Second one, he rounded with pace, and left the defender for dead, and still had the pace to take himself in to the box, with only him and the goalie for company. With the keeper not committing himself too much, Pongolle squared it towards the edge of the box for Le Tallec, who sent the keeper the wrong way with a powerful side-foot, which nestled in the far-bottom corner.
After that, Liverpool continued to impose themselves, continuing to create numerous chances; the best one, falling to Le Tallec again, only for him to be brought down as he ran into the box. The ref waved play-on.
The game gradually began to peter out with about 10mins left, and this saw Wrecham begin to put their foot on the ball; a trait not seen at all since the first half. The only carved out one chance though; a free-kick which cliiped the corner of the bar to go out for a Goalkick. With that, the referee decided that he'd seen enough, and the 2-1 Victory was Liverpool's.
---Full Time: Wrexham 1 - 2 Liverpool---
In summing up, Benitez must surely be proud of this match; the performance more than the result, but this is a great way to start your managerial position with a win. A great performance from the Academy lads, and this will surely give Benitez food for thought; something which he himself must be pleased with.
Liverpool 2 - 1 Wrexham
Le Tallec bagged both
Le Tallec bagged both
I'm making this thread for fans of EVERY club to Update us on your teams Friendly performances/results. This will possibly give us all an insight as to how your team are doing, and whether or not they can take that into their respective League performances.
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