Season 90 - Are you ready?

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Desert Rats FC double report.

Desert Rats played against their fourth top of the table team in four days, the team currently in 4th place visiting the 'Rathaus', and taking the home side right to the limit before succumbing to a late goal. Patrick Tillmanns opened the scoring midway through the first half, and the Rats had the majority of the play until the break. The visitors made all three of their substitutions over a fourteen minute period either side of half-time, and it eventually worked for them, an equaliser on the hour mark pegging the hosts back. Kostadin Marinov thought better, though, and three minutes later broke through the visitors defensive line and beat the 'keeper one-on-one to restore the home sides lead. The visitors struck back again with 19 minutes to go, prompting the home side to go all out attack in search of a winner, helped by selected substitutions of tired players. Eventually the pressure told and in the 88th minute the wingers shredded the visitors defence, Marinov putting in the final touch to a 3-2 win. Thanks to madflo and Niko for the support.

With a 1-1 draw from the 1st Leg of the Cup Round of 16 tie with their Level 8 opponents, Desert Rats were looking for an outright win to progress to the next round, and they got an early advantage 12 minutes in when Maximiliano Arcamone swept a Shaun Ruel cross into the net to open his Desert Rats account. The match was evenly balanced from then on, and home 'keeper Bismark Carroll made three saves to help preserve the lead and frustrate the visiting forwards. The match was made safe when Ruel latched on to a long defensive clearance and outsprinted the defence, sliding the ball past the 'keeper for a 2-0 win. Desert Rats progress to the Quarter-Finals 3-1 on aggregate.