02 September 2010

Rabat vs Mdina 3-1

Competition: Second/Third Division Knock-Out Competition
Match Date: Wednesday, 1st September 2010
Kick-Off Time: 20:00
Venue: Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali

Second goal of the match. Penalty taken by Adam Smeir

One of the scoring opportunities in the second half


Action for the description below of the 65th minute




Rabat Starting Formation
3 Christopher Schembri
5 Joseph Caruana
6 Yessous Camilleri
7 Justin Felice
8 Alan Zahra
10 Adam Smeir [CAPT]
13 Dylan Falzon
14 Christian Muscat
21 David Azzopardi
20 Rio Micallef
25 Ivan Cassar [GK]

Rabat Substitutions
57' William Borg (11) - Alan Zahra

Rabat Scorers
24' Justin Felice
42' Adam Smeir (pen)
63' Justin Felice

Rabat Yellow Cards
13' Joseph Caruana
39' Justin Felice

Match Report
1' The first scoring opporunity of the game came from Mdina, but the shot was central and easily saved by Ivan Cassar
4' Alan Zahra took a corner-kick from the left side of the pitch. He sends the ball on the second post. Joseph Caruana heads the ball inches wide on top of the bar
13' Joseph Caruana is shown the yellow card for a hands-ball
20' Alan Zahra tries a personal shot from outside the penalty area, but the shot ends high
24' Adam Smeir performs a counter attack. He brings Justin Felice alone infront of the goal who scores the first goal of the match
34' Joseph Caruana tries a personal shot, but his shot is weak and out of range
35' David Azzopardi sends a cross from the left side of the pitch. It is inches high over Justin Felice and the ball ends up into a throw-in
36' From the right side of the pitch, Justin Felice passes the ball to David Azzopardi. He continues the ball to Adam Smeir who concludes the ball out of range
38' Adam Smeir tries an attempt for goal, but the ball is saved in two attempts by the Mdina goalkeeper
39' David Azzopardi sends a dangerous first-timer cross into the middle of the penalty area. Justin Felice tries to head the ball into the net, but instead finishes touching the ball with his hands. The referee had no other solution than that of showing him the yellow card
41' David Azzopardi gives an excellent throughball to Adam Smeir. He continues the run into the penalty area until he is brought down for a definitive penalty
42' From the penalty spot, Adam Smeir sends the ball into the back of the net for a partial result of two against nill
44' Mdina are assigned a corner-kick. A short corner-kick is taken and a cross is sent into the penalty area. Two Mdina players are left alone, who one of them easily heads the ball in to re-enter back again into the game
46' A free-kick is taken from the left side of the pitch. This is punched by the Mdina goalkeeper. Adam Smeir attempts a first timer shot, but the ball ends high over the bar
48' Adam Smeir sends a high through ball to Alan Zahra. He controls the ball on the right side of the ptich, but mis-calculates the cross and ends up wide
52' Mdina perform the first substitution of the match
57' Rabat perform their first substitution. William Borg enters instead of Alan Zahra
61' David Azzopardi performs an excellent run on the left side of the pitch, where he leaves two players behind him. He sends a low cross into the penalty area to Justin Felice, but he concludes the ball completely out of range
62' From the right side of the pitch, Joseph Caruana passes back to Adam Smeir who continues the ball to William Borg. He tries a pesonal shot but the ball ends inches wide from the top left corner
63' From behind, David Azzopardi sends a long through ball to Justin Felice. He controls the ball and lobs the ball over the goalkeeper for his second personal goal of the match
65' Rabat take a short corner-kick. David Azzopardi sends a low cross into the penalty area. Adam Smeir tries a piece of magic by finishing the ball with his back of the foot. The ball is saved and cleared to a corner-kick by the Mdina goalkeeper
67' William Borg sends a cross from the right side of the pitch. Adam Smeir concludes the ball high
69' Christian Muscat from the central part of the pitch gives an excellent through ball to Justin Felice. He concludes the ball but the shot is central and is easily saved by the goalkeeper
71' William Borg gives a through ball to Adam Smeir on the right side of the pitch. From an angled position, Adam Smeir tries a personal shot, but the ball finishes high on top of the left corner
78' Justin Felice passes the ball to Adam Smeir who returns back the ball. Justin Felice attempts a shot on goal, but his shot finishes out of range
79' Mdina perform their second substitution of the match
82' David Azzopardi takes a free-kick from the right side of the pitch. Justin Felice concludes into the back of the net, but goal is invalidated for an offside position
85' Christopher Schembri gives a through ball to Adam Smeir. He concludes the ball, but shot is saved and turned into a corner-kick
90' The referee blows the last whistle of the match, with a final result of three against one

Corners
Rabat 6
Mdina 1

Offsides
Rabat 1
Mdina 1