National cup

National Stadium
Spectators: 1028 (Terracing: 772, Seating: 236, VIP seats: 20) Hjálmar Barðason's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 3rdth minute, Cedric De Stefano skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Hjálmar Barðason in the 6thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Cedric De Stefano, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Hjálmar Barðason could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 10th minute of the match, but Cedric De Stefano made a huge save. Cedric De Stefano stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hjálmar Barðason's shot from short distance in the 13th minute. 18 minutes into the match, U21 Iceland's goal looked a bit too open when Philip Calamatta came free, but Wilhelm Ófeigsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Wilhelm Ófeigsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christopher Depiro in the 19th minute of play. In the 21st minute Philip Calamatta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wilhelm Ófeigsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Wilhelm Ófeigsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gabriel Calì, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gabriel Calì scored 0-1 in the 25th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Wilhelm Ófeigsson, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Björgólfur Rúnarsson fell near the penalty area in the 28th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored U21 Iceland's protests and gave Björgólfur Rúnarsson a yellow card for diving instead. In the 33rd minute, Sigurlinni Bogason hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hjálmar Barðason got free with Cedric De Stefano in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Hjálmar Barðason received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Cedric De Stefano tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 43 minutes into the match, Gabriel Calì notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of U21 Iceland's Wilhelm Ófeigsson. Wilhelm Ófeigsson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Wilhelm Ófeigsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christopher Depiro in the 48th minute of the match.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gabriel Calì to make the kick off. The supporters of U21 Iceland booed when U21 Malta was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Julian Desira didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 54th minute, Hjálmar Barðason 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. After 57 minutes of play U21 Malta's Julian Desira was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 62nd minute, Hjálmar Barðason made a precise shot to the right of Cedric De Stefano. U21 Malta's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. U21 Malta made a substitution. Leonard Suda replaced Julian Casa. U21 Malta's Brandon Moncado was substituted for Ryan Attard Dingli. An unexpected shot in the 71st minute by Christopher Depiro got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Gabriel Calì made in the 80th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Leonard Suda. 84 minutes into the game, Brandon Moncado was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. U21 Malta's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave U21 Iceland the free kick. Brandon Moncado kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. 85 minutes into the match, U21 Malta's goal looked a bit too open when Hjálmar Barðason came free, but Cedric De Stefano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gabriel Calì hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. After having played for 92 minutes, Carl Aquilina managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. U21 Malta's supporters crossed their fingers, but Carl Aquilina was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 94th play minute Carl Aquilina came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Wilhelm Ófeigsson. 1-3. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. U21 Malta had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.