Desert Rats FC played their Round 5 Champions League Group match, at home against a team 6.6Q/27% lower in Quality, and for long periods struggled to gel. After central defender Filip Andersson put in a 1st minute strike, the visitors' defence put in a tremendous shift, repelling all efforts of the home side to increase their lead. Five minutes into the second-half, the visitors equalised, and the Rats AM started to get a little frantic. After two snippets of advice to get attacking, the Management made a substitution at right-back and then changed to attacking mentality. Almost immediately, the away defence conceded a free-kick, and Glenn Seynaeve dispatched the set piece ball over the wall and past the 'keeper to give the hosts the lead again. Strikers Matt Goggin and Julien Renard each scored in the last ten minutes to give the Rats a 4-1 win, thus clinching progression to the Knockout rounds, and as Group winner.

Stats made interesting reading - 3W-1-4-2 vs 4(3DC-DR)-1(DML)-1-2(AMW)-2.

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