Match Date: Monday, September 21, 2009
Kick-off Time: 16:30-18:30
Venue: Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali
Coach
Michael Molzahn
Line Up
| Fouls Committed | Fouls Received | ||
| 1 | Jonathan Azzopardi [GK] | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Neil Caruana | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Christopher Schembri [CAPT] | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | Joseph Caruana | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | Adrian Mifsud | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Alan Zahra (Sub) | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Kayne Said | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Adam Smeir | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Darren Galea | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | Michael Micallef | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | David Azzopardi | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | Ryan Micallef (Sub) | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Jason Cassar | 3 | 2 |
Substitutions
| 74' | Joseph Caruana | Ryan Micallef |
| 80' | Adrian Mifsud | Alan Zahra |
Match Report
| 6' | A free-kick for Rabat that was easily saved |
| 9' | Long through ball from Lija after an error by Christopher Schembri |
| 12' | Lija effected a cross from the right-side of the pitch, but was easily saved by Jonathan Azzopardi |
| 14' | Rabat took a dangerous free-kick, which was cleared to a corner by the Lija goalkeeper |
| 15' | The corner was sent directly to the goalkeeper's hands |
| 19' | Lija took a free-kick from the right-side of the pitch but was sent high over the bar |
| 23' | Adam Smeir performed some high pressing on the Lija goalkeeper. Lija did not save the ball well. Kayne stole the ball from the goalkeeper's hand and was than brought down by the goalkeeper for an obvious penalty |
| 24' | The penalty was taken by Adam Smeir. The ball hit the top bar and continued in to the net for the first goal of the match |
| 30' | Christopher Schembri was shown the yellow card |
| 31' | Lija tried a shot from outside the penalty area but was sent high |
| 36' | Neil Caruana gave a bad back-pass. This opportunity was wasted by Lija |
| 37' | Lija performed a counter attack after an error from Michael Micallef in the middle of the pitch. In the penalty area there was a confused action which was finally shot inches wide on the left-hand side of the post |
| 39' | Kayne Said headed a pass to Adam Smeir. The latter took a bad shot and was easily saved by the Lija goalkeeper |
| 39' | Darren Galea took a nice header but was sent high on the bar |
| 41' | Lija sent a cross from the right-side of the pitch but was concluded out |
| 43' | Lija claimed for a penalty that was not assigned by the referee after a dubious action |
| 44' | Kayne Said sent a cross from the right-side of the pitch over Darren Galea, but he failed to conclude the ball |
| 45' | A dangerous free-kick was given to Lija but Jonathan Azzopardi performed a good clearance after saving the ball |
| 46' | Lija took a free-kick from outside the penalty but was cleared by Joseph Caruana |
| 49' | Lija players tried a shot from outside of the penalty area. The shot was deflected by a Rabat player, which was than easily saved by Jonathan Azzopardi |
| 52' | Rabat performed a counter attack. Adam Smeir gave a nice cross to Darren Galea, who than concluded. The ball was cleared by the Lija goalkeeper |
| 55' | Rabat performed another counter attack. This time Darren Galea gave a long cross to Adam Smeir, who than lobbed over the goalkeeper but ball finished high on top of the bar |
| 56' | A Lija player was given directly a red card and sent-off for an early shower after turning to the supporters and doing bad gestures |
| 59' | Kayne Said did not head a ball after receiving a cross from the left-side of the pitch |
| 62' | A Lija player performed a long run on the left side of the pitch and kept Michael Micallef running after him. The player was then brought down in the penalty area by Neil Caruana. The referee gave the penalty to the Lija team and showed the yellow card to Neil Caruana |
| 63' | From the penalty, Jonathan Azzopardi guessed where the shot was going but did not manage to reach the ball. The ball finished back in the net for an equalised score |
| 65' | Michael Micallef was shown the yellow card |
| 66' | Jason Cassar gave a long cross from the left-side in middle of the pitch to Kayne Said who was waiting in the right-side of the penalty area. Kayne Said headed the ball in the left top corner for a spectacular goal |
| 71' | Lija performed a substitution |
| 72' | Neil Caruana performed a soft tackle on a Lija player. The Lija player managed to control the ball and shot the ball in the bottom right for another goal. The result was again equalised |
| 74' | Rabat performed a substitution. Joseph Caruana was substituted by Ryan Micallef |
| 76' | Kayne Said tried a shot, but was easily saved |
| 80' | Lija performed a substitution. Rabat performed also a substitution. Adrian Mifsud was substituted by Alan Zahra |
| 85' | Jason Cassar gave a long cross, but no one was readily available to head the ball |
| 86' | The new substitute Ryan Micallef tried a shot but finished out |
| 90' | The referee blow the final whistle. Lija qualified to the quarter-final stage of the competition, while Rabat are eliminated |
Rabat Scorers
| 24' | Adam Smeir (pen) |
| 66' | Kayne Said |
Rabat Yellow Cards
| 30' | Christopher Schembri |
| 62' | Neil Caruana |
| 65' | Michael Micallef |
Corners
Lija (1), Rabat (4)
Offsides
Lija (6), Rabat (3)
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