Division 1
Aradippou 1 Panthea 0: Major surprise newly promoted Aradippou defeating last year’s first division runner’s up Panthea 1-0 it was a closely fought game with good entertaining end to end football with Aradippou waiting till the 75th minute to score a goal with Ismet Sumbul. Panthea tried hard to get back into the game and Aradippou’s keeper made a couple of good saves.This win takes Aradippou into 5th place.
Division 2
Arachne 4 Komi Kebir 1: Another surprise after Arachne’s 4-0 drabbing from Maronites last week and Komi Kebir beating Achna 8-3 made Komi Kebir favourites, but it wasn’t to be. It was Arachne’s first win of the season and a deserved one too. The first half was even and believe it or not no goals. The second half was all action with Arachne scoring their first goal in the 55th minute with Lorenzo followed in the 65th minute with a neat goal
Leo. There was more drama when an Arachne player was sent off with 20 minutes to go leaving them with ten men. Komi Kebir then went on to score from a penalty converted by Jason Lambri. To add to Komi Kebir’s woe Arachne scored a further two goals coming from Leo scoring a second which was a really good goal , he chipped the Komi Kebir keeper from outside the box and Tom Collier giving Arachne their first win of the season.
Apoel 2 Pantel 1: Apoel 4th and Pantel 5th before the game started and as a result of this score, Apoel have now leaped to second spot. Apoel started well with a well taken goal by Panayiotis Lambrou. Both teams had a good share of the game but did not liven up till five minutes before the end when Kanaris equalised for Pantel then Apoel scored in the last minute with a goal from Panayiotis Lambrou.
LFA Intermediate Cup Round 1
Brotherhood 3 Caribb 4 : Brotherhood had an off day , they did not come good until the later stages of this LFA Cup game. They went behind 2-0, 2-1 3-1 then 4-1 before getting two goals late in the game. Brotherhoods’ goals came from Chris Ierotheou 2 and Lingis.
Cetinkaya Cinar 1 Turkmenkoy Aydin Spor 2: Again one of our KOPA team’s was not lucky in the LFA cup Cetinkaya although they played well could overcome the Turkish League team, Cinar’s lone goal came from Marcus Samuel.
FA Carlsberg Sunday Cup
Bari 1 New Salamis 3: New Salamis the current KOPA Champions and LFA Cup winners were playing for the first time in this prestigious Sunday Cup and came out comfortable winners even although Bari equalised at one stage. New Salamis goals were scored by Richard Georgiou, George Gregoriou and David Hicks. New Salamis now go on to play FC Nirankari who won the Herts FA Sunday Cup last season.
Tripimeni 4 Upshire 1: A convincing win for Tripimeni , Steve Sinotti will be pleased with this performance. They had a setback when Upshire took the lead in the 20th minute . This only pushed Tripimeni to get going and score four goals to go to the next round and meet Bury St Edmunds team Gym United. The scorers for Tripimeni were Ahmet Rifat, Darren Gray and Nico 2.
