ROYAL RUMBLE CUP - 3RD ROUND, 2ND LEG
pingus 11 2-4 July Fourth
July Fourth win 6-3 on aggregate
pingus 11 116.6 4-4-2 classic - July Fourth 118.3 3N-4-1-2
Well, we did it folks, we are into the last 16 in the Cup for the 1st time in 4 seasons since the unfavourable format change, but we had to survive a scare as pingus 11 were the better team for the first hour of the game, They had most of the early chances and we lost Stuart to an injury midway through the first half to be replaced by Mensah. pingus had a great chance when forlan broke clear and Childs fouled him on the edge of the area, the referee gave a free-kick which was on target and Knight saved it for a corner and teh corner came in a Hogan headed away but a minute later pingus took the lead when Forlan broke clear and passed to Gonzalez to tap in for the lead, that would put pingus ahead by away goals and they had the slender lead at HT.
The second half begun and pingus straight away won a corner it came in from Forlan and Takeda's header gave pingus a 2-0 lead and a goal from us would send the tie into ET, Just as things were looking bleak for July Fourth, we found our game and Papaleo broke clear of the defence and had a chance to equalise but put it over the bar, thankfully Papaleo made up from it and broke clear again but this time passed to Michu and that levelled the tie and ET now look likely but we sealed the deal on 68 minutes when we won a corner and Michu crossed in for Adams to header us level 2-2 on the day but we had the away goal to fall back on should pingus score again, but it was us that scored again 3 minutes later when Diamond shot from long range and we added a 4th late on to seal the win on the day from Mensah scored from 25 meters.
Goals: Gonzalez (35) Takeda (47) Michu (61) Adams (68) Diamond (71) Mensah (85) MOTM: Michu.
Team Talk: We made 2 important half-time substitutes with Ramirez and Adams replacing Childs and Hogan that were in the yellow on condition and were tiring out, so perhaps this revitalised our team and got things moving forward when we were behind on the tie, We are delighted to survive a NGE troll and reach the last 16 of the RR Cup and we will see the full draw tomorrow and see what happens from here.