Pembroke Athleta stun Birkirkara

At the Victor Tedesco Stadium, Pembroke Athleta collected their first three points after beating Birkirkira 2-1.

26 September 2016, 10:51pm
by Warren Zammit

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Dejan Dordevic of Birkirkara in action during their match against Pembroke. Photo: Christine Borg

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Pembroke managed to go ahead on the 36th minute. Asani Djeljilj’s cross found Adrian Borg who finished past Kopric.

On the brink of half time, Andrea Scozzese was unlucky not to double the score after his effort hit the post.

The stripes managed to equalise on the 61st minute when Frank Temile fired a shot from the edge of the penalty area that ended up behind Matthew Calleja Cremona.

Winston Muscat’s side hit back and scored the winning goal seven minutes later after Jhonatan Bernardo Mariano fired an angled shot inside the net.

Paltemio Barbetti of Pembroke was voted as the BOV player of the match

Pembroke starting line-up: Matthew Calleja Cremona, Adrian Borg, Oleksandr Maksymov, Manolito Micallef, Brandon Muscat, Andrea Scozzese, Zoran Levnaic, Paltemio Barbetti, Asani Djeljilj, Jhonatan Bernardo Mariano, Siraj Arab.

Birkirkara starting line-up: Miroslav Kopric, Steve Bonnici, Mislav Andjelkovic, Srdjan Dimitrov, Dejan Djordevic , Nikola Vukanac, Frank Temile, Vito Plut, Shaun Bajada, Ryan Scicluna, Edward Herrera.

Referee: Malcolm Spiteri
Assistant Refeees: William Debattista, Chris Azzopardi
Fourth Official: Stefan Pace