Pieta and Floriana share spoils in drab encounter

For Floriana this was a disappointing result after their dismal showing against Valletta last weekend.

It was a drab encounter with little to show for and not much to augur for Maltese Football with many of the matches resulting to be close to mediocre. 

There was little or no scoring chances for most of the first half and in the early periods in the second half, with the match only coming alive in the closing minutes.

In fact, it was only two minutes from time when Pieta were awarded a penalty after veteran Licari was brought down by the Floriana keeper.  From the penalty spot, Jurgen Pisani made no mistake.  The blues however were immediately punished where in added time, from a corner taken by Steve Pisani, Steve Bonnici rose above the Pieta defenders and made it 1-1 with a strong header.

Floriana’s Matteo Piciollo was awarded the BOV player of the match.

Pieta H: Cassar, Attard, Grech, Dos Santos, Pisani, Anonam, Da Silva (Cesare 79’), Da Silva, Zacarias (Licari 84’), Francis, Micallef (Agius 64’)

Floriana: Gauci, Scicluna, Cobo, Marcelina (Farrugia 59’), Pisani, Plut, Piciollo, Conor Borg (Clyde Borg 51’), Briffa (Galea 71’), Muir, Bonnici

Referee:  Chris Lautier