Team Summary & Formation

• SIMCOE COUNTY ROVERS DISPLAYED A CLEAR TACTICAL IDENTITY - FOCUSING ON WIDE PLAY, QUICK TRANSITIONS, AND MIDFIELD OVERLOADS.
• HUGE VULNERABILITIES WERE EXPOSED PARTICULARLY ON SET PIECES - SCROSOPPI CAPITALIZED ON THESE WEAKNESSES SCORING BOTH OF THEIR GOALS FROM SET PIECES. SITUATIONS REINFORCING ROVERS LACK OF AERIAL DOMINANCE AND DEFENSIVE ORGANIZATION DURING DEAD BALL SITUATIONS.
• ROVERS FULLBACKS PLAYED AGGRESSIVELY - SUPPORTING, ATTACKING, AND TRANSITIONS, EXCEPT THEIR ADVANCED POSITIONING LEFT CENTER BACKS (#2-#19) VULNERABLE. THIS WOULD LEAVE ROVERS FULLBACKS ISOLATED IN KEY DEFENSIVE MOMENTS.
• WHILE #8 ( KARAGIANNAKOS) WAS EFFECTIVE AS A PLAYMAKER, THE TEAM STRUGGLED TO CONVERT POSSESSION INTO CLEAR-CUT-SCORING OPPORTUNITIES.
• DESPITE THE LOSS, ROVERS SHOWED FLUID ATTACKING MOVEMENT AND STRONG MIDFIELD INTERPLAY - PARTICULARLY IN MIDDLE THIRD. ULTIMATELY, SET PIECE DEFENSIVE INEFFICIENCY INSIDE THE BOX WERE PART OF THEIR DOWNFALL.

ATTACKING SHAPE ( IN POSSESSION)

DEFENSIVE SHAPE ( OUT OF POSSESSION )

ATTACKING SHAPE POST SUBSTITUTIONS ( IN POSSESSION)

• ROVERS STYLE OF PLAY DID NOT VARIED WITH SUBSTITUTION
• FAST TRANSITIONS WITH WIDE CHANNELS AS MAIN TARGET OF GAME BUILD UP #27(BLEGAY) - #11(CLAUD) WOULD LINK UP GAME WITH #10(O.BENITEZ) DROPPING WIDE FROM INTERIOR TO THEN BUILD UP GAME FROM FLANKS.
• #8 (P.KARAGIANNAKOS) SWITCHED FROM INTERIOR TO LEFT WING
• #10 (O.BENITEZ) MOVED INTO INTERIOR POSITION AS PLAYMAKER - #11 (S.CLAUD) PROVIDED MORE SPEED ON CHANNELS