Day 3 of the Combine - How We Doin?

The second day of games is usually a little more promising than the first and it gives players the opportunity to rise or fall depending on how they did day one. The Adidas Tunit Squad took on Adidas Tiro in the first game of the day, in what seemed to be a somewhat slow, but interesting game. Jata started the game as an attacking center mid, but the midfield lacked cohesiveness making it harder on Jata to shine. A couple players were playing out of position leaving too much room for the opposing team to take the ball down the line and start and attack.Day two was rough on some of the players because they haven't been playing as much and its easy to get sore from going all out on day one. Gostmanov didn't play at all because of an injury so the midfield lineup changed a little bit from yesterday. Poole started at the D-Mid position, with Boateng playing at left mid and Barklage was on the right. Marosevic and Revivo started up front and at the back(from left to right) was Wallace, Castenada, Ogunbiyi and Russell. Frei played keeper once again because he's the only one they have.

Boateng played a nice through ball to Marosevic on a diagonal run at the top of the box who finished it past Kocic midway through the first half. Adidas Tiro tied it up about ten minutes after some nice ball movement by Maxwell. The score was 1-1 at half.

The second half lineup changed a lot, but I think they played a little better as a team than they did in the first half. Jata started the second half on the bench, but made an appearance with about 20 minutes left in the game. Boateng was subbed in with him as well. They both went back to where they were playing the first half. This time Jata played much better. He played some good balls and looked quick on his feet. The game ended with the score tied at one a piece, but I feel that both teams still weren't playing up to their full potential.
Adidas Tiro looked strong in the back and I was really impressed with George John. He looked strong, agile and seemed to have everything under control. He was also very into the game and spoke to his teammates the entire time he was on the field. Kevin Alston also impressed me from right back as he did the day before. Adidas Tunit did much better with AJ Delegarza starting the second half. but he was subbed in place of Ogunbiyi which didn't help their lack of size at defense. Delagarza looked good as he did in the first game. Talkative, calm, fit and very good with the ball. These four defenders did nothing to hurt their stock on day two. If anything, they increased it.

In the second game of the day, Adidas Predator PowerSwerve beat Adidas AdiPure 2-0, but I didn't stay for this game so I don't have much to say about it. I heard that Quicny Amarikwa scored both goals, but that the first one might have actually been an own goal off a Sam Cronin corner kick.

Hopefully the off day will give all of the players time to rest up for the final showdown on Tuesday morning. I'm looking for Jata to take over the game on day three because he has the ability to play much better, even though he's already doing more than most of the competition anyways.

Tuesday, January 13 - Matchups

9:15 AM - Adidas Predator PowerSwerve vs Adidas Tiro
11:15 AM - Adidas AdiPure vs Adidas Tunit