ROYAL RUMBLE CUP - QUARTER-FINAL, 2ND LEG
July Fourth 3-1 Benca FC
July Fourth win 7-2 on aggregate
July Fourth 118.9 4-4-1-1 then 60 minutes 4-4-2 - Benca FC 117.7 4-1-3W-2
With the job of qualification basically completed in the first leg, it was just the small matter of finishing this off and putting the tie out of Benca's reach and we did just that really without the nerves being tested unlike last night in the CL, The early chances fell to July Fourth with Michu getting a couple of shots on target, It wasn't until 32 minutes when O'Sullivan hit the back of the net from 30 meters, Benca were reduced to 10 men early in the second half when Michu was brought down from Velazquez and the referee judged it to be a professional foul, Nothing came from the free-kicks even though Mensah was taking them again. Benca did however score from Enama Okouda from a going all the way past our defence and beating Knight in goal, but we switched our attacking force to finish the game and we won the game courtesy of a Stuart corner played to Papaleo to header in and Mensah with a long range effort late on.
Goals: O'Sullivan (32) Enama Okouda (65) Papaleo (69) Mensah (81) MOTM: Malik.
S/O: Velazquez (47)
Team talk: Yes, we were expected to qualify after the first leg was a brilliant win for us and I'm pleased we finished this quarter-final off in a professional manner and we can enjoy the Cup "mini-break" it brings over the next few days since Day 20 is the gap between the quarter-finals and semi-finals.
Other Quarter-Finals Round Up: We were the first of the 4 quarter-finals to kick-off and complete while the other 3 quarter-finals are still in the balance with fenerbahce,buducnost and thai team all holding a 1 goal advantage going into their second legs, we play the winner of Wardley massive and thai team.