Five-star performance see off Attard and Make it to the Amateur Cup Final

Five-star performance see off Attard and Make it to the Amateur Cup Final

Victoria Hotspurs 5 – 0 Attard F.C.

Scorers: 13′ Kurt Borg, 45+1′ Matthias Said, 70′ Kurt Borg, 77′ Dejan Bogdanovic, 86′ Wellington De Sousa

The first Semi-Final at the Victor Tedesco Stadium was target for Victoria Hotspurs who, quite emphatically, set aside Attard with a 5-0 final score with two first half scores and three after the change of ends. The Gozitans, who are near the end of a memorable season, already won the Amateur League II unchallenged and could very well add the Amateur Cup and perhaps even the Amateur Super Cup to their already impressive trophy cabinet.

As expected, Victoria started strongly and had a good opportunity on ten minutes from a cross by Brazilian striker Rondinely, which found Kurt Borg who headed over the bar. Three minutes later Borg gave Victoria the lead after a delightful one-two with Dylan Mercieca with the former Mtarfa striker concluding successfully.

Victoria threatened again on 15 minutes but Mercieca missed a glorious sitter from the six-yard box firing well over. Ferdinando Apap came close after 18 minutes from a corner with his effort saved by Miguel Caruana. After several more opportunities, the Gozitans association debutants scored their second in first half stoppage time with Matthias Said concluding strongly. Attard were never in the match, this second goal felt like the Hotspurs practically sewing up the tie already.

Attard should have halved the deficit on 67 minutes when Nicholas Schembri was alone in the box, but his shot was incredibly guided wide. Victoria increased their lead three minutes later when Valentim de Sousa Wellington found Kurt Borg who napped his brace with another poacher’s goal.

The team of coach Oliver Spiteri made it four 13 minutes from time with a fine header by Dejan Bogdanovic with the match long since over as a contest. The icing on the cake came on 86 minutes when Wellington smashed past Caruana to seal another impressive victory and a maiden Cup Final for the Hotspurs.

Match Report by MFA Match Centre