12-08-2017, 08:57 PM
Well, the other semi ended with Indiana beating UNC 1-0.
It's strange - I would've rather played the Tar Heels, who play a more attacking 3-4-3, then Indiana.
A couple of reasons:
(1) Today, when they got up 1-0, the Hoosiers completely parked the bus. 20 minutes into the second half, I watched Indiana drop 9 people behind the ball, essentially playing a 6-3-1 on defense for much of the second half. Combine that with:
(2) they play about as aggressively as Stanford does, but whine a lot more about it when they get fouled, and I'm worried the final could be rather, umm, chippy. As a reminder, Indiana's best player, Grant Lilliard, is the player who was redcarded in their game against the Cardinal in Bloomington last year. We'll see if they did up the tape, but he and Langsdorf were basically entangled for most of the game.
Hope that it stays a soccer match, not a wrestling meet. Logan Panchot may be defending his brother for the Hoosiers, Austin, who played left mid (where he would matchup against Logan at right back.)
VG
It's strange - I would've rather played the Tar Heels, who play a more attacking 3-4-3, then Indiana.
A couple of reasons:
(1) Today, when they got up 1-0, the Hoosiers completely parked the bus. 20 minutes into the second half, I watched Indiana drop 9 people behind the ball, essentially playing a 6-3-1 on defense for much of the second half. Combine that with:
(2) they play about as aggressively as Stanford does, but whine a lot more about it when they get fouled, and I'm worried the final could be rather, umm, chippy. As a reminder, Indiana's best player, Grant Lilliard, is the player who was redcarded in their game against the Cardinal in Bloomington last year. We'll see if they did up the tape, but he and Langsdorf were basically entangled for most of the game.
Hope that it stays a soccer match, not a wrestling meet. Logan Panchot may be defending his brother for the Hoosiers, Austin, who played left mid (where he would matchup against Logan at right back.)
VG