Champions League Last 16, 1st Leg

Lonchas 0-3 July Fourth

Lonchas 129.2 4-3N-1-2 - July Fourth 136.0 3N-5-2 V 1st half, 3N-1-4-2 2nd half

A very tricky encounter for us indeed with Lonchas' manager being present at the game and they made a bright start in the first half applying all the pressure early, It wasn't until 17 minutes we had an effort on goal from Papaleo putting a shot wide, We were not getting too many balls forward as Lonchas seemed to have won the midfield exchanges in the 1st half and we pushed back our wingers to make a flat midfield 4, this worked much better for us in the second half as Watson put us ahead on 50 minutes with a dribble round a defender and the keeper to score, Kusama should of made it 2-0 straight afterwards when he was through on goal and blasted it over. Beckett however did make it 2-0 from 20 meters and July Fourth were now looking like progressing to the quarter-finals with ease, We did find the back of the net once more through Petersen on 79 minutes with a long range effort after we had to do a bit of defending from Calavicci and Ramirez, Petersen had one more chance before FT but the keeper saved it.

Goals: Watson (50) Beckett (58) Petersen (79) MOTM: Watson.

Team Talk: A fabulous way to get the KO stages underway with a fine 3-0 win here over a decent Lonchas side that gave us problems early on, but we were too strong for them in the end and we will qualify for the Quarter-Finals in which we will most likely face our biggest long term rivals Batigo United.