Official Cup

The Den
Spectators: 205 (Terracing: 154, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jeronimas Gaižiūnas got the match started through his kick off. Kings's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Miguel Piscopo 4 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-0. If Jeronimas Gaižiūnas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With his leg Jotautas Gutauskas managed to avoid a goal in the 12thth minute, when Floriana Celtics's Edward Ellis fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Kastytis Zuoza charged in rather forcefully in the 14th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kastytis Zuoza the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Kings getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Kastytis Zuoza hit a great ball. Jotautas Gutauskas was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Nikolai Muscat. 20 minutes into the match, Edward Ellis dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Jotautas Gutauskas, 2-0. After 23 minutes, Kurt Bonavia mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Floriana Celtics and the Kings players grew even worse after the yellow card. Kurt Bonavia hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jeronimas Gaižiūnas in the 30th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tyron Tufignio saved Floriana Celtics from getting behind. Rolandas Andrijaitis kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. 37 minutes into the match, Kings's goal looked a bit too open when Miguel Piscopo came free, but Jotautas Gutauskas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Kings defense, Edward Ellis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jotautas Gutauskas. The Kings fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jotautas Gutauskas should have stopped the shot. Josh Carbonaro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Jotautas Gutauskas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Kings's defense didn't have a chance, in the 45th minute, when Miguel Piscopo scored to the left of an out of position Jotautas Gutauskas, making the score, 4-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-0.

The wind increased when Miguel Piscopo made the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Jeronimas Gaižiūnas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Edward Ellis took the ball and in the 52 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jotautas Gutauskas. Jotautas Gutauskas dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-0. The Floriana Celtics fans' excitement grew in the 56th match minute when Floriana Celtics's Miguel Piscopo looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 6-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Jotautas Gutauskas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Miguel Piscopo's shot from short distance in the 70th minute. In the 75th match minute, Kings was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Karolis Adomkevičius to maneuver through the defense. When Nikolai Muscat came up free with the goalie in the 76th minute, the Floriana Celtics 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 Nikolai Muscat couldn't finish the play. Miguel Piscopo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jotautas Gutauskas having to make a save. After 82 minutes of play, Floriana Celtics's Miguel Piscopo made it 8-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jotautas Gutauskas was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, Kurt Bonavia managed to get in a good position for a shot. Floriana Celtics's supporters rose to their feet, but Kurt Bonavia was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jotautas Gutauskas breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 9-0 became the score in the 92nd minute when Miguel Piscopo elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Floriana Celtics walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.