Royal Rumble Cup Last 16, 2nd Leg

Chicago Klein 0-1 July Fourth

Chicago Klein win 3-2 on aggregate
Chicago Klein 137.1 4-1-3N-2 - July Fourth 136.0 3N-5-2 V

This will go down as "one of those games" as we played well in the hope of a fightback after a disappointing 1st leg in which we conceded 2 late goals after Chicago's manager changed their tactics late in the game giving us no chance to respond, We had the better chances as we looked to try and break to score goals past them to get back in tie but their defence was quite solid and did not allow Papaleo or Pietropaolo to go by them, Watson had a few chances as well and he did score our winner on the night in the first half from 25 meters, but whatever we threw at them including a change in orders midway through the second half we were not able to get the goals needed to progress further in the competition, Further chances late on from Miku-Zidane, Watson and Papaleo came but again their defence did their job and survived July Fourth pressure.

Goals: Watson (37) MOTM: Watson.

Team Talk: We gave it our best shot tonight and it was always going to be tough with the knowledge of knowing we had to score at least 3 goals to have any chance of getting through to the Quarter-Finals, We won the game on the night and I'm happy with the performance shown that we will not lie down too easily.

I'm hopeful of a server top league level hold next season at L24 to bring us just 1 level behind the strongest teams on the server to have any realistic chance of winning the cup next season.