ROYAL RUMBLE CUP - LAST 16, 1ST LEG
Rekiny Rybink 2-3 July Fourth
Rekiny Rybink 117.6 4-3W-1-2 - July Fourth 118.5 4-5-1 V 1st Half, 3N-1-2-3W-1 2nd half
Putting away the disappointing draw earlier in the league we had a very tough tie in the last 16 of the RR Cup in which this season we have been enjoying a good cup run and it may continue here. We played our 2 reserve wingers in the first half in the 4-5-1 V and they created a couple of chances but also gave away a few silly balls, you can tell that some of these players like Petersen, McNamara and Mensah are leaving at the end of the season because they are not really good enough anymore other than reserve or rotation. The home team got in front on 38 minutes when Bustos broke clear and chipped it over knight and the lead @ HT.
July Fourth made the changes bringing in Vestergaard, O'Sullivan amd Miku into a 3-man attacking midfield behind Michu and switched to 3 at the back, this got us back in the game and in no less than 3 minutes after the restart O'Sullivan's pass found Miku to drive it past the keeper for the equaliser, Ganeev then had 2 chances afterwards by braking clear on both occasions, the first time he missed by firing it over the bar and the second occasion he made best use by firing the home team back infront, We were up against it but the O'Sullivan-Miku combination was effective on this occasion and O'Sullivan on 59 minutes himself broke clear and grabbed the equaliser, We would of been quite happy with a 2-2 draw, but Miku had other ideas on 76 minutes by getting the winner by beating a defender and taking it round the keeper, the home team had a couple chances for 3-3 afterwards and at the end Michu could of given us a healthy advantage in the 89th minute but put it over the bar.
Goals: Bustos (38) Miku (48,76) Ganeev (53) O'Sullivan (59) MOTM: Malik.
Team talk: This is a big step towards the Quarter-Finals of the RR Cup. We are not done yet since we lead 3-2 with the away goals, It should be an interesting duel in the Quarter-Finals against an highly active Benca manager that watches his games and both teams will want to get to the Semi-Final of the RR Cup having made it so far. It was also good to see that Malik has upped his game recently with getting MOTM tonight.