Royal Rumble Cup 1st Round, 1st Leg

July Fourth 4-2 FC Barcelona

July Fourth 138.0 3N-4-1-2 - FC Barcelona 131.3 4-4-2 Classic

We could possibly meet this team 6 times this season, They are also in our CL draw in the group adjacent to our Group and that could mean a 2 legged tie in the Last 16, And with the league draw still to come, who knows if they could be in our league as well, July Fourth started on the front foot and within 11 minutes we looked dangerous but a foul on Miku forced a substitution with Miku-Zidane coming to push Kusama to AMC, Beckett did convert the free-kick to put into the lead, However a good spell from Barcelona almost got them back into the game before Pietropaolo from a Beckett cross, Barcelona did pull one back from Shimoshi and Beckett was needed to convert a free-kick to restore our 2 goal advantage, Evans for Barcelona put through Mihalache to tap in to give Barcelona another away goal, We looked to be hanging onto the lead but Papaleo on the counter got us a vital goal to give us a useful lead going away tomorrow evening.

Goals: Beckett (11,72) Pietropaolo (51) Shimoshi (54) Mihalache (76) Papaleo (89) MOTM: Papaleo.

Team Talk: Good win, but we need a just as good performance in the 2nd leg to finish the job off.