Cinar 0 vs 0 Rizokarpasso FC

<p>CETINKAYA were making their third&nbsp;appearance in four years a tremendous feat.&nbsp;They are well organised both on and off&nbsp;the field. RIZOKARPASO making theirdebut have been one of the most improved&nbsp;teams in the league and of course have a&nbsp;huge support. In fact as mentioned earlier&nbsp;there were a lot of families there. <p>The game started with both teams showing <p>a lot of respect for each other making <p>it a tight affair. <p>These two teams came into the final with <p>the best form recoding some excellent recent <p>results to get into the top half of the <p>table. <p>Both teams had good vocal support from <p>the enthusiastic crowd who although focusing <p>on the game had one ear on mobiles <p>to monitor their Premier League team&Otilde;s last <p>day progress . They needn&Otilde;t worry as master <p>of ceremonies Kopa Secretary Michael <p>Yiakoumi kept them updated at every possible <p>moment!! <p>There were no clear cut opportunities <p>created in the first half although Rizo had <p>a lucky escape when Panayi misjudged a&nbsp;long range effort from Marcus Samuels but <p>recovered to clear via the crossbar. <p>The second half saw Cetinkaya go close <p>with Salih but the best chance came to Leon <p>Semper who slid in to meet a low cross only <p>to put it just past Remzi&Otilde;s post. Boxer <p>and Rispoli were gradually controlling the <p>midfield for Rizokarpaso but with just one <p>up front they lacked penetration. <p>Cetinkaya begun to push players forward <p>and looked dangerous creating several opportunities <p>but no breakthrough so on to <p>extra time. Considering these two teams <p>scored a lot of goals on their way to the final <p>it was amazing we had not seen a goal. <p>In fact Cinar Cetinkaya were trying to <p>get their first goal in their three final appearances. <p>The introduction of Tony Ponou gave <p>Rizo a lift as he pushed and propped his <p>colleagues forward. Tony knows what is <p>like to be a winner in this competition having <p>won it four times with Omonia and <p>Salamina. Could he make it a high five with <p>Rizo? He was about to find out in the dreaded <p>but exciting penalty shootout. <p>Of course teams will practice penalties <p>in training but it is different when is for real. <p>You can be a villain and of course you <p>can be a hero. First it looked like Remzi <p>Sekmen was going to be the hero having <p>saved the first penalty but it was Andy Panayi <p>who was to emerge as the ultimate hero. <p>Rizo have pulled level after Cetinkaya missed <p>a penalty it was down to their fifth spot kick. <p>They had to score to take the shootout into <p>sudden death. Panayi made sure there <p>was no more nail biting to be done by pulling <p>a spectacular save to give Rizokarpaso the <p>Challenge Cup trophy at their first attempt. <p>It started the celebrations for Rizokarpaso <p>supporters who cheered their team on as <p>they collected the trophy from Philon Parpottas <p>of sponsor Buzz Sweets. <p>It must be mentioned that despite the <p>lack of goals the game was played in great <p>sportsmanship well controlled by the officials <p>and of course a good atmosphere all <p>around.