Sta Lucia sfaw relegati b’mod drammatiku hekk kif huma spiċċaw bl-iskor ta’ 2-2 kontra Birkirkara bil-goal tad-draw tal-Istripes jasal tliet minuti mit-tmiem.
Dan minħabba li l-avversarji diretti tagħhom, Balzan, Gzira United u Mosta, kisbu l-punti li kellhom bżonn hekk kif intlagħbu erba’ partiti fl-istess ħin biex ikun deċiż liema team kien se jingħaqad ma’ Valletta, Gudja United u Sirens fiċ-Challenge League.
Centenary Stadium
STA LUCIA ………. 2
BIRKIRKARA…….. 2
Sta Lucia tilfu posthom fl-ogħla diviżjoni wara li ma kisbux ir-rebħa li kellhom bżonn hekk kif sfaw miżmuma 2-2 minn Birkirkara.
Fit-30 minuta, kienu huma li fetħu l-iskor meta Fabian Santiago rċieva ballun fit-tul fuq il-faxxa leminija, ikkontrolla tajjeb, daħal fil-kaxxa u minn pożizzjoni angolata għeleb lill-goalkeeper Amara Sylla li seta’ għamel aħjar.
Peró, tliet minuti wara, Birkirkara kisbu d-draw meta minn azzjoni ta’ corner, Alessandro Coppola ħarab il-kustodja tad-difensur dirett tiegħu u b’xutt minn tarf il-kaxxa xeħet fix-xibka.
Madankollu, il-Luċjani reġgħu marru fil-vantaġġ meta Steve Pisani xeħet fix-xibka minn corner dirett.
Iżda, fis-86 minuta, iż-żagħżugħ Kayden Fenech ikkastiga lil-Luċjani għaċ- Challenge League b’kanunata minn barra l-kaxxa biex kiseb id-draw għall-Istripes.
Sta Lucia: 12-Francisco Celio da Paz Silva, 3-Mattias Ellul, 6-Daniel Letherby, 7-Steve Pisani, 8-Ojo Temitope Abraham (15-Adam Bradshaw 56), 17-Jurgen Pisani, 18-Aleksa Mrdja, 21-Fabian Santiago Moracci (14-Dexter Xuereb 66), 22-Carlos Moreira De Oliveira (Evandro Gomes 81), 27-Alessio Piazza (11-Lucas Sena Silva 81), 55-Sven Xerri – Coach: Alessandro Zinnari
Birkirkara: 16-Amara Sylla, 5-Enrico Pepe, 7-Adailton Queiroz de Jesus (23-Nicholas Agius 82), 8-Paul Mbong (91-Maxuell Maia 38), 10-Andrea Zammit (99-Andrei Ciolacu 46), 11-Kurt Zammit, 24-Enmy Manuel Pena Beltre, 25-Neil Micallef, 27-Alessandro Coppola, 30-Nathan Cross (Omar Elouni 59), 77-Ali Diakite (15-Kaiden Fenech 82) – Coach: José Borg
Referee: Philip Farrugia
Ass. Referees: Alan Camilleri, Vasil Vasilev
Raba’ Uffiċjal: Malcolm Spiteri
Skorers: F. Santiago 30 (SL); A. Coppola 33, K. Fenech 86 (B)
Ammoniti: M. Ellul, A. Ojo (SL); A. Diakite (B)
National Stadium
GZIRA UNITED…… 3
FLORIANA…………..1
Gzira United salvaw il-profil tagħhom fil-Kampjonat Premier b’rebħa meritata ta’ 3-1 fuq Floriana.
Kienu Gzira United li fetħu l-iskor fis-17-il minuta meta l-goalkeeper ta’ Floriana ma żammx il-free-kick b’saħħtu ta’ Gabriel Bohrer Mentz biex Thaylor Aldama daħal bħall-sajjetta u mir-rebound spara l-ballun fix- xibka.
Iżda anke jekk il-Gżirjani kienu l-aħjar team, Floriana kisbu d-draw minuta qabel tmiem l-ewwel taqsima minn Lorenza De Grazia f’azzjoni ta’ free-kick.
Peró, fit-52 minuta assistenja għall-isbaħ goal tal- ġurnata meta Gabriel Bohrer Mentz venven kanunata minn 35 metru bogħod biex xeħet lill-Maroons fil-vantaġġ.
Fit-83 minuta, Gzira ssiġillaw ir-rebħa meta minn azzjoni ta’ corner, l-istess Gabriel Bohrer Mentz sammar il-ballun fix-xibka permezz ta’ daqqa ta’ ras b’saħħitha.
