Match analysis: The Pacific and Cavalry shared points in a hard fight 1-1 draw in Starlight Stadium
Endelig Score: Pacific FC 1-1 Cavalry FC
Target scorers: Yeates 6 ′;
Game of the 2024 seizoen: 29
CPL Match: 513
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Pacific FC and Cavalry traveled 1-1 on Saturday during their second meeting in the CPL season at Starlight Stadium and had points split after a Cagey match.
The hosts opened the score early in this when Kunge-Luke Steffen Yeates found with a perfect cross in the sixth minute, giving Pacific a 1-0 lead.
Then the cavalry reacted in the second half when a furious offensive pushed them eventually led the net to be found in the 68th minute, with Tobias Warschewski, who turned on a house on a cross of Bradley Kamdem to make it 1-1.
From there, despite a late Pacific -Push who almost saw them grab a winner with two wonderful chances of recent times, both teams were left behind to settle for the draw in the end.
Three observations
Game of Three Acts ends in a deserved draw:
Operation on tired legs After an emotional battle in the middle of the week, Pacific knew that they had to start strong before the cautious legs started to grab in the game later.Grab a goal through their efforts.
From there they were able to lean a little more back and force cavalry to break them down instead of practicing too much energy looking for another marker.Play openly and finds an equalization, but they knew that an open game would only end in favor of Cavalry.
In honor of them, they did well to frustrate their guests, but Cavalry began to grow in here and began to take over the game to end the first half and maintained it early in the second half, so they could be in a parliamentbecome .
As a result, it brought the Pacific Ocean in a tough position in the second half, because Cavalerie seemed to be the likely team to win the game, with the momentum to their advantage and the fresher legs to push them.
Nevertheless, Pacific managed to dig deep and regain their lead and ended strongly.
But unable to find the late winner who left a draw as a deserved result, and the statistics supported the up-shoots (11-9 for cavalry), shots on goal (3-3) and XG (0.81 to0, 6 for the Pacific for the Pacific) all showed that it was a relatively smooth affair.
Interestingly, however, both teams eventually had different perspectives on what this draw meant for them.
In front of the Pacific Ocean they saw two points, especially after leading in this game, given that they also played at home.Difficult to win this in the middle of their busy week, but that they were frustrated by IS is not a sign of the mentality found in their groups, that is someone who wants to win games.
"I thought we started well, maybe we were not as fresh as we would be in the second half, we were not as much on the forefoot as we would be," explains Pacifics Steffen Yeates.Not to get the three points, but we take a point for now and just try to expand it.
"We were excellent in starting the game, but we had to score another goal," added Pacific's head coach, James Merriman."We have to end the game and I think it was there for us, but in the last act, in our decision -making for goals, we had to be more reckless, more direct.
“We are still learning, it is still part of our process for this season, and we knew that Cavalerie would always find a way back in the game, then we had great opportunities in the second half and we have themAlso not done.So it's frustrating, I think the game is there to win today, we left two points on the table and we had to take all three points today, in our opinion. "
As far as cavalry is concerned, but they were a bit more positive for this result.This is this against a good team as a positive team.
"I am happy with our answer," said Wheeldon Jr.“Context is the key because I think if we continue to concentrate on the results and take it as negative, I don't know if it is good. This is half a win (today). We have come to a place where the PacificOcean was high after he was Ottawa, who was fantastic in the competition itself and they played with that level of inspiration and in the first 15-20 they surprised us, but what I love the Vedvors team is that they have adapted and adapted andthat they came back. "
Certainly, his players did not see that way, and understandable, given that they will be frustrated by their lack of profit, but they will have to use this game as a springboard in the future.
With a few crucial home games, including dates with Forge and Atlético Ottawa during their next three games, these are competitions they will win to reverse this decline.
At their best, Cavalerie is a page that has shown that they can win on hard sites, but they will have to build some momentum before they can return to these ways that can only come after a home wine.
"It will be frustrating, I don't want to lie," said Cavalry's Daan Klomp.
The new role of Ayman Sellouf continues to benefit Pacific's attack:
In another straight CPL match, the attacking Talisman from Pacific, Ayman Sellouf, was commissioned to play as a #10 under Pacific's front line instead of playing to the left, to which he is usually used to.
After a strong achievement in the midweek of the new role when he scored and helped to create a different goal in the 2-1 victory of Pacific in Atlético Ottawa in the second phase of their Canadian Championship Quarterfinales, it was not that surprisingto see.
