Match Date: Sunday, September 28, 2008, 14:30-16:30
Venue: Victor Tedesco Stadium, Hamrun
Who Played: Jonathan Azzopardi, Jonathan Bezzina, Edward Azzopardi, Josef Tonna, Paolo Ciantar, Lydon Micallef, Emmanuel Muscat, Joseph Caruana, Glen Magri, Kayne Said (Adam Smeir), Darren Galea
Rabat Scorers: n/a
Description: This is a decisive match for the Magpies which must absolutely win to place themselves in the first two places of the group, and to be able to qualify for the next stage of the competition.
Again, this week Rabat will play against a team which last year used to play with the top Maltese football clubs, that is in the Premier division. Today's opponents are Pieta Hotspurs. This should be a good test for the Magpies to view the players condition and the complete team spirit.
A good game provided by both teams, with chances of goal on both sides. One negative note about the match is that the referee seemed a bit biased towards the Pieta team. Rabat were better than Pieta in the first half, with different occasions of opening the score. In the ending minutes of the first half a red card (2 yellow cards) was shown to Joseph Caruana, which influenced the playing style of the Magpies in the second half.
Pieta were a bit better in the second half were they exploited the fact that they were playing 11 against 10. Rabat also provided some good counter attacks in the last part of the second half with the help of the substitute Adam Smeir.
Considering everything, it seems that there was progress from the last match against Mqabba. It must also be noted that some key players were also missing for the Magpies, though their substitutes performed the job very well. This should be encouraging for the next match against Dingli and for the start of the league.
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