Qormi made it to the semi-finals of the U*Bet FA Trophy after they edged past Balzan 1-0 at the National Stadium this afternoon.
This quarter-final turned out to be a tight affair with Qormi showing great tactical organisation as after taking the lead they managed to keep at bay all the efforts put in by Balzan to make it to the last four of the competition for a second successive year.
The decisive moment of this tie came 12 minutes into the game when Leighton Grech delivered a cross inside the area and Balzan defender Stefan Giglio, in an attempt to clear the ball , deviated the ball past his own goalkeeper Daniel Martinez.
Balzan tried to hit back but they looked short of ideas upfront with their best chance coming five minutes from time when Pedrinho’s curling shot from a free-kick skimmed past the bar.