Mater and I played our second game of Total Attack!! Soccer last night, and we decided to implement the first two Advanced Elements, AE 1: Offside and AE 2: Player Types and Abilities. Neither of us were offside during the game, but Mater came close, and it did affect our strategy. The new player types and abilities made the game more interesting, but the game should have included more tokens. If you divide the player types evenly amongst the tokens provided (after the goalkeeper), you end up with four strikers, four midfielders, and four fullbacks from which to assemble your formations, which means you cannot try a formation that includes five of any one type. For that reason I’ll be on the lookout for extra pieces.
I began as Offense, but Mater rapidly changed the tables and scored the first goal of the game by the 3rd Minute. Now kicking off as Offense, Mater soon takes another shot at the goal, but my goalkeeper saved and fired the ball to a midfielder, only to have it stolen by Mater who promptly scored another goal.
By the 13th Minute, I was steadily dribbling the ball up the right side of the field with good protection, which proved a wise precaution since Mater attempted and failed to tackle twice. By the 17th Minute of dribbling and passing, I managed to get a striker to the edge of Mater’s penalty area and made a shot that her goalkeeper failed to save. I was finally on the scoreboard and it was 2-1 Mater.
During the 18th Minute, I failed to tackle Mater and she slipped past my fullbacks and took another shot, but my goalkeeper saved and threw the ball to my right fullback, who proceeded to take it up the right side of the field covered by a midfielder and a striker. The fullback retained possession and was joined by another midfielder to protect against tackling whilst I moved some strikers closer to Mater’s penalty area. By the 23rd Minute, Mater had moved her fullbacks into the beginning of a wall facing my approach, moved a striker into my penalty area, and sent three players in for the tackle. They failed. It was the 24th Minute. My fullback passed to a nearby midfielder who passed to a striker. The striker, whom I had previously moved into an excellent position unguarded by the developing wall, dribbled the ball to the edge of the penalty area and took a shot that Mater’s goalkeeper was unable to save. The score was tied 2-2.
For the next eight Minutes there were successful tackles, failed tackles, shots attempted, and saves made by both our goalkeepers until one of my strikers dribbled a ball straight into Mater’s goal hex. The score was 3-2 in my favor. It was about the 36th Minute, nine minutes until the end of the first half, but Mater was tired (it was 11:30 p.m. by that time) and forfeited the game in spite of my mild protests. I was a little disappointed, but I conceded we ought to have started the game earlier. Perhaps next time we will get to play both halves of a game.
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