D2|Fixture 3| Yossi vs Rafa

[Highway Penguin]

0-4 = 0 goals
5-8 = 1 goal
9-12 = 2 goals
13-16 = 3 goals
17-20 = 4 goals



Yossi
----------------------Green--------------------------
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----Young-----Gonzalo------Milito-------Pernia--------
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----------------------Perrotta------------------------
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-------Karagounis--------------------Vicente----------
-----------------------Aimar--------------------------
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----------------Tamudo------Forlan-------------------
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Substitites: Kameni, Toure, Baraja, Yeste, Mutu


Rafa
----------------------Shovkovskiy-----------------

--Rafinha--------Kovac-------Hofland--------Clichy-

----------------Diop----------Carrick-------------

---Zairi--------------------------------De Ridder---

---------------Vagner Love---Fabiano--------------

Subs: Ricardo, Roque Junior, Paplo Ibanez (loan), Salihamidzic, Aruna Dindane

[Nedy]

Yossi gets this one....great defense, excellent midfield and a gret couple:Tamudo-Forlan, two great goalscorers......

[Highway Penguin]

Yossi takes it. Pretty dominant in all the areas. Apart from maybe Diop and Carrick's partnership.

[martin_cranie]

Rafa's central midfield is extremely good. I think Perotta on his own in central midfield won't be able to stop those two from creating some great chances. At the tip of Rafa's team are two very good forwards who aren't exactly household names, but will certainly cause a lot of problems for Yossi's defence.

Rafa's full backs are inexperienced but full of potential. Rafinha will have his work cut out with Vicente but I feel he can do well. He's pacy and determined, so as long as he can hold his concentration he has a decent chance. I'm not a massive fan of Karagounis, but I do like Clichy, and so you can work out what I think about that match-up.

Up front Yossi looks slightly more impressive, largely because of one name: Aimar. However I think that such is the capability of Rafa's central midfield duo Aimar can be pinned down, primarily by Diop.

All in all a close game, but my vote goes to Rafa.

[Scarface]

Rafa for me, Martin summed it up well. I'm a big fan of his midfield duo, whom I think would win the midfield tussle, and his front two are a very dangerous partnership, and would cause Gonzalo and Milito problems.

[Keyser Soze]

Love and Fabiano would pose a threat to most teams, both lethal finishers and fairly quick. Gonzalo and Milito are fairly tough however and may be able to contain them, it would be a great battle though.

Tamudo, Forlan and Aimar is a dangerous trio, the creativity of Aimar would supply the front two with enough chances, both are decent finishers and would put atleast on of the many chances carved out for them away.

Vicente is a very quick and tricky winger, he would give the in-experienced Rafinha a hard time, although it wouldn't be a total roasting as Rafinha has a fair bit of pace he could use to his advantage. Vicente would also supply some dangerous balls in the area for the forwards to latch on to. I like Clichy, his pace his one of his main attributes, slightly in-experienced but has faced harder battles than Karagounis, who isn't the biggest threat in Yossi's team.

Diop and Carrick is what does it for me, great partnership which might just control the game in Rafa's favour in terms of possesion. Diop would also be around to "rough up" Aimar a bit and give him a hard time, so Kovac and Hofland are fairly protected. Carrick can also sit-back if need-be.

Zairi and De Ridder are both threatening players with great skill on the ball, I don't know too much about either Pernia so I can't really pass judgement. Young is capable of containing De Ridder although it would be a close encounter.

Two even teams, should go down as a draw but as Yossi is leading by several votes, I will vote for Rafa.

[Rangers_Fureva]

I'd say Yossi would win this.

He has a great attacking trio of Tamudo, Forlan and Aimer. They could cause all sorts of problems to Rafa's defence. Although saying that Rafa has a pretty decent strikeforce himself and Yossi hasn't got his strongest defence out, so Rafa could get atleast one goal here. I'd say a close 2-1 win for Yossi.

[Yossi]

Bollocks, one vote away from keeping my 100% record.

[-Rafa-]

good game yossi, i just managed to hold on to a draw