Season 38

[July Fourth]

Coloz United 0-2 July Fourth Champions League Quarter-Final 2nd Leg (July Fourth Win 5-0 on Aggregate)
Coloz United 95.9 4-3N-1-2 - July Fourth 104.4 3N-1-3W-1-2

With much of the hard work already done in the first leg our job here was to ensure that we didn't give Coloz any chance of getting back into the tie. We did just that and were the better team once again in Italy, Basically the object was to score the away goal which would kill off the tie. It didn't take long, After L.McNamara had his shot blocked in the 8th minute it was poorly cleared by Coloz and Papaleo picked the ball up and ran through a few Coloz defenders and took it round the keeper to score the killer away goal which mean Coloz now needed 5 to advance, but you could already tell the writing was on the wall, all the attacks were poor from the home team,they tried to hit on counters all the time but we always cut it out with Ramirez and Adams. There were a few late first-half attacks from Rocky, L.McNamara and Papaleo but they were all blocked. The second half basically saw the tie draw to an anti-climax with the game petering out with play being slown down from both sides and Coloz again played fouls to give Mensah plenty of chances from free-kicks but on all 3 occasions the Coloz keeper was able to save them all. Those fouls caused Festas to get booked twice and that equals a red, our second goal came from L.McNamara who shot from around 15 metres after Coloz poorly cleared it.

Goals: Papaleo (8) L.McNamara (72) MOTM: Mensah.

In the Semi-Finals we play as expected Ttrabzonspor after they advanced on away goals after a 3-3 tie. In the other Semi-Final sees our last seasons league collegues and dark horses Hurray FC face Kadir's GALATASARAY.

I kind of feel sorry for a team like Coloz United who are a decent team, but unfortunately were doomed to a trophyless season when the CL draw came out and found that we were in the competition and in Coloz United's league... they have Batigo United to deal with.

Title Odds:
July Fourth 2/5
GALATASARAY 7/2
Ttrabzonspor 8/1
Hurray FC 12/1