With 5 games left of the season, it looked like Flare United were just about ready to give up and resign themselves to life in Division 1. However, with 4 games left now, they look to be in a decent position to survive after a narrow 1-0 win in a very important match against fellow top flight strugglers Splott Rovers.
Earlier in the week, United crashed to a 2-0 loss against Santos FC. However, Izuka came up with another of his unorthodox but brilliant tactical manoeuvres, such as his unpredictable but successful usage of the 5-2-3 formation at times, to topple Splott Rovers.
Lining up in a 5-3-2 formation, Izuka had his midfielders and forwards make up a back five with his defenders making up the other half of the team for kickoff. It worked as the Splott players, surprised by the sudden reshuffle of the United players, were beaten by a combination of United's veteran defenders, Roger Ellerman and Philipp Bitzer, Ellerman setting up Bitzer for a breakaway goal. Right after the goal, Izuka had United defend for their lives, and that's how United ran out 1-0 winners.
"I respect Carbonmonoxide, he's a good manager and gave me lots of problems when I was setting up my tactics. However, if one of me, him, and DBYC has to go down, it's not going to be me!" said Izuka after the match.
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