University: It was clearly the guests’ day!

A great battle and great encounters were in store for the 3rd^or matchday of the men’s university futsal championship. Two great derbies took place during the matchday, with the guests leaving the games with great doubles. Frederick won in Nicosia against the University of Cyprus with 2-3 and the University of Nicosia away from home in the European game with 4-5.

University of Cyprus – Frederick 2-3

Frederick showed great mental reserves and champion character after defeating Technologi last weekend, beating University of Cyprus in Nicosia and firmly entering the title fight.

The match was awesome. Initially, the University of Cyprus took the lead with Herakleos (1-0), but the response from the guests was immediate with Achilles (1-1). The sequel was episodic and not for the faint of heart. Antoniou gave the visitors a lead (1-2), with Spyrou bringing the match back to level (2-2). Subsequently, Frederick found a way to take the lead again, with Antoniou signing a big double for his team (2-3). In the end, Herakles missed a great opportunity to give at least the point to the University of Cyprus, as he missed a penalty in the dying minutes.

European – Univ. Nicosia 4-5

The European match had everything! Lots of goals, upsets, and an Abdullah in terrific form scoring four goals. But let’s start things from the beginning. The first half belonged exclusively to the hosts. The European University took the lead in the scoring with a goal by Kola and went to the locker room with the lead in their favor.

In the replay, however, the facts were different. The game caught a crazy pace and one team answered the other! First, Abdullah equalized (1-1), Kola responded again (2-1) with Abdullah again providing the solution for 2-2. There, Marcelo again found a way to give the European a lead (3-2), but Abdullah could not get used to the idea of ​​defeat, bringing the match back to level (3-3). The two teams did not give up, with Ioannou giving the hosts the lead again (4-3), but with Abdullah in a terrible state, the University of Nicosia could not lose (4-4).

And where everyone was fed up with a strong draw, Escalona struck like a bewildered god, stealing the glory from Abdullah and giving Yaxi’s team a great hat-trick!