Season 89 Are you ready?

[talisman]

Day 18 - double report.

Desert Rats FC played away against 7th place and nipped in the bud a promising-looking surge by one of the lowest Quality teams in the League. Patrick Tillmanns opened the scoring in the first minute,and then made four assists to claim the MoM award, Kostadin Marinov bagged a brace and narrowly missed out. The other goals were a debut strike from central defender Blagovest Metodiev, midfielder Mashoor Ibrahim and strikers Julien Renard and Matt Goggin. Final score 7-0, and no bookings! Having lost the League lead on total goals scored yesterday, the result of the 3rd vs 1st clash (a 2-2 draw) means that Desert Rats now top the table by two points.

Cup Semi-Final time, and a home 1st Leg against a Level 8 team, 9.3% better in Quality. Selecting 3N-1-3N-2AMW-1 against 4-3N-3, with defensive/counter tactics, the hosts limited their opponents to only one shot on target, that being from a corner, and they scored from it... The home side, however, were at that point one goal up thanks to a 30th minute strike by defender Osama Dawood (assist: fellow-defender Blagovest Metodiev), and better was to come in the second-half with a fine solo goal from left-winger Kostadin Marinov. The Rats take a 2-1 lead into the 2nd Leg in two days' time.