Ringers !

Milan 13 - Verona 10
(Game is under protest and may be replayed)

We knew something fishy was going on as we heard the scores
come in of the Milan-Verona match. How could the bottom team
in the standings win over the top team?

It seems that 3 players from Koln played for Milan under
different names (I think), bringing their passing tactics with them.
Koln is the best passing team that we have played and I think that
Verona had the same problem we had: they simply have not had
much experience playing against such good passing tactics and did
not have time to adjust their defenses to counter these attacks.
I did not witness the game, but I think this is a reasonable assumption.

Are good passing tactics and skills the biggest difference
between first and last place teams?

I think yes.

There were also accusations of cheating by using some kind of blocker.
See SecondFootball.com forums for more information.

We have lost 3 recent friendlys to the best passing teams;
Stuttgart, Koln and Verona.

We will lose again if we do not train to counter attacks like this.

I will draw graphs on the other blog of the attacks used against
us and suggestions to help defenses counter them.

Or do you think maybe I should put them in this blog for everyone to see?
Everyone knows what tactics are used as they play these teams,
it's no secret after the fact.
It would be helpful to everyone if they knew ahead of time.

What do you think?