2016-17 CCL Alianza Dragon edition

Same here I was really hoping Aguila would have made it they were playing so well. Dragon's counter attack style isn't going to do jack...

As for Alianza time for Fito to showcase his amazing goalscoring skills so he can make his case for the NT. /sarcasm.

 

Dragón jugará la Liga de Campeones de la Concacaf. La anterior vez que salió campeón no existía el torneo. Y tampoco la Concacaf.

— Claudio Martínez (@martinezchino) May 29, 2016

 

Honestly I would be looking at Sosa and especially Portillo who low key has been the most consistent player for Alianza these last few seasons.

 

Look at the bright side, as shitty as the clubs in CA tend to be (bar the Costa Rican ones and maybe Olimpia), you didn't get Mexican teams. And never underestimate the ability of American clubs, and by extension their NT, to self combust in central america. Especially when their schedule should at least in theory affect their group stage games.

How's Alianza doing nowadays?

 

Rodrigo Rivera too (if he can actually stay healthy)

 

Ah yes our Salvadorian David Luiz. It's funny how one of adds for the NT has him featured despite not getting one iota of time. I do think he deserves a chance.

 

So I Guess NYRB's group should be a cakewalk then :'(

 

I think Antigua is capable of beating them at home (even if they play at the Mateo), but they're just as capable of losing/ drawing against Alianza or getting slaughtered in NY

 

I wanna agree but I have to see which players Aliamza and Dragon Recruit before making a final decision, Aliamza have two foreign spot to fill (since teams are allowed to have four foreign players). Who knows they could find themselves another bladmiir diaz

 

Man, i gotta say im pretty mad. Whoever that Midfielder was who played the ball TO THE TIMBER ST, should get benched and not play a couple of games. You have 30 seconds left on the clock until its the 90th min, and u give it away like THAT?? I mean, how could u do that to your team??

Other than that stupid mistake, Dragon played a good game. Yeah, they sat back and defended, but they did it damn well. Good goal as well, if a little lucky (hey, Lizama is a good player, i knlw his brother is out of the NT until 2018 [that should be removed] but he is pushing his way onto a higher spot, wether it be NT or a bigger LMF team)

 

Considering Dragon six players that were starters in last year grand final, they played outstanding sadly fitness (fatigue means we will continue to give away ball or goals like that ), but this is the first time in a long time a lot of people on social media praising their effort and the coaching of omar sevilla.

 

Man he couldve just taken a random shot at the goalie. Felt their fitness was much better though tbh

 

So alianza ties at home 1-1 to the red bulls. better than being blown out i suppose

 

Did you watch the game? I see that New York played their first team..how did Zelaya do?

 

Didn't watch the game as it was shown on a 2 hr tape delay

 

He was actually decent. Was left isolated up top since they went out with 5 midfielders and played very conservatively, but he had a couple of good moments. As expected though, he got gassed and wasn't much of a factor after NY tied.

 

After two decent performance (Dragon v portland timber and Alianza v New York Redbull), we took a giant step back with Dragon getting spanked, hammered, smashed, humilated..running out words to describe what occured , the final 6-0 and that was because saprissa took the pedal of in the second half.

 

Alianza 1-1 Antigua, Once again Alianza dominated but then lost steam and antigua took full advantage, seriously watching our team gas so easily and lack the mental fortitude to defend in high pressure societ will always confuse me.

 

Alianza trip to the Red Bulls is important. Here are the scenarios:

If the Red Bulls win, Alianza would be eliminated. Antigua could win the group if they won their last two games.

If the game is a scoreless draw, the Red Bulls would have the head-to-head away goals tiebreaker. Alianza would need the Red Bulls to lose at Antigua and then for Alianza to beat Antigua.

If the game is a draw with goals, Alianza win the group if the Red Bulls lost at Antigua and then Alianza beat Antigua. Alianza could also win the group on goal differential if they got a 1:1 draw at the Red Bulls and the Red Bulls played a draw at Antigua. If Alianza got a draw of 2:2 or higher at the Red Bulls, Alianza would have the head-to-head away goals tiebreaker and would win the group if the Red Bulls lost or drew at Antigua and Alianza won at Antigua.

If Alianza wins, they would lead the group by 1 point and have the head-to-head record tiebreaker over the Red Bulls. In that case, Alianza would win the group with a win at Antigua, a Red Bulls loss at Antigua, or a draw or loss at Antigua and a Red Bulls draw at Antigua. The Red Bulls would need a win at Antigua and a draw or loss for Alianza at Antigua.