Euro Cup: Valletta defeat rivals Floriana

Under the guidance of new coach Mark Miller and assistant Gilbert Agius, Valletta started of their new season on a positive note.

Valletta did not take long to go ahead as in the first minute of play, Jhonnattann Benites found William Barbosa with his pass to have the latter beat goalkeeper Jurgen Borg with his low shot.

On the 34^th minute, Jhonnattan was the master mind of another goal when this time he served Denni Rocha dos Santos who then found the back of the net with his shot.

Floriana was having a hard time to break down the Valletta defence, but on the 76^th minute Floriana managed to reduce the gap.

Off a cross by Brooke Farrugia, Ryan Darmanin headed the ball in the direction of Manolito Micallef who then managed to beat Yenz Cini from close range.

FLORIANA FC Jurgen Borg, Joseph Borg, Tyrone Farrugis, Owen Bugeja (7′ Francesco Guzman), Manolito Micallef, Clyde Borg (58′ Brooke Farrugia), Thomas Paris, Andre Grabowski, Ivan Woods, Christian Caruana, Ryan Darmanin.
Subs not used: John Agius, Sacha Borg, Mark Spiteri, Jermain Brincat, Duncan Pisani.
Team Manager: Adrian Mifsud

VALLETTA FC Yenz Cini, Roderick Briffa, Steve Borg, Jusselio da Silva (46′ Jonathan Caruana), Ian Azzopardi, Ricardo da Rocha Filho (70′ Michael Mifsud), Jhonnattan Benites da Conceicao, Denni Rocha dos Santos, Ryan Fenech (12′ Edmond Agius), Dyson Falzon, William Barbosa.
Subs not used: Manuel Bartolo, Kevin Sammut, Cleavon Frendo, Dylan Grima.
Coach: Mark Miller
Asst Coach: Gilbert Agius

Referee: Andre Arciola
Assistant Referees: Duncan Sultana, Roberto Vella
Fourth Official: Adrian Azzopardi
Yellow Cards: J. Borg, T. Paris
Scorers: 1′ William Barbosa, 34′ Denni Rocha dos Santos, 76′ Manolito Micallef