Another seven teams reached the Round of 16 of the National Amateur Cup as the remaining matches from the Round of 32 were played on Sunday.
At the Luxol Stadium, eighteen penalties were needed to determine a winner after the clash between Vittoriosa Stars and Mellieha ended in a goalless draw at the end of ninety minutes and extra-time.
In the penalty shoot-out, Matthias Vella, Christian Grech, Mirco Vella, Sebastian Perdomo, Cody Baguley, Jacob Farrugia, Jake Saliba and Edafe Uzeh scored for Mellieha with Michael Camilleri missing the first penalty. On the other hand, Gordon Saliba, Clive Spiteri, Aaron Sammut, Godwin Emmanuel, Max Borg Bartolo, Adrian Caruana, and Arsene Rye Cilia Mumford scored for Vittoriosa with Aidan Agius Glford and Liam Ciantar missing their penalties.
In the Round of 16, Mellieha will be facing Marsaskala who defeated Zejtun Corinthians 3-2 after extra-time at the Sirens Stadium.
Stefi Cale put Zejtun ahead on the 8th and Leon Theuma equalised seven minutes later. The game went into extra-time and Kenrick Farrugia restored the lead for Zejtun eleven minutes in the first half of extra-time but Cain Cutajar equalised a minute later. James Oghenekewaro notched the winner one minute from time.
Victoria Hotspurs defeated Mqabba 2-0 at the Luxol Stadium thanks to goals by Dejan Bogdanovic on the 6th and Ferdinando Apap just before the end of the first half.
In the Round of 16, the Hotspurs will be facing Luqa St. Andrew’s who defeated St. George’s 1-0 at the Sirens Stadium, courtesy of a Mario Jude Dominicius goal on the 14th minute.
At the Charles Abela Stadium, Birzebbuga St. Peter’s defeated San Gwann 3-0 thanks to goals by Cedric Zahra on the 7th, Leejoe Schembri on the 66th and Yusuf Abdullahi Sulaiman on the 71st.
In the next round, Birzebbuga will be facing Ta’ Xbiex who managed to beat Gharb Rangers 2-0 at the Kercem Ajax Stadium courtesy of Jurgen Sciriha just before the end of the first half and Johan Grech seven minutes from time.
Meanwhile Pembroke Athleta defeated Ghaxaq 4-1 after extra-time at the Charles Abela Stadium. Weverton Gomes converted a penalty on the 65th but Ryden Gatt equalised eight minutes from time to force extra-time. Eight minutes in the first half of extra-time, Roderick Taliana restored the lead for Pembroke and four minutes later, Jamie Camilleri made it 3-1. Taliana scored another goal on the 117th minute.
In the Round of 16, Pembroke face Qormi.
Round of 16 fixtures:
Kalkara United vs Xghajra Tornados
Attard vs Mdina Knights
Birzebbuga St. Peter’s vs Ta’ Xbiex
Qrendi vs Gharghur
Qormi vs Pembroke Athleta
Marsaskala vs Mellieha
Munxar Falcons vs Kercem Ajax
Luqa St. Andrew’s vs Victoria Hotspurs