yardımcı hakemler: bülent gökcü (tur), koray gençerler (tur)
4. hakem: cüneyt çakır (tur)
skonto: andrejs piedels (gk), viktors morozs, mihails zemļinskis (c), aaron nguimbat, valentīns lobaņovs (dk. 90 levan korgalidze), ignas dedura, orestas buitkus, māris verpakovskis, kristaps blanks (dk. 46 audrius kšanavičius), igors semjonovs, gatis kalninš (dk. 77 krzysztof Łągiewka)
yedekler: andrejs pavlovs (gk), aleksandrs elisejevs, pavel ryzhevski, aleksejs višņakovs
teknik direktör: aleksandrs starkovs (lva)
sliema: murphy akanji (gk) (dk. 38 matthew farrugia (gk)), carlo mamo (dk. 74 nenad veselji), brian said, noel turner (c), danilo doncic, daniel bogdanovic, jeffrey chetcuti, orosco anonam, stefan giglio, jamie pace (dk. 55 kristian laferla), joe brincat
yedekler: massimo grima, kevin sammut, rupert mangion
teknik direktör: edward aquilina (mlt)
goller: (1-0) dk. 14 orestas buitkus (2-0) dk. 64 māris verpakovskis (3-0) dk. 70 ignas dedura (3-1) dk. 90+2 joe brincat
sarı kartlar: dk. 8 valentīns lobaņovs (skonto) dk. 14 joe brincat, dk. 46 stefan giglio, dk. 57 kristian laferla (sliema)
kırmızı kartlar: dk. 67 viktors morozs -2 sarıdan- (skonto)
brincat seals maltese triumph published: wednesday 23 july 2003, 21.20cet skonto 3-1 sliema (agg: 3-3, sliema win on away goals) an added-time free-kick decides the tie.
joe brincat's added-time free-kick took maltese title-holders sliema wanderers fc through to the uefa champions league second qualifying round on away goals after a dramatic away leg against skonto fc of latvia.
comeback thwarted skonto lost the first leg 2-0, but seemed set to complete a fine comeback when they moved into a 3-0 lead tonight with just 20 minutes to go. however, brincat then stepped up to earn his side a meeting with danish champions fc københavn in the next round.
early lead the home side began in determined mood and hit the crossbar through igors semjonov's deflected shot on five minutes. it took only ten more minutes for them to score as lithuanian international orestas buitkus met maris verpakovskis's cross from the right and beat murphy akanji from point-blank range.
akanji forced off verpakovskis himself then headed narrowly wide, and akanji saved from semjonovs soon after, but the nigerian was forced off injured, 18-year-old matthew farrugia coming on in his place.
tie levelled there was no let up for sliema in the second half as skonto again pressed forward. and on 64 minutes farrugia was only able to parry an audrius ksanacivius shot, allowing verpakovskis to tap in the rebound.
ten men ahead sliema were given hope 20 minutes from time when skonto midfield player viktors morozs was dismissed for a second bookable offence. not long afterwards, though, skonto moved ahead on aggregate as ignas dedura beat the offside trap to turn in a semjonovs cross.
dramatic end home goalkeeper andrejs piedels then did well to save a long-range kristian laferla effort as sliema pushed forward. time was running out, but then aaron nguimbat conceded a free-kick 22 metres from goal and brincat kept his cool to convert.
'i believed we could score' after the game, victorious coach edward aquilina said: "it is a huge success for us, which came against a very strong side. however, i believed that we could score even when we were 3-0 down."
'the result looks terrible' his opposite number, aleksandrs starkovs, said: "the goal in injury time was a complete shock for us. i was happy with all we did before this strike. now the result looks terrible and the outcome could not be worse."
