First Division
Omonia 1 New Salamis 4
Geared up to be the match of the day and hundreds of fans were there to see the game at Broomfield Park between the league leaders New Salamis and second in the table Omonia.
Omonia could not wish for a worst start when within minutes they were a goal down and ten men when Deniz Mehmet was pulled down by the Omonia keeper Erbil who was sent off and then Kyri Portou was able to score from the spot and give the red’s the lead.
Defender Dimi Ponnou took the goalkeepers shirt and Omonia’s heads never dropped and kept battling but New Salamis were able to increase their lead to two nil early in the second half when from the edge of the box Deniz Mehmet pounded the ball into the back of the net.
This seem to lift Omonia and they created chances and were rewarded when their midfielder Rakim was able to reduce the scoreline to 2-1 when within a scramble he found the net.
A late finish ended the game 4-1 in New Salamis favour with their goals coming from 17 year old debutant Harisson Georgiou and another from Deniz Memet.
This was Omonia’s first defeat of the season and still leaves them in second place and are still looking good under their management team of Dino Ippocratous and Tony Ponnou whilst at New Salamis with manager George Georgiou look on track for the league title.
Arachne 1 Aradippou 1
Both Arachne and Aradippou are holding their own parked in the middle of the league table. Arachne led from the 20th minute with a goal from Leo Charalambous but Aradippou were able to equalize just before the break with George Michael.
In the second half both teams created several chances but no more goals came.
Apoel 2 Brotherhood 2
Another fight back from Brotherhood which is now becoming a common occurrence for them. They were two goals behind against Apoel whose goals were scored by Vincent Lwangana and Andreas Megaliasi. Brotherhood equalised in the 60th minute with an own goal and in the 75th minute with Chris Adamou to salvage a point.
In the other games Tripimeni v Olympia never took place and Anorthosis v Livadia was abandoned at 1-1 when Livadia’s captain Richard Strickland was seriously injured and because of the long delay in emergency services arriving the game was stopped.
First Division Table
Second Division
Cetinkaya Cinar 2 KLN 2
A match fought with alot of intensity with Cinar having a lot of possession in the first 20 minutes even though they went one down after 4 minutes, a terrible mistake by Cinar keeper Remzi as he kicked the ball onto the running KLN striker Luke Papacosta for the ball to end up in the goal for 0-1. Cetinkaya Cinar deservedly came back into the game on 9 minutes as Sannoh beat the KLN keeper with a passing shot from 15 yards for 1-1.
KLN took the lead once again almost immediately at the start of the second half, catching the Cinar defence flat footed and Luis striking past Remzi for 1-2. Cinar refused to give in and scored again in the 68th minute with Tarik Kucuk nicking the ball off the KLN player and running on to coolly score to make it 2.2. The last 10 minutes was end to end action, but the game ended with both teams claiming a respective point.
Asha 1 Komi Kebir 0
After two straight defeats Asha came through to win 1-0 against Komi Kebir. The first half was pretty scrappy from both sides . The second half started with more purpose from both sides. Komi had a goal line clearance on 67 minutes and were unlucky not to go ahead. Asha continued to push forward and eventually in the 79th minute Volkan broke through to score and win the game for Asha
Achna 2 Maronites 4
An amazing fightback from the comeback kings from Maronites. Achna were ahead 2-1 with goals from James Alexander and Theokli Charalambous but the Maronites always have Lewis Barclay to bank on who scored a hat trick and Dino Costa adding the other. The three last Maronites goals came in the space of five minutes in the closing stages.
LFA Junior Cup
Second Round
Pantel 2 Turk Ocagi London 2 Turk Ocagi won on penalties.
Pantel’s goals were an own goal and Emerson scoring the second for them.
Second Division Table
