A lot of good in this game despite the loss:
- Brillant did a great job locking down Drogba
- Mata and Allen ran the flanks well, really impressed with Allen, did well on both ends, shame to see him go off hurt
- Bravo plays the cdm role well, gets key interceptions and breaks up plays
- Mendoza look dynamic and used his time well
- TMac on the wing worked, hopefully we see more of it
- Villa and Pirlo wants this game bad, both played hard
Some bad:
- Typical Saunders. Not only does he mess up often on distribution but he also never takes responsibility. In the first half he kicked a knuckling low line drive half way between Tmac and Mata completly unreachable by either and then yelled at them for not getting to it. He looks happy with himself every time he blasts it up field and gets it within 10 yards of Villa regardless of the fact that Villa is triple covered. Anytime he gets pressured and fluffs a pass he glares at the bench like "I told you playing it out of the back is a bad idea, why don't you listen to me." The guy sucks and he's delusional.
- Bad game tonight for Hernandez, distribution and marking were poor. Looked like last season Hernandez. He's been better in other games so maybe it was just an off night. Aside from Saunders he's our biggest barrier to playing out of the back.
- Lopez plays hard but had no Soccer IQ or offensive skills, not sure why he's starting over Mix.
Regardless of the negatives everyone played hard in the end every loss truly is on CFG for completely wasting 1 of our 3 precious DP spots for over a year at this point.
