Match Date: Sunday, September 27, 2009
Kick-off Time: 11:00-13:00
Venue: Victor Tedesco Stadium, Hamrun
Coach
Michael Molzahn
Line Up
| Fouls Committed | Fouls Received | ||
| 1 | Jonathan Azzopardi [GK] | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Neil Caruana | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Christopher Schembri [CAPT] | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Joseph Caruana | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Adrian Mifsud | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Alan Zahra (Sub) | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Kayne Said | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Adam Smeir | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Darren Galea | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | Michael Micallef | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Franridge Schembri (Sub) | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | David Azzopardi | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Emmanuel Muscat (Sub) | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Jason Cassar | 1 | 0 |
Substitutions
| 56' | Jason Cassar | Emmanuel Muscat |
| 67' | Adrian Mifsud | Alan Zahra |
| 71' | David Azzopardi | Franridge Schembri |
Match Report
| 1' | First scoring opportunity of the game. Adam Smeir from inside the penalty tried a shot from the right-side but the ball was saved by the goalkeeper |
| 10' | From the right-flank, Kayne Said passed the ball to Adam Smeir. The latter did not manage to conclude. The ball was kicked by Jason Cassar who tried for a personal goal but had the shot cleared by the defence |
| 20' | Adam Smeir gave a nice low cross from the left side of the penalty area. No one was in a good position to conclude the ball |
| 24' | Michael Micallef tried a long ball to the attackers. Darren Galea tried to control the ball but the goalkeeper reached the ball just in time |
| 27' | In the middle of the area, Kayne Said passed the ball to Darren Galea. He tried a low diagonal shot which ended in the back of the net for a merited advantage |
| 28' | Adam Smeir did some work on the right-side of the penalty area, and crossed the ball in the middle of the penalty area. The goalkeeper punched the ball for clearance. Joseph Caruana was readily available waiting for the ball who from the rebound tried a shot and scored the second goal of the match |
| 30' | Darren Galea gave a through ball to Adam Smeir. Adam Smeir wasted some time in shooting the ball immediately and so then passed the ball to Joseph Caruana. Jospeh Caruana tried searching for his second personal goal but the ball was cleared to a corner-kick by the goalkeeper |
| 31' | A Gharghur player was shown the yellow card |
| 32' | A free-kick on the right-side of the pitch was assigned to be taken by a left footer, David Azzopardi. He tried a shot/cross but the ball finished inches wide on the left-side of the post |
| 33' | David Azzopardi crossed the ball from the left flank. The ball was headed out by Kayne Said |
| 35' | Adam Smeir did some nice work with the ball. He than passed the ball to Michael Micallef but he concluded high |
| 38' | Christopher Schembri gave a long diagonal cross to Darren Galea were he did not manage to control the ball well and conclude |
| 41' | Gharghur performed their first dangerous scoring opportunity of the game. Jonathan Azzopardi managed to make two great saves in a couple of seconds to remain on a clean-sheet |
| 43' | Adam Smeir moved with the ball from the right-side of the pitch. He crossed the ball to Darren Galea but the ball was finished high |
| 45' | In a counter attack Adam Smeir dribbled a player and passed the ball to Darren Galea. In the mean time Adam Smeir has just been fouled. Darren Galea tried his shot but was saved and cleared by the goalkeeper. Another player from behind was arriving to try another shot but the referee stopped the action for the previous foul. Advantage rule was not well played |
| 48' | Christopher Schembri gave a diagonal cross to Kayne Said. Kayne Said faked a shot which made the goalkeeper out of play and then scored a good goal from an easy position after a great personal move |
| 54' | A Gharghur player gave a through ball. The ball was finished inches wide of the left-side of the post |
| 55' | Darren Galea was brought alone in front of the goalkeeper. He shot straight on him |
| 56' | Jason Cassar was substituted by Emmanuel Muscat. This is his first official appearance of the season after having been out on injury |
| 56' | Emmanuel Muscat who has just entered made a quick run on the right-side of the pitch. He tried a shot from a difficult position but the ball finished on the goalkeeper |
| 59' | Adam Smeir passed the ball to Darren Galea. He finished the ball from out of the area, but the Gharghur goalkeeper performed an excellent save |
| 61' | Emmanuel Muscat controlled the ball and finished to add another goal to the score |
| 64' | Gharghur performed a counter attack. Two Rabat players were dribbled by the same player who passed to ball to another player where from an easy position he finished the ball at the back of the net. From this time onwards Gharghur started being continuously dangerous |
| 67' | The Rabat defence controlled the ball badly. Gharghur player stole the ball and finished the ball wide |
| 67' | Gharghur performed a substitution |
| 67' | Rabat performed a substitution were Alan Zahra entered instead of Adrian Mifsud |
| 70' | Darren Galea passed the ball to Emmanuel Muscat, but he finished the ball high |
| 71' | A Gharghur player tried to search for a goal from outside the penalty area, but the ball finished out |
| 71' | David Azzopardi was substituted by Franridge Schembri |
| 74' | Gharghur crossed the ball from the left-side of the ball and managed to score their second goal of the match |
| 78' | Gharghur tried another shot but finished high |
| 80' | Adam Smeir made a good run on the left flank and then searched for his first personal goal of the match. The ball was saved by the goalkeeper |
| 87' | Adam Smeir crossed the ball from left to right. Alan Zahra tried to score but the ball was cleared to a corner-kick |
| 90' | Darren Galea was shown the yellow card |
Rabat Scorers
| 27' | Darren Galea |
| 28' | Joseph Caruana |
| 56' | Kayne Said |
| 61' | Emmanuel Muscat |
Rabat Yellow Cards
| 90' | Darren Galea |
Corners
Rabat (3), Gharghur (4)
Offsides
Rabat (5), Gharghur (7)
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