Golden flew to Turkey to face SS Rapido at their home stadium, the SS Rapido park, and definetely one of the warmest and sunny places the team has ever been. The locals had showed a friendly attitude from the beginning, and welcomed the team with arms wide open. However, in the field there's no room for friends, and the match contrasted shockingly with the previous experience.
SS Rapido prooved well the name they embrace by scoring the first goal of the match on 9'. Then the match went into harsh paths, with fouls cutting the play every 2-3 mins. On 30' Jan Willem Polman was leaving his mark behind to face the G.K. 1-1, but the defender slid from behind interrupting the action with a foul. Red card was more than expected and SS Rapido's defender didn't even wait for it to be showed to leave the pitch.
Locals faced deception once again, on 41', when previously warned Georg Assman received the second yellow card and leave his team with 9 players.
Golden couldn't take advantage of their numbers, and the few opportunities ended in the hands of SS Rapido's G.K..
Second half was certainly aiming for something better, as Golden was tuned and focused to reach the goal. However, all our efforts vanished over and over again with an unbeatable G.K. on rivals' side.
The match reached the point of boredom, and Golden had to wait until the very last minute in order to make it even. Jan Willem Polman pull out a moment of greatness and fired in the hole to put the 1-1. Time was running out, and a childish Bogdan Lupescu got his second yellow card by simulating a foul inside the box.
Final blow and a sour taste for Golden, whom couldn't manage to break rivals' defence and were expecting another result due to the numerical advantage.
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