Sat July 23, 2016 League 1 Ontario--North Mississauga Panthers vs Aurora United FA (from League 1 Ontario website)

De Sousa Hat-Trick Helps Panthers To 5-1 Result Over Aurora
07/24/2016, 9:30pm EDT
By League1 Ontario staff

North Miss' Jose De Sousa (3', 33', 90') scored three for the Panthers 
before teammates Michael Krizeminski (30') and Antoine Paul (45') 
added singles in a 5-1 demolishing of Aurora United FC 
in matchweek twelve.

North Miss head coach Rick Titus was proud of the progress his 
team have made after a difficult start to the season, and explained 
his process of team-building to get them to this point. 

"Anytime I pick up a team that is brand new and has players that 
haven't played together before, there is a process that you have 
to go through to familiarize yourself with the players, their 
personalities, and basically the biorhythms of the team," he said. 

"Once you get that you can start tailoring your training to the 
character and personalities of the player." 

As some consolation, Simon Adjei (26') kept up his consistent 
striking form for Aurora United by momentarily levelling the 
score just before the half-hour, and assistant coach 
Ramin Mohammadi felt his side had a positive second half.  

"We went to the change-room and talked about the first-half 
mistakes," he said. "Because the game was really changed 
in the first couple minutes of the game."

"We had asked them not to concede any goals, but in the second 
half they played more disciplined football," he added. 
"I think in the first half they were all over the place. 
In the second half they were more disciplined, they listened 
to the information, and they played a better game."

"However, I think players need to understand that it is much 
easier to play better when you are three goals behind, 
but it is important for players to play that way the entire 
game to avoid the initial breakdown in the first place."

 Titus was impressed with his team's ability to manage 
 the game, switching tactical focus part-way through 
 the match to ensure the result. 

"In the second half we were trying to keep a little bit 
more possession, which is why you saw that we weren't 
attacking all the time but rather trying to keep control 
of the game," he said.  

"So the second half strategy was a bit different than 
the first because in the first the attitude was 'go for it' 
and see how many we can get, how many opportunities 
we could make. The thinking was if we went up than we would 
look to maintain the game."

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