Sometimes the tendency to become isolated when he played wide, with teams who would like to close him in the double or triple team of his possession, his move to the middle has given him more freedom in possession.
With his most comfortable, when he is able to ride against dribbling defenders, playing centrally has given him the luxury to do it more regularly, because defense cannot beat the middle to try to delay him.
The reason for the broad threats of the Pacific that have benefited most of Sellouf's new position.
This game showed that with the aim was the perfect example of what it could look like.To take advantage of the space that is delivered to whip in a perfect cross to Steffen Yeatestil Pacifics opening.
Dada-Luke was also not the only one who benefited from that space.yourself.
Dan, more central, the midfielders of Pacific also benefited from the fine tuning, where Sellouf serves as a marketing opportunity to play.Come forward and play aggressively in the attack.
It helped him to score his goal, because it was unlikely that he would do that kind of race if he had a natural #9 for him and the cavalry was surprised.
"Yes, I and Ayman have a good relationship with and outside the field," said Yeates.We will be dangerous. "
That is why it is not surprising to see that Sellouf will continue in the future in this new role.Try to get more involved.
Pacific's attacks have benefited from it, and although they are still doing work to achieve the level they want to be offensive, they start to get the ball in the kind of areas that they were struggling in the weeks before that watching.
"He has more a free role to find space as a real #10 or a fake #9," said Merriman about Sellouf."And you see him more on the ball and then you see more of his quality. He is an exciting, dynamic player, and now creates even more goals and helps more the challenge for him, but I think he has been very good (in the middle)."
Broad overloads decisive for the answer from Cavalerie:
When the Pacific Ocean was in a 4-4-2 of the ball, the space was at a prize for Cavalry when he attacked in this game, especially in important areas.
It made things difficult for their midfielders and attackers who were unable to find a lot of daylight on the ball and forced them to spend most of the first half on the periphery when they were in possession.From the team while it put pressure on the backline of Cavalerie to wear the tension, something they had difficulty with.
It offered an incoherent start of the game for cavalry, which ran out of the game various routine passports when they built their backs in the first 30 minutes of the game that played directly in the Pacific's hands.
As a result, Cavalerie made an important adjustment - they started pushing the figures from the back, with the aim of creating more wide overloads.
Because of it they could force the Pacific to lean back deeper while they tried to limit cavalry to play in their midfield, which eventually opened the wide areas of CAVS.
It eventually gave a big boost to the attack of cavalry when they started entering a number of dangerous intersection, so that they can put pressure on the backline of the Pacific with their service in the box.Some dangerous opportunities before they finally find their opening goals.
Suitable, their goal was ultimately a perfect example of what they did well in the second half, even after a large overlapping race of their left -wing -defender, Bradley Kamdem, who spent the game with their goals.
Yet it is a huge asset that Cavalry can use in the attack.They have a talented attacking group, one that can make things happen if they have room to work, but it can sometimes be difficult for those kinds of attackers like teams trying to lean back and limit the space for them.
However, when the defenders of Cavalerie became involved, it can open that space and they could do this in this game.
"Yes, we know that we want to help our attackers for ourselves and find out that the space can cross for them," Klomp explains.
Of course this strategy does not come without risk, because it can sometimes leave them open at the back, but it is a risk that they want to take, sitting like a team that always wants to play aggressively and on the front foot if ashes in the right way.
If they have to return quickly to win ways, they know that the remaining aggressive in their attacking approach will be the key as they have noticed after the game.
"Yes, it was very good," said Wheeldon Jr. about the attack of his team.For all three points. "
"That is why we brought Lleyton Brooks and Tobias Warschewski, and they combined very well, when Bradley Kamdem Aird helped."
"Now, at the attacking moments we need the bit of magic, we have to find it and it will be on us to do."
Canpl.ca plays from the game
Steffen Yeates, Pacific FC
Yeates was lively in the midfield of the Pacific and scored the goal as part of a busy performance of the recently relief Trinidad & Tobago International.
As a result, he finished with four chances created, one shot, eight fits for the last third and seven recovery in an active version in the heart of the midfield of his team.
What is the next?
Pacific will make the Lange Cross -Country trip to Nova Scotia next weekend while they prepare to play Halifax Wanderers on Wanderers Grounds on Saturday 8 June (11:00 pt/3:00 pm Kl.i Kl.iIn the meantime, Cavalry returns to notice to have FC on ATCO Field later on the same day (3:00 pm MT/5:00 AM).
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