D1 Matchday 4: Nikos vs O.J.

[Scarface]

Nikos24

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------Sagnol----------Bonera------------Gallas-----------Abidal--------
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--------------------Gattuso----------L. Diarra-----------------------
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------------------------------Taddei--------------------------------
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--------------------Totti----------------Kaka------------------------
----------------------Saha------------------------

Joaquin in for Taddei and Malouda in for Diarra at 65th minute. Switch to 4-5-1.

Subs: Kuszczak, Joaquin, Malouda, Samaras.

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O.J.

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---Burdisso---Toure---Andrade---Sylvinho---
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--------Deisler---Perrotta---vBommel---------
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------------------Aimar---------------------
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-------------Toni-------Podolski------------
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Substitutes: Foster, Gonzalo, Albelda, Anderson, Nihat.

[Del Piero]

Im going for a draw here guys i cant seperate the two teams

[Nedy]

O.J wins here. His CB duo looks pretty solid, much more than Nikos one. Both CB can stop Saha a lot more than Nikos CB can stop Toni and Podolski.
Also his midfield looks very solid two, with very good AMF passing balls to the strikers.

[Rambo]

Nikos for me, but only just

[Cali]

Agreed with DelPiero_22, there' s not much difference between the two teams. So, im going for an draw.

[Billy Minof]

Draw for me also....

I can see Nikos doing most of the attacking but OJ's defence and DMF's are very strong and would hope to play counter attacking football.

[Scarface]

This is pretty close, but I think O.J. would edge it.

The front 3 from each side are going to be very important, and I feel this is where O.J. wins the contest. I'd expect Kolo Toure and Jorge Andrade to deal with what is thrown at them, more effectively than Daniele Bonera and William Gallas.

Both attacks are very good. People might comment that Kaka and Totti are too similar, but I think they could link up well between them, and also with Saha. Luca Toni and Lukas Podolski is a formidable partnership, particularly with the likes of Pablo Aimar and Sebastien Deisler providing the ammunition.

I prefer O.J.'s central midfield, and think they'd gain the advantage in the middle. I'd like to see David Albelda fitted in there, though, to give it an even stronger look.

2-1 to O.J.

[martin_cranie]

I still think that O.J. should be using a diamond in midfield, as this formation doesn't make best use of Deisler, vBommel or Perrotta. However, I believe that they can still do a good enough job to contain if not control the midfield battle.

O.J.'s defence is slightly better, and there's very little to fault upfront for either side.

A close game, but a tight 2-1 win for O.J..