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29 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 28 OCTOBER 2018 SPORTS BOV PREMIER LEAGUE 89th minute goal saves Tarxien Rainbows Tenacious Spartans overcome Birkirkara Valletta trash Mosta PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRISTINE BORG WARREN ZAMMIT HAMRUN Spartans returned to winning ways on Friday with 2-1 win over Birkirkara. Birkirkara made a good start to the match as they forged ahead after eighth minutes. Marcelinho de Siquiera's shot was pushed away by Manuel Bartolo. Carlos Chavarria took the rebound and placed the ball inside the net. The Spartans equalised on the 35th min- ute. Donneil Alain Moukanza's cross was met by Caetano Calil who slotted the ball inside the net. Tedesco's side scored the winning goal on the 74th minute. Calil fired a thumping shot that gave Kristijan Naumovski no chance. Ħamrun Spartans starting line-up: Manuel Bartolo, Antonio Monticelli, En- rico Pepe, Triston Caruana, Wilfried Joselin Domoraud, Matthew Gauci, Njongo Priso Doding, Karl Micallef, Donneil Alain Mouk- anza, Orestis Nikolopoulos, Caetano Calil Birkirkara starting line-up: Kristijan Naumovski, Danilo Quipap Chapoval Azevedo, Matthew Guillaumier, Mislav An- delkovic, Paul Fenech, Kurt Zammit, Fan- cha Ferreira dos Santos, Michael Mifsud, Cain Attard, Marcelinho de Siquiera, Carlos Chavarria Referee: Darryl Agius Assistant Referees: Roberto Vella, Slo- bodan Petrovic Fourth Official: Glen Tonna BOV Player of the Match: Caetano Calil (Ħamrun) WARREN ZAMMIT VALLETTA'S brilliant form continued as they thrashed Mosta 5-0. Valletta forged ahead on the 39th minute. Following a good piece of play between Enmy Manuel Pena Beltre and Miguel Angel Alba, the ball was crossed in the direction of Mario Fontanella who slotted it inside the net. The Citizens doubled their advantage on the brink of half-time. Miguel Angel Alba went past Francesco Mazzavillani and hit a low shot that gave Andreas Vella no chance. Danilo Doncic's side added another goal on the 75th minute. Mario Fonta- nella was brought down inside the pen- alty area and the referee signalled for a penalty. Matteo Picciolo took charge of the spot kick and converted. Alba added another goal for Valletta on the 79th minute. The Argentine midfielder went past a number of Mo- sta's players before finishing behind Vella. Valletta made the score 5-0 on the 85th minute. Fontanella served substi- tute Bogdan Govrila and the latter fin- ished home. Valletta starting line-up: Yenz Ci- ni, Steve Borg, Ryan Camilleri, San- tiago Malano, Matteo Picciolo, Kyrian Nwoko, Jean Borg, Enmy Pena Beltre, Raed Ibrahim Saleh, Miguel Angel Alba, Mario Fontanella Mosta starting line-up: Andreas Vella, Alessio De Cerchio, Kei Hirose, Massimo Sammartino, Dexter Xuereb, Misael Miranda Gomez, Tyrone Farru- gia, Zachary Brincat, Juri Cisotti, Falou Ndiaye Samb, Francesco Mazzavillani Referee: Ishmael Barbara Assistant Referees: Mitchell Scerri, Paul Apap Fourth Official: Alex Johnson BOV Player of the Match: Miguel Angel Alba (Valletta) WARREN ZAMMIT ANDRE Charles Scicluna's goal one minute from time made all the difference as Tarxien secured a 1-0 win over Qormi yesterday. Both teams started the match deter- mined to collect the three points in order to climb up in the table. Following last weekend's defeat at the hands of St Andrews, Qormi started the match sitting second from bottom with just four points. The Rainbows also suffered a defeat in their last encounter against Birkirkara. Their results through this campaign were also far from ideal as they managed to col- lect just two more points than Qormi. In fact, both teams cancelled each other throughout the whole ninety minutes. However, as the match seemed destined for a goalless draw, Tarxien scored the winning goal on the 89th minute. Follow- ing a corner, the ball went into the path of Scicluna who headed it past Jamie Azzo- pardi. Tarxien Rainbows starting line-up: Andrea Cassar, Radu Rogac, Daniel Zer- afa, Michele Paolucci, Gabriel Aquilina, Darren Falzon, Andre` Charles Scicluna, Stefan Radovanovic, Anderson De Barros, Ricardo Silva Faria, Alex Nilsson Qormi starting line-up: Jamie Azzopar- di, Nedo Turkovic, Davide Mansi, Yannick Yankam, Seo-In Kim, Alan Abela, Alessio Cassar, Luke Busuttil, Aleksandro Ferreira, Mendonca Kassiano Soares, Iven Zammit Referee: Fyodor Zammit Assistant Referees: Duncan Sultana, Duncan Spencer Fourth Official: Darryl Agius BOV Player of the Match: Seo-In Kim (Qormi) Tarxien Rainbows Qormi 1 0 PHOTOGRAPHY BY DOMINIC BORG PHOTOGRAPHY BY DOMINIC BORG