13 September 2009

Mtarfa vs Rabat 1-4

Competition: Second/Third Division Knock-Out
Match Date: Sunday, September 13, 2009
Kick-off Time: 11:00-13:00
Venue: Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali

Coach

Michael Molzahn

Starting Line Up
2Neil Caruana
5Joseph Caruana
7Adrian Mifsud
8Alan Zahra
10Adam Smeir [CAPT]
11Darren Galea
12James Borg [GK]
14Michael Micallef
16David Azzopardi
17Ryan Micallef
18Jason Cassar

Substitutions
56'Joseph CaruanaAdam Wingfield (15)
63'Alan ZahraLuke Portelli (4)
78'Ryan MicallefNigel Cortis (3)


Match Report
4'Mtarfa had the first shot of the game which was sent high
5'Joseph Caruana received a yellow card for a late tackle
7'Jasson cassar passed a cross in the middle of the penalty area, but Darren Galea finished wide
16'Ryan Micallef gave a through pass to Darren Galea and finished the ball for the first goal of the match
19'A free-kick taken by Adam Smeir that was sent wide off the bar
23'Adam Smeir scored his first personal goal of the match
28'Adam Smeir scored the second personal goal and the third goal of the match
31'Darren Galea dribbled around the Mtarfa goalkeeper but sent the ball wide
33'Cross from the right-hand side by Darren Galea, which was then centrally finished by Ryan Micallef and saved by the Mtarfa goalkeeper
35'Ryan Micallef saw the Mtarfa goalkeeper out of his posts and tried a shot from a distance of 30/5 meters. Shot finished on the left post
45'Mtarfa wasted an opportunity when they shot wide
50'The first socring chance in the second-half was for Mtarfa but was headed high
56'Joseph Caruana replaced by Adam Wingfield
61'Mtarfa gave a bad back pass from the middle of the ground to the goalkeeper. Adam Smeir tried to reach the ball but was cleared just in time by the goalkeeper
63'Alan Zahra replaced by Luke Portelli
65'A wasted opportunity by Rabat that could have easily given them the fourth goal of the match. In front of the goalkeeper Darren Galea passed the ball to Adam Smeir, which continued the pass to Ryan Micallef, who than shooted on a Mtarfa player
66'Ryan Micallef finished wide
72'Substitution for Mtarfa
73'David Azzopardi took a cross from the left-hand side which was then finished by Darren Galea for the fourth goal of the match an his second personal goal
74'Adam Smeir gave a good pass in the middle of the penalty area but no one finished the ball
76'Mtarfa gave a through pass from the middle of the pitch. The Rabat players waited for the offside rule which was not given. The Mtarfa player dribbled past the goalkeeper James Borg and finished in the net for their consolation goal of the match
78'Ryan Micallef was replaced by Nigel Cortis
80'Mtarfa finished a free-kick high off the bar
81'An Mtarfa player was assigned a yellow card
82'Rabat were disallowed a goal for an offside position
84'A free-kick taken by Mtarfa was headed out
88'Rabat had a confused scoring opportunity which was cleared off the goal line for two times
89'David Azzopardi was assigned a yellow card
90'Mtarfa captain was shown the red card for a late and bad tackle

Rabat Scorers
16'Darren Galea
23'Adam Smeir
28'Adam Smeir
73'Darren Galea

Rabat Yellow Cards
Joseph Caruana
David Azzopardi

Corners
Mtarfa (1), Rabat (5)

Offsides
Mtarfa (1), Rabat (1)

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