2023-11-26, 07:30 PM - Word count:
If there is one thing Schwarzwald did NOT build its rise to the first division on, it's defence.
For the most part, the roster is designed to trade offensive punches, over and over: get the ball up to their end, shoot. They then get the ball into our end, and shoot back.
In the hands of this team, soccer is not the beautiful game, it's a snowball fight. Roster-wise, it's a bunch of people with the skills to get the ball up the wings and then bash the ball at the enemy keeper until he runs out of arm strength and the ball bashes bruises in the shape of his own knuckles into his face.
Unfortunately for Muunokhoi Sarantsatsral, keeper for Schwarzwald, the rise of the team has had much the same tactics in the other end. The defensive line has been younger, weaker, and understaffed for the most part. So Muuno's top early lesson was how to deal with failure. Repeatedly.
Even when there's success, it's always tinged with failure. A clean sheet? Not for more than 60 minutes, you don't. And then the goals against will come, and the sense of isolation. A two goal lead becomes a 3-2 loss.
Wins only come after a little early humbling - the enemy scores first in so many SFV wins.
What is the answer? No, not defence. That is not the SFV way. Instead, Muunokhoi must also choose violence. He must develop into the finest offensive goalkeeper in the league. Only then can he truly belong in Schwarzwald.
For the most part, the roster is designed to trade offensive punches, over and over: get the ball up to their end, shoot. They then get the ball into our end, and shoot back.
In the hands of this team, soccer is not the beautiful game, it's a snowball fight. Roster-wise, it's a bunch of people with the skills to get the ball up the wings and then bash the ball at the enemy keeper until he runs out of arm strength and the ball bashes bruises in the shape of his own knuckles into his face.
Unfortunately for Muunokhoi Sarantsatsral, keeper for Schwarzwald, the rise of the team has had much the same tactics in the other end. The defensive line has been younger, weaker, and understaffed for the most part. So Muuno's top early lesson was how to deal with failure. Repeatedly.
Even when there's success, it's always tinged with failure. A clean sheet? Not for more than 60 minutes, you don't. And then the goals against will come, and the sense of isolation. A two goal lead becomes a 3-2 loss.
Wins only come after a little early humbling - the enemy scores first in so many SFV wins.
What is the answer? No, not defence. That is not the SFV way. Instead, Muunokhoi must also choose violence. He must develop into the finest offensive goalkeeper in the league. Only then can he truly belong in Schwarzwald.
