Tarxien defeat Vittoriosa as Valletta edge past Qormi

The first half ended goalless with Tarxien have most of the opportunities on goal.
The second half saw Tarxien pressing and had a number of opportunities on goal.
Close to the 70th minute mark, Tarxien had the perfect chance to take the advantage in the match. Anthony Ewurum of Vittoriosa put down Tarxien’s Ricardo Costa inside the area. Jorge Santos Silva took the honors for the penalty but Vittoriosa goalkeeper Simon Agius saved it.
On the 85th minute Tarxien finally broke the deadlock when Ricardo Costa received a great pass inside the area and worked his way around the defender to shoot past goalkeeper Agius.
Vittoriosa came close to equalizing in the final minutes of stoppage time when Tarxien’s Ricardo Costa tried to clear with a header and almost went into his own goal.
The match ended 1-0 in Tarxien’s favor.
 

Tarxien Rainbows - Anthony Curmi, Steven Sadowski, Everton Antonio Pereira, Gianluca Calabretta (70’ Ryan Grech), Ricardo Costa, Cristiano Dos Santos Rodrigues, Mark Tanti (84’ Julian Vella), Luke Vella Critien, Orosco Anonam, Ryan Mintoff, Justin Grioli (59’ Sergio Hili).

Vittoriosa Stars - Simon Agius, Carl Sammut (74’ Mauro Brincat), Justin Camilleri (88’ Ryan Sell), Sharlon Pace, Jeffrey Chetcuti, Carlos Compagnoli, Edison Luis Dos Santos, Jonathan Xerri, Jorge Santos Silva, Anthony Ewurum, Stephen Wellman.

Referee – Glenn Tonna

Terence Scerri gives Valletta narrow win

Valletta defeated Qormi 1-0 yesterday courtesy of a late goal from Terrence Scerri.

Valletta and Qormi played evenly for most of the match. Valletta had better chances in the second half, but Qormi responded well.

In a game that looked liked both teams would share the points, on the 83rd minute a shot by Kevin Sammut was blocked by the Qormi defender and Terence Scerri picked up the rebound and shot the ball past Qormi’s goalkeeper Matthew Farrugia.

Valletta - Andrew Hogg, Steve Borg, Jonathan Caruana, Ramon Dos Santos, Jamie Pace, Kevin Sammut, Omonigho Temile (61’ Dyson Falzon), Denni Rocha Dos Santos (87’ Edmond Agius), Terence Scerri, Joseph Okonkwo (53’ Ian Zammit), Ian Azzopardi

Qormi - Matthew Farrugia, Kang Hojung, Roderick Sammut, Joseph Farrugia, George Mallia (86’ Ben Camilleri), Stefan Giglio, Jason Vandelanoitte, Jonathan Bondin, Kosta Bjedov (79’ Cleavon Frendo), Matthew Bartolo (88’ Joseph Chetcuti), Abubakar Bello-Osagie.

Referee – Kevin Azzopardi