Official Cup

Olympia Stadion
Spectators: 186 (Terracing: 140, Seating: 43, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Javiero Frias started the match with the kick off. In the 6th minute, Javiero Frias reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Amadeo Rapinett. The goal made the score 1-0. Menduh Tupa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Thomas Zrinzo in the 10th minute of play. A collision led to Attard Gunners getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Lawrence De Marco hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gaudencio Tximitx got free with Amadeo Rapinett in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Menduh Tupa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jeremy Bonello in the 19th minute of the match. The supporters of UnikKatiL Bloody Alboz booed when Attard Gunners was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Thomas Zrinzo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Javiero Frias who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 35thth minute tested the skills of Amadeo Rapinett when he managed to save the team from getting behind. With his leg Amadeo Rapinett managed to avoid a goal in the 36thth minute, when UnikKatiL Bloody Alboz's Javiero Frias fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 37th minute Thomas Zrinzo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Menduh Tupa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 37th minute, Thomas Zrinzo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Menduh Tupa was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. If Englantin Qeraxhiu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Lawrence De Marco made a kick off. Amadeo Rapinett showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fadil Buna, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Attard Gunners's Thomas Zrinzo slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Menduh Tupa. That made the score 1-2 after 64 minutes of play. Big Small blasted a shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Amadeo Rapinett having to make a save. Amadeo Rapinett made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fadil Buna in the 71st minute of play. In the 72nd minute, Joshua Demanuele hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Big Small sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gaudencio Tximitx kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. Neil Axisa kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 89thth minute. Though ot was a great shot UnikKatiL Bloody Alboz's keeper Menduh Tupa was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. Attard Gunners's Amadeo Rapinett played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Javiero Frias in the 93rd minute of play. Clayton Brockdorff kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. When the match clock showed 95 minutes, the score became 2-2 when Javiero Frias sped through Attard Gunners's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Amadeo Rapinett. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.