Gzira U.: Gzira U.: 30-Darijan Zarkov, 2-Carlos Filho Conciacao, 3-Gabriel Bohrer Mentz, 7-Thaylor Aldama (7-Thiago Espindola 86), 8-Zachary Scerri, 9-Marcelo Dias, 11-Lucas Macula, 16-Luis Carlos Riascos, 19-Kyle Spence (47-Brooklyn Borg 81), 21-Zachary Cassar, 23-Ewertton Silva (98-Jackson Mendoza 56) – Coach: Andrew Cohen
Floriana: 99-Nemanja Andrijanic, 4-Oualid El Hasni, 7-Mattia Veselji, 8-Jake Grech, 10-Jose Ulises Arias (22-Kyrian Nwoko 56), 11-Matheus De Sousa, 12-Dunstan Vella (19-Luca Accarino 80), 17-Owen Spiteri, 24-Lorenzo De Grazia, 42-Maksim Valadzko, 79-Guy Serge Cedric Yameogo (Aleandro Garzia 56) – Coach: Mauro Camoranesi
Referee: Glen Tonna
Ass. Referees: Mitchell Scerri, James Muscat
Raba’ Uffiċjal: Alex Johnson
Skorers: T. Aldama 17, G. Mentz 52, 83 (GU); L. De Grazia 44 (F)
Ammoniti: M. Dias (GU); A. Garzia, L. De Grazia (F)
Tony Bezzina Stadium
MOSTA………………. 2
NAXXAR LIONS…… 0
Mosta kisbu rebħa ta’ 2-0 fuq Naxxar Lions biex salvaw posthom li kien jidher mitluf għalihom.
Matul l-ewwel taqsima, Huma xeħtu kollox fuq l-offensiva għax kien importanti għalihom li jiskorjaw l-ewwel.
U proprju fil-45 minuta, huma fetħu l-iskor meta Henry Nwoga qata’ difiża Naxxarija biex żmarka lil Zachary Brincat li mill-viċin tefa’ l-ballun fix-xibka.
U tliet minuti mit-tmiem, huma aċċertaw mir-rebħa minn Gianluca Sciberras li minn pożizzjonio angolata xeħet fix-xibka.
Mosta: 22-David Udoh Akpan, 3-Thomas Tegwi, 4-Gustavo Adolfo Chara Valois, 5-Sacha Cachia, 7-Maximilian Ihekuna (Gianluca Sciberras 63), 8-Damian Evans, 9-Henry Chidera Nwoga (6-Nathan Chukwudi 90), 18-Armen Hovhannisyan, 20-Willie Britto, 21-Nathan Agius, 77-Zachary Brincat (Ben Aziz Dao 68) – Coach: Joseph Grech
Naxxar L.: 12-Andre Fenech, 3-Nikolai Micallef (25-Kyle Debono 74), 7-Mark Fenech, 8-Neil Pace Cocks, 14-Ayrton Azzopardi Senna (4-Ryan Mercica 64), 15-Ryan Gikmour Cassar, 17-Takuma Yamaguchi (18-Joel Ellul 71), 20-Elizeu Espirito Santo da Conciacao, 22-William Moreira Da Silva (28-Giuseppe Bonanno 74), 23-Maicon De Souza Silva (26-Yasukaze Ito 46), 33-Joao Vitor Moura Cardoso – Coach: George Vella
Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann
Ass. Referees: Luke Portelli, Paul Apap
Raba’ Uffiċjal: Daniel Casha
Skorers: Z. Brincat 45, G. Sciberras 87 (M)
Ammoniti: G. Valois S. Cachia, H. Chidera, Z. Brincat, G. Sciberras (M); A. Azzopardi, T. Yamaguchi (NL)
Victor Tedesco Stadium
MARSAXLOKK……. 0
BALZAN……………. 1
Balzan ħadu l-punti li kellhom bżonn żammew posthom fil-Premier.
L-uniku wasal fid-39 minuta meta Jan Busuttil daħal fil-kaxxa u żmarka lil Olivier Rommens li kien pront xeħet il-ballun fir-rokna tas-saqaf tax-xibka.
Marsaxlokk: 1-Matthew Calleja Cremona, 3-Weder Soares Da Silva, 4-Karl Micallef (17-Jacob Walker 46), 6-Nikolai Muscat (33-Diego Dall’Orca 72), 10-Yuri De Jesus Messias, 11-Duane Bonnici (23-Samuel Boakye 62), 27-Leandro Aguirre, 28-Nikola Raden, 30-Ryan Scicluna, 88-Sunday Akinbule (7-Nevin Portelli 72), 94-Jose Fernando Gomes Junior – Coach: Winston Muscat
Balzan: 99-Danilo Golovic, 2-Ivan Bozovic, 4-Andre Prates, 7-Triston Caruana, 8-Paul Fenech (6-Marcus Grima 91), 10-Jan Busuttil (77- Aleksa Andrejic 91), 18-Ryohei Michibuchi, 23-Nikola Zerjal, 24-Nikola Braunovic, 27-Olivier Rommens, 80-Henry George Raymond Blackwood – Coach: Oliver Spiteri
Referee: Andrea Sciriha
Ass. Referees: Duncan Sultana, Kurt Saliba
Raba’ Uffiċjal: Fyodor Zammit
Skorer: O. Rommens 39 (B)
Ammonit: W. Da Silva (B)
