Sunday, July 1, 2018

A Brief Revs Recap


I've been busy and haven't been able to pay a ton of attention to this team in a few weeks. Last game I saw was the draw in Chicago. Since then, they have drawn in San Jose, had a nice World Cup break and just kicked off a 3-game home stand.

A few things before we look at last nights game.

For starters, Wilfried Zahibo has been named an MLS All Star. This was a huge surprise to me because while he has shown he can be very good, he has also been very inconsistent in his performances. I would assume he was chosen due to the plethora of attacking midfielders on the roster and the lack of true defensive mids. But I for sure assumed that Matt Turner would be the Revs representative to take on Juventus. Good on Zahibo though. The Marcus Smarf of the team gets to see his hard work and grit and field goals pay off in his first season in the league with this honor.

Next, Matt Turner was snubbed. Brad Guzan is in this game because Atlanta fans are idiots who want to see their entire team in an All Star Game. It would be a real shame--A REAL SHAME--if they had key members get injured in that game because they couldn't help jerking each other off and voting all their guys in. Zack Steffen has absolutely earned his way into the team so I have no gripe with him. If either of them get injured leading up to August 1st, I wouldn't be surprised to see Turner, Montreal's Evan Bush, Seattle's Stefan Frei or LA's David Bingham take a spot.

Finally, there are rumors that the Revs have been involved in talks to sign former Barcelona, Milan and Stoke City player Bojan Krkic. The La Masia graduate would be able to play in an attacking midfield or winger role adding to a packed depth chart in the attack. I'd imagine he would play the opposite wing of Cristian Penilla, with Juan Agudelo and Krizstian Nemeth being able to backup the wings and the center forward role, and Kelyn Rowe backing up the wings and the second midfield role next to either Zahibo, Luis Caicedo or Scott Caldwell. The reports say that the talks with Bojan have broken off a bit but we are still in the mix as of now.

Ok, to the game. I didn't get to watch but I will give some bad analysis of videos from Twitter.

First up, Cristian Penilla.
Good lord. That was hot, like REAL hot. The long ball, the beautiful hold up play by Nemo to get it to Diego Fagundez on the wing. And then Diego taking it to the box and paying it into the middle, the dummy/slight flick by Nemo and the finish by Penilla. It was just

Next up was Teal Bunbury.

A very calm finish off the half volley for Teal, who is now tied for 4th in MLS in goals with 10. I would like to take this moment to formally apologize to him for doubting him to start the year. He has been proving me wrong every week and has shown no signs of slowing down.

Lastly, it was Penilla from the spot.
Top Chedz, where Mama hides the cookies, with loads of pace. A rocket of a PK for the Ecuadorian.

Man of the Match

An obvious choice with two goals, including the game winner. Cristian Penilla is a bad mamajama.

The home stand continues on Saturday night with Seattle coming to town. 

REVS 3-2 DC

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