I've had my ups and downs in the Master League going into the second half of the season, I seem to be drawing a lot in the League, but doing better in the cups. I was so sure I would breeze through the Europa League group after two wins and a draw but a loss and a draw quickly changed that. My team, Ajax, was in a group with SC Heerenveen, S.C. Braga and Aberdeen, and I needed a win in the last game against Aberdeen, it was a fairly easy 2-0 win but the stress levels were high. I bought Hreidarsson from Portsmouth in the January window and then it was off to the Dutch cup, where I beat AZ 2-0. Soon after that I hit a streak of draws in the league which now has PSV 6 points in front. I beat Genoa in the Europa League and then it was the semi finals in the dutch cup. Against PSV. Started of awfully, with PSV scoring in the first minutes. I had set up a 3-5-2 formation but was getting nowhere. In halftime I changed to 4-4-2, partially to make a better position for my star man Bullard. He then took the equalizer, and frantic last minutes ensued.
I got a corner in injury time and since extra time feels very short in 10 minute games, I just put everyone up there, total attack. It was an absolute scramble in the box with almost every player on the pitch fightin for the same few square feet. I hardly saw what happened but hammered the shot button, the ball fell to Castolo who planted it in the net. Awesome feeling and I was in the final! which is a long way off still, now to get the league back on track and the Europa League, first leg in the 16 team finals against Shaktar Donetsk, Barely managed 1-1, they are insanely fast.
I got a corner in injury time and since extra time feels very short in 10 minute games, I just put everyone up there, total attack. It was an absolute scramble in the box with almost every player on the pitch fightin for the same few square feet. I hardly saw what happened but hammered the shot button, the ball fell to Castolo who planted it in the net. Awesome feeling and I was in the final! which is a long way off still, now to get the league back on track and the Europa League, first leg in the 16 team finals against Shaktar Donetsk, Barely managed 1-1, they are insanely fast.