GZIRA UNITED………3
HIBERNIANS………. 2
Gzira United għelbu lil Hibernians bl-iskor ta’ 3-2 biex għaddew għall-kwarti- finali tal-FA Trophy, b’dawn tal-aħħar sofrew ir-raba’ telfa nfila, bi tlieta minnhom jaslu fil- kampjonat.
Il-Maroons fetħu l-iskor fit-22 minuta minn auto-goal ta’ Dexter Xuereb li xeħet fix-xibka tiegħu stess fit-tentattiv li jikklerja mill-freekick ta’ Stasa Bastic.
Fit-35 minuta, huma rduppjaw meta Andre Carlos Penha Da Costa avvanza tajjeb fil-kaxxa u b’xutt fil-baxx għeleb għal kollox lill-goalkeeper Branescu.
Żewġ minuti mill-ftuħ tat-tieni taqsima, il-Gżirjani kabbru l-vantaġġ meta mill-cross ta’ Brooklyn Borg, Maxuell Maia kkonkluda bir-ras.
Madankollu, minuta wara Hibernians naqqsu l-marġni tal-iskor permezz ta’ xutt ta’ Alfred Silas minn barra l-kaxxa.
Fit-80 minuta, il-Pawlisti komplew inaqqsu d-defiċit meta s-sostitut Cleiton Mendonca bir-ras ħasad għal kollox lil Colombo mill-viċin.
Fit-89 minuta, Gżira spiċċaw jilagħbu b’10 players meta tkeċċa Fabrizio Virgens b’karta ħamra diretta wara li r-referee Fyodor Zammit ikkonsulta mal-FVS.
Fil-ħin mogħti żejjed, anke Hibernians temmew jilagħbu bi player inqas hekk kif Dexter Xuereb intwera t-tieni karta safra.
Gzira U.: Edoardo Colombo, Deacon Abela, Andrew Borg, Brooklyn Borg (David Xuereb 61), Andre Carlos Penha Da Costa, Maxuell Maia (Fabricio Silva Virgens 89), Luis Carlos Riascos, Stasa Bastic (Clayton Failla 61), Marc van de Bovenkamp Font, Isemoli N’Sa Chrisnovic, Mihajlo Stojanovic – Coach: Darren Abdilla
Hibernians: Constantin-Laurentiu Branescu, Cain Attard (Ali Diakite 73), Alfred Hamanjoda Silas (Sunday Akinbule 58), Kurt Shaw, Ruben Hernandez Arcadia (Duane Bonnici 73), Miullen Natha Felicio Carvalho, Bjorn Kristensen (Mailson Lima Duarte Lopes 73), Dexter Xuereb, Kevin Halabaku (Cleiton De Jesus Mendonca Padilla 78), Pedro Henrique Nunes Silva, Charleston Silva Dos Santos – Coach: Branko Nisevic
Referee: Fyodor Zammit
assistenti: Mitchell Scerri, Kurt Saliba
Raba’ Uff.: Joseph Scerri
Skorers: D. Xuereb 25 og, A. Penha Da Costa 37, M. Maia 47 (GU); A. Silas 48, C. Mendonca Padilla 80 (H)
Ammoniti: C. Failla (GU); D. Xuereb, M. Felicio Carvalho (H)
Tkeċċew: F. Silva Virgens 89 (GU); D. Xuereb 94 (H)
BIRKIRKARA…………..2
PIETÁ HOTSPURS…….0
Birkirkara ngħaqdu mal-aħħar tmienja meta għelbu lit-team taċ-Challenge League, Pietá Hotspurs, bl-iskor ta’ 2-0.
Peró, dawn tal-aħħar kienu sfortunati meta, fit-13-il minuta, Luke Bugeja, ġie mċaħħad mill-mimduda.
Tliet minuti wara, il- Karkariżi fetħu l-iskor meta free-kick ta’ Geoffrey Acheampong ġie antiċipat minn Kemar Reid, bil-ballun jintemm għand il-captain Alessandro Coppola li b’xutt mill-ewwel xeħet ġewwa.
Fis-70 minuta, l-Istripes issiġillaw ir-rebħa mis-sostitut Vrcic Jere li xeħet f’lasti vojta wara li rċieva mingħand Kemar Reid.
Birkirkara: Miguel Angel Martinez, Francisco Lopez Garrone, Manuel Ignacio Morello, Kemar Reid (Shaun Dimech 78), Neil Micallef, Alessandro Coppola, Geoffrey Acheampong (Lucas Ribeiro De Oliveira 78), Ronivan Bispo Dos Santos, Donovan Stephane Makoma, Aleandro Garzia, Jacques Armand Thierry Bayo Mben (Jere Vrcic 50) – Coach: Paul Zammit
Pietá H: Reeves Cini, Sami Abo Assaf, Isaac Cutajar, Thomas Howland (Owen Magro 56), Sheldon Borg, Gabriel Xuereb, Arthur Felippe Stelmach Santana, Luke Bugeja (Jeremy Micallef 56), Jake Borg (Jaylen Zarb 77), Gabriel Mannino, Alex Da Paixao Alves – Coach: Manuel Caruana
Referee: Daniel Casha
assistenti: Duncan Sultana, Slawomir Olucha
Raba’ Uff.: Vladimir Rizoski
Skorers: A. Coppola 16, V. Jere 70 (B)
Ammoniti: Ħadd