Right first things first. Team that started
Bouzanis
Irwin Darby Mavinga Threlfal
Amoo Palsson Wiejl Bruna
Eccleston Pacheco
Crowd of around 8000 which would be a full house. Vast majority Liverpool with a splattering of Bohs faithful!
Bohemians had there 2nd 11 out as they have a cup replay this evening but this was still a very good work out for the lads. Pacheco very much playing the playmaker role. I was surprised to see Wiejl centre midfield but he worked hard. Not too many clear cut chances in the first half but for me what ws importat was the way the lads attempted to play the game, all on the deck, pass and move.
Second half Nemeth came on which saw Pacheco go to the left, Bruna made way, and it was from here things realy got going. Pacheco ran amok on the left and Nemeth's runs were diffrent class to what went before. However despite it being one way traffic it must have been around the 86th minute before the 1st goal came courtesy of Nemeth from a lovely ball from Pacheco. Finished superbly by Kristian. Moments later and Pacheco was taken out as he gllided into the box for a peno. Pacheco took hit himself and buried it for a well deserved 2 0 win
Pacheco was given the man of the match award but for me the stand out player of the 90 minutes was Palsson. He was awesome. The tackles he put in were old school fully committed and always took the ball. On top of that his vision for a pass was impressive also. Could have a top player in him
The usual suspects Irwin and Darby played well and Mavinga at centre back impressed me also. It could be a very good season ahead for John Mcmahon
One final word on David Amoo, he looks like he's bulked up a bit over the summer, if Rafa can get in his head he has the potential to be a Barnes type player in the future. Heres hoping!
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