Official Cup

NatLihi Arena
Spectators: 206 (Terracing: 155, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) Floriana Celtics's Kyle Thake started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Mats Sangolt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Avisar Tchuva, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. When Rafael Lucas came up free with the goalie in the 10th minute, the Neve Lihi fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Rafael Lucas couldn't finish the play. Floriana Celtics's Mats Sangolt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Negev Hershtog in the 12th minute of play. Mats Sangolt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Avisar Tchuva, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Floriana Celtics's Mats Sangolt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yonathan Baner in the 15th minute of play. Erel Serour showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Godwin Montesin, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Yonathan Baner kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. The supporters of Neve Lihi booed when Floriana Celtics was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gabriel Vella didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Neve Lihi's Negev Hershtog got a free kick in the 30th minute. Erel Serour showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kyle Thake in the 35th minute of the match. Neve Lihi's Yonathan Baner got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Uriel Zara scored 1-0 in the 39th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mats Sangolt, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 42nd minute Vihren Sirenyakov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erel Serour saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Erel Serour showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kyle Thake, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. 44 minutes into the match, Floriana Celtics's goal looked a bit too open when Avisar Tchuva came free, but Mats Sangolt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Negev Hershtog could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 46th minute of the match, but Mats Sangolt made a huge save. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The audience was convinced that Vihren Sirenyakov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Erel Serour was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kyle Thake in the 57th minute of play forced Neve Lihi's goalkeeper Erel Serour to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mats Sangolt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Negev Hershtog, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Floriana Celtics's Mats Sangolt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yonathan Baner in the 61st minute of play. Erel Serour showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Claudio Bailey in the 63rd minute of the match. In the 67th minute Negev Hershtog shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mats Sangolt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Floriana Celtics's Alex Testaferrata Viani was substituted for Samuel Lentini. Erel Serour took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mike Stivala, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Erel Serour made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vihren Sirenyakov in the 76th minute of play. Mats Sangolt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yonathan Baner, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Erel Serour took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vihren Sirenyakov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Erel Serour showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vihren Sirenyakov, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Gabriel Vella hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. In the 83rd minute, Uriel Zara got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Erel Serour made a fantastic save in the 90th minute, when Alex Testaferrata Viani sent off a good shot on target. 94 minutes into the game, Vihren Sirenyakov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Erel Serour was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.