Desert Rats FC played away at 7th place in the League, and were fast out of the blocks, putting pressure on the home defence for long periods without much success. The pressure told on 27 minutes, when right-winger Emerson de Alencar Arraes had a free-kick on the right, and swung the ball over to central midfielder Ireneusz Jezierski, who put the ball in the net to open the scoring. Seven minutes later, the midfield club got into the action again, Glenn Seynaeve beating the defence to a long pass from the Rats defence and sliding the ball between post and 'keeper. After that, the visitors' game fell strangely flat, and the home side took advantage to pull a goal back three minutes before half-time. The second-half was a drab affair as both sides cancelled each other out, Desert Rats winning 2-1 at the final whistle.

The Champions League situation turned out to the Management's satisfaction, the expected order in Group F being achieved.

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