Balzan edge past Floriana

Floriana went close after nine minutes when from a free kick, Ryan Camenzuli delivered the ball towards Nicolas Chiesa, whose header was turned over by Janjusevic.

A minute later, Piciollo missed a good chance for Balzan, when after receiving from Nafti, the Italian fired a weak shot that was neutralised by Justin Haber.

The Greens responded on the 27th minute. Ignacio Varela received a through ball, before concluding from the edge of the penalty area. However, his effort ended up wide.

During the second half, both sides lacked creativity in front of goal. However, two minutes from time, Enrico Pepe fouled Alfred Effiong inside the penalty area, and Glenn Tonna pointed to the spot. From the resulting spot kick, Lydon Micallef converted to maintain Balzan’s hundred percent record.

FLORIANA Justin Haber, Andre Scicluna, Antonio Monticelli, Enrico Pepe, Enzo Ruiz, Clyde Borg , Ignacio Lucas Varela, Jurgen Pisani, Nicolas Chiesa, Mario Fontanella, Ryan Camenzuli.

BALZAN Ivan Janjusevic, Bojan Kaljevic, Bruno Giglio de Oliveira, Steve Bezzina, Anderson Francisco de Barros, Paul Fenech, Alfred Effiong, Justin Grioli, Abdelkarim Nafti, Elkin Orlando Serrano Valero, Matteo Piciollo.

Referee: Glenn Tonna
Assistant Referees: Edward Spiteri, Christopher Francalanza
Fourth Official: Eman Grech
BOV Player of the Match: Nicolas Chiesa (Floriana)