PBP: Reyna: Borussia Dortmund v Schalke 04, 10/24

Schalke are cupcakes. Game is even in front of the yellow scattered bricks. Gio at least needs a goal & assist in this one.

 

I know it's being bit demanding but i feel Reyna plays much worse on the left than centrally. Not sure why he's playing on the left when all of Dortmund success has come from his playing centrally.

 

Gio could have won a penalty with a different ref.

Ref letting Schalke play like the concaf team they are. If he doesn't start tightening this up someone's gonna get hurt.

 

With a bad ref maybe.

 

dahoud never met a 25 yard effort he didn't fancy. the one out of 100 he knocks in only gives him confidence.

 

gio just makes the game look ridiculously easy.

 

Just had a header from close range that he didn't put on frame. Just wide

 

a little too much passing from gio. that said the amount of little flicks he attempts borders on the absurd.

 

and now too slow to commit in the attack. bit of a learning game for gio against a packed in defense.

 

Yeah, running a counter is a good skill, but breaking a bunker is a different beast.

 

Brandt & Dahoud raus fur Reus & Bellingham. Let's get this party started.

 

Zenit up next, mid-week