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Game 6 - #11 Florida International University Panthers at #5 Zips - Sep 11, 2023


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BRAVO !!!!  BRAVO  !!!!

Best zips team performance of the year.....

The zips were fantastic........

they played with out Dyson Clapier and they put a beatdown on a top 20 team......

Zips coaching staff had a great game plan....and the zips great depth really showed tonight

Joel Sangwa is an absolute warrior to come back in the 2nd half with a heavily taped wrist and battle for the entire 2nd half.

Alejandro "Nano" Varela came in early in the 2nd half for Sammy Tojaga and I think that Nano had his best performance as a zip.

Jason Shokalook was a force all night.

 

Obviously, watching the game via video....does not give the same great perspective...that being at the game .....provides

but, my goodness !!!!!  Malik Henry was an absolute superstar in the 2nd half.   In my humble opinion, Malik had his best performance as an Akron Zip

Malik was very solid defensively.........

Malik had a 12 minute stretch in the 2nd half.....offensively......that I do not think that any player in college soccer will match this year

at 33:57, Nano showed great vision and made a great pass from the left side of the field...thru the middle...to the right side of the field

and the pass went to Malik

Malik cut inside and got off a beautiful left foot shot to the top right corner of the goal

GK made a phenomenal save and the zips got a corner kick.....

it is hard to describe the great skill and spin that Malik put on the left footed shot and it was on perfect alignment to the top right of the goal box

 

at 29:56, Malik used his speed to blow past a defender...using his right foot

then , Malik made a superb cross on the ground right in front of the box....

zips could not get a foot on it....but it was a beautiful cross from a very dangerous player

 

around 22 minutes and change....Malik timed his run perfectly and got a pass after using his tremendous speed

Malik made a very strong right footed shot 

The GK could only put his hands to punch the ball away

the rebound did not bounce right for the zips....but the zips will get many goals off rebounds...if Malik continues to fire off strong shots.....

 

Chad Welker was going wild......praising Malik....for taking great shots......

 

Mailk is going to start getting some goals during the year.....and that is going to make the Zips even more dangerous on the offensive end.....

 

great job, players....great job....coaches........

the camera after the game focused on Michael Nanchoff and Ger Coppenger hugging and congratulating the players......

the huge smiles on Michael and Ger's faces....was an absolutely beautiful sight...........

BRAVO

 

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8 minutes ago, zipsrule said:

FIU had 4 different players with yellow cards.  At  the 88:44 mark Renzi picked up a red card.  I think initially, they listed it in the stats under another player.

I pray that Stefan Dobrijevic is not seriously hurt......That was an absolutely unconscionable brutal cheap shot by the FIU player  (studs up ) to the knee.

A red card and 1 game suspension is really not enough for such a reckless, potential career ending studs up cheap shot.

 

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Nice to see some other players off the bench. Definitely needed fresh legs with the pace of this game.

 

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1 hour ago, TennZip said:

BRAVO !!!!  BRAVO  !!!!

Best zips team performance of the year.....

The zips were fantastic........

they played with out Dyson Clapier and they put a beatdown on a top 20 team......

Zips coaching staff had a great game plan....and the zips great depth really showed tonight

Joel Sangwa is an absolute warrior to come back in the 2nd half with a heavily taped wrist and battle for the entire 2nd half.

Alejandro "Nano" Varela came in early in the 2nd half for Sammy Tojaga and I think that Nano had his best performance as a zip.

Jason Shokalook was a force all night.

 

Obviously, watching the game via video....does not give the same great perspective...that being at the game .....provides

but, my goodness !!!!!  Malik Henry was an absolute superstar in the 2nd half.   In my humble opinion, Malik had his best performance as an Akron Zip

Malik was very solid defensively.........

Malik had a 12 minute stretch in the 2nd half.....offensively......that I do not think that any player in college soccer will match this year

at 33:57, Nano showed great vision and made a great pass from the left side of the field...thru the middle...to the right side of the field

and the pass went to Malik

Malik cut inside and got off a beautiful left foot shot to the top right corner of the goal

GK made a phenomenal save and the zips got a corner kick.....

it is hard to describe the great skill and spin that Malik put on the left footed shot and it was on perfect alignment to the top right of the goal box

 

at 29:56, Malik used his speed to blow past a defender...using his right foot

then , Malik made a superb cross on the ground right in front of the box....

zips could not get a foot on it....but it was a beautiful cross from a very dangerous player

 

around 22 minutes and change....Malik timed his run perfectly and got a pass after using his tremendous speed

Malik made a very strong right footed shot 

The GK could only put his hands to punch the ball away

the rebound did not bounce right for the zips....but the zips will get many goals off rebounds...if Malik continues to fire off strong shots.....

 

Chad Welker was going wild......praising Malik....for taking great shots......

 

Mailk is going to start getting some goals during the year.....and that is going to make the Zips even more dangerous on the offensive end.....

 

great job, players....great job....coaches........

the camera after the game focused on Michael Nanchoff and Ger Coppenger hugging and congratulating the players......

the huge smiles on Michael and Ger's faces....was an absolutely beautiful sight...........

BRAVO

 

Great summary. Yes, Nano is clearly a very technical player with nice range of passing. I'm guessing we will see more of him after tonight's performance.

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