Balzan fight back to beat Hamrun

Hamrun looked to be the better side as they took the lead on the 13^th minute. Massimo Grima served Gianluca Calabretta who then went on to chip the ball over goalkeeper Fredrick Tabone to give Hamrun the lead.

Balzan came close to scoring the equaliser just two minutes later when Pedro Calcado was denied by the woodwork.

Hamrun doubled the score on the 21^st minute when Massimo Grima served Terence Scerri who then went on to beat goalkeeper Fredrick Tabone with his shot.

Balzan were back in the match on the 26^th minute. Calcado had his powerful shot deflected by goalkeeper Andrea Cassar, but Elton Alexandre da Silva made sure he did not miss on his attempt to make the score 2-1.

The beginning of the second half did not start out as planned for Hamrun as just after two minutes, Balzan were awarded a penalty. Roderick Fenech brought Renato Conceicao down inside the area to have the referee point to the penalty spot.

Pedro Calcado beat goalkeeper Andrea Cassar from the spot to make the score 2-2.

Balzan were denied again by the woodwork on the 75^th minute when Elton Alexandre da Silva shot from close range.

With both teams fighting for victory in the final minutes of the match, it would be Balzan who walk away with all three points.

On the 90^th minute, Rennie Forace precise pass to Malcolm Licari was enough for the latter to score with a brilliant header.

Elton Alexandre da Silva was voted BOV Player of the Match.

BALZAN Fredrick Tabone, Matthew Mendy, Stefan Giglio (73’ Jacob Dominico Borg), Renato Conceicao, Rennie Forace, Jamie Pace (77’ Malcolm Licari), Dylan Grima, Pedro Calcado, Martin Deyanov (57’ Bjorn Bondin), Yessous Camilleri, Elton Alexandre da Silva.
Subs not used: Mikhail Sciberras, Aaron Agius, Michael Borg, Kevin Camilleri.
Coach: Joe Borg
Team Manager: Ivan Zammit

HAMRUN SPARTANS Andrea Cassar, Massimo Grima (87’ David Camilleri), Ryan Spiteri (67’ Luke Grech), Terence Vella, Gianluca Calabretta, Adrian Ivanov, Roderick Fenech, Lyubomir Vitanov, Angel Yoshev, Anton Vergilov (91’ Nikolay Bozhov), Daniel Zerafa.
Subs not used: Anthony Curmi, Glenn Zammit, Adrian Borg, Christian Cassar.
Coach: Stefan Sultana
Asst. Coach: Atanas Marinov

Referee: Kevin Azzopardi
Assistant Referees: Chris Francalanza, Mitchell Scerri
Fourth Official: Marco Borg
Yellow Cards: Conceicao, D. Grima, Calabretta, Pace, Mendy, Giglio, Bondin, Yoshev, Forace
Scorers: 13’ Gianluca Calabretta (H); 21’ Terence Vella (H); 26’ Elton Alexandre da Silva (B); 48’ Pedro dos Santos Calcado pen (B); 90’ Malcolm Licari (B)