Hotspurs Comeback Secure BOV Amateur Cup Semi Final

Hotspurs Comeback Secure BOV Amateur Cup Semi Final

Victoria Hotspurs 3 – 1 Birzebbuga St Peters

Scorers: 57′ Kurt Borg, 77′ Dejan Bogdanovic, 90+4′ Kurt Borg

Victoria Hotspurs are the only team from the National Amateur League 2 to reach the Amateur Cup semi finals. They managed to beat Birzebbuga St Peters by 3 goals to one at the Sirens Stadium on Sunday.

Victoria Hotspurs started strongly with a number of corners and a header by Ferdinando Apap going just wide on 3 minutes. The Gozitans missed a good chance on 6 minutes when Kurt Borg profited from a dreadful slip up in the Southseasiders’ defence but Antoinio Chetcuti saved well.

It was Birzebbuga who took the lead on 10 minutes when Samuel Saldanha latched onto a loose ball and smashed a brilliant shot in the corner of the net leaving Adrian Parnis with no chance. Two minutes later, Emmanuel Mbong missed an absolute sitter with the ball smashing against the crossbar as the Hotspurs reacted ferociously.

The atch quietened down for a while with the next chance being a header by Kurt Borg that went just over on 28 minutes. Three minutes later, Mbong released Shaun Attard who had a low shot well saved by Chetcuti.

Victoria Hotspurs equalized on 57 minutes when a cross by Shaun Attard found Kurt Borg who ingeniously guided the ball into the bottom corner fooling Chetcuti. And after more pressure, Victoria Hotspurs went ahead on 76 minutes when a header from Appa ended up brilliantly saved by Chetcuti with the ball rebounding off the crossbar and Dejan Bogdanovic was on hand to pounce and head into the net.

Right at the very end, Victoria made it three with a simple tap in from Kurt Borg who also grabbed a brace to send the Hotspurs into the semi-finals.

Report by MaltaSport.mt