Melita edge past Hamrun

Melita earned an important victory over Hamrun Spartans yesterday afternoon to give them their third win of the season.

Melita added more misery to Hamrun with their victory. Photo by Ray Attard
Melita added more misery to Hamrun with their victory. Photo by Ray Attard

For Hamrun, this was their eighth consecutive defeat.
Hamrun came close to scoring in the first five minutes of the match. Off a freekick by David Camilleri, Massimo Grima came close to scoring with his header.
Melita immediately replied one minute later when off a corner by Jean Pierre Attard, Ivan Tufegdzic hit the woodwork with his header.
Hamrun went close to scoring on the tenth minute when David Camilleri served Massimo Grima who's header was cleared off the goal line by Ivan Tufegdzic.
Melita managed to take the lead on the 33rd minute. A direct freekick by Daniel Cabanillas Ayllon left no chance for goalkeeper Anthony Curmi.
Melita almost doubled their lead on the 76th minute when a shot by Luke Micallef was cleared of the goal line by a Hamrun player.
Hamrun were very close to scoring the equaliser in stoppage time when Massimo Grima saw his shot cleared of the goal line by Manuel Ramon Sierra Camacho.
David Camilleri was voted BOV Player of the Match.

HAMRUN Anthony Curmi, Roderick Fenech, Gianluca Calbretta, Ryan Spiteri, Ayrton Micallef (83' Rodney Refalo), Massimo Grima, Adrian Borg, David Camilleri, Luke Grech, Daniel Zerafa (50' Christian Cassar), Glenn Azzopardi.
Subs not used: Jean Claude Debattista, Melvin Busuttil, Dylan Busuttil, Duane Azzopardi, Gianluca Debattista.
Coach: Stefan Sultana
Asst. Coach: Atanas Marinov

MELITA Guillermo Gabilondo Garcia, Manuel Ramon Sierra Camacho, Ivan Tufegdzic, George Gribbon, Matthew Borg, Andrew Caruana Scicluna, Luke Micallef (82' Marc Attard),, Michael Martin, Jean Pierre Attard, Daniel Cabanillas Ayllon (87' Jorge Veloso Lourido), Tobias Terpougoff (69' Kris Vella Petroni)
Subs not used: Andrew Abela, Rudi Alhinho, Luke Sammut, Luke Bianco
Coach: Patxi Salinas
Asst. Coach: Alejandro Martinez Lopez

Referee: Alan Mario Sant
Assistant Referees: Edward Spiteri, Eman Grech
Fourth Official: Glenn Tonna
Yellow Cards: Tufegdzic, Spiteri, Camilleri
Scorers: 36' Daniel Cabanillas Ayllon