Ratoath 1 - 0 AnkhMorpork (389892961)

The 58887 fans in attendance at The Codliss were roasting in the hot sun. Enrico Crea was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Henry Hughes and Gaetano Pezzano. Ratoath decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Rãgãlie - Dekeyster, Mahieu, Husum - Turco, McLennan, Ryan, Laughlin, Zachara - Swan, O'Kelly.

AnkhMorpork started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. Lineup: Musielak - Immonen, Lambert, Goodrich, Lokianskas - Pipinen, Otxua, Clarke, Mujan, Turina - Czmielewski.

Ratoath took the lead 19 minutes in, as L. Turco broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. Ratoath's D. McLennan refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 26 minutes. The sun seemed to put S. Swan in a great mood, and he showed off his technical skills all match long. A great save by keeper B. Musielak after 39 minutes kept the visitors in the game after R. Ryan struck from the left with a real cannonball. It was 1 - 0 at the break. AnkhMorpork enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 51 percent of possession.

The sunny day didn't make things easy for T. Lokianskas who didn't seem his usual powerful self on the pitch. AnkhMorpork had a chance to level the score as R. Mujan suddenly found himself free in the middle of the box with only the keeper to beat, but he misjudged the finish, and only managed to hit the bar. With 78 minutes played, the visitors could have drawn level after L. Lambert came through the middle, but his kick went wide. W. O'Kelly unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave T. Laughlin from Ratoath a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 82 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! J. Dekeyster found it hard to catch his breath today in the stifling heat. A cross coming in on the right hand side left P. Turina alone in front of the goal after 86 minutes but his shot was woeful. AnkhMorpork had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

Ratoath's top performer was clearly S. Swan. J. Dekeyster on the other hand, had a terrible day. S. Clarke performed admirably for AnkhMorpork. U. Otxua turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 0.