For my first game of Inside The Net Soccer, I took a trip to the San Siro to replay (using as-played lineups, cards & dice) the 6 April 2024 match between the Rossoneri and Lecce. In real life, Milan won 3:0 behind goals from Christian Pulisic, Olivier Giroud and Rafael Leao. On the tabletop, Milan won 3:0 on the strength of Giroud's hat trick - he pounced on the ball during a goalmouth scramble to poke it home at 33', took a beautiful through ball from Hernandez and slotted it past Wladimiro Falcone at 39', and tucked away Hernandez's cross at 53'. While Lecce created some chances, they struggled to get the ball out of their own half and through Milan's five-man midfield for long stretches. I only kept the basic stats, but they are a near-perfect match for the numbers from the real-life match (in parens below). After about the first 15' of game time, I started to get the hang of it and played the second half in something around 30-45 minutes, which is really promising for a first go-round, and found it to be a really fun and engaging simulation of football.
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| My game setup for the first match |
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