Season 89 Are you ready?

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Desert Rats FC inserted their new signing Kostadin Marinov at AML and he reduced the Quality deficit for their away 1st Leg match in the Cup Round of 32. This still left their hosts at +1 Level and +2% Quality, but as the manager of the team didn't attend the 3% away Possession Bonus seemed to be compensation for that, as the Rats had the majority of possession during the match. The home side took the lead on 26 minutes, and this lead was held until half-time. MC Glenn Seynaeve wasn't performing, so youngster Graeme Brooks was sent out in the second half to be the central player in the three-man central midfield in the visitors' 4-3N-2AMW-1 formation countering the home sides' 3N-4-3. 2 minutes after the break, Marinov scored a debut goal to pull the match back level, but it didn't take long for the counter-attacking home side to get back into the lead. Striker Emanuele Imbimbo was mis-firing, putting two shots from crosses from AMR Patrick Tillmanns wide, so the Management replaced him with Julien Renard, but it was Tillmanns who gave the Rats a boost with a goal 5 minutes from time which takes the tie into the 2nd Leg at level pegging after a 2-2 draw. Tillmanns and midfielder Ireneusz Jezierski both picked up bookings, the one for Jezierski giving the Management a headache as this means he will be missing from the 2nd Leg match.