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28 VALLETTA lost the chance to remain on level points with Hi- bernians at the top of the table as they were held by Senglea in a 3-3 draw. Valletta broke the deadlock after just four minutes. Follow- ing a corner, Matteo Picciolo made contact with the ball and placed it inside the net. Senglea drew level on the 23rd minute. Diego Venancia fired a thumping shot that stunned Henry Bonello. The Citizens forged ahead for the second time in the match on the 36th minute. In his at- tempts to clear Miguel Angel Alba's cross, El Mehdi Mido Sidqy placed the ball inside his own net. Senglea started the second half on the offensive and equalised on the 48th minute. Augusto Rene Caseres finished behind Bonello from close range. Venancio gained Senglea's lead on the 82nd minute. The Brazilian's stunning effort from a free-kick gave Bonello no chance. However, Valletta rescued a point two minutes from time. Senglea's defenders failed to clear their marks following a free-kick. Kyrian Nwoko took advantage and placed the ball inside the net. Valletta starting line-up: Henry Bonello, Matteo Pic- ciolo, Jonathan Caruana, Steve Borg, Ryan Camilleri, Santiago Malano, Enmy Manuel Pena Beltre, Ibrahim Saleh, Miguel Angel Alba, Bojan Kaljevic, Mario Fontanella Senglea starting line-up: Matthew Farrugia, Taisei Marukawa, Zack Cassar, Leighton Grech, Gonzalo Ley- ton, El Mehdi Mido Sidqy, Die- go Venancio, Braian Volpini, Augusto Rene Caseres, Matias Garcia, Christian Sammut Referee: Malcolm Spiteri Assistant Referees: Jurgen Spiteri, Paul Apap Fourth Official: Glen Tonna BOV Player of the Match: Augusto Rene Caseres (Sen- glea) maltatoday | SUNDAY • 17 FEBRUARY 2019 BOV PREMIER LEAGUE SPORTS WARREN ZAMMIT FLORIANA'S disastrous season contin- ued as they suffered a 1-0 defeat against Qormi. Floriana created the first chance on goal after 12 minutes. Following a cross, Lucas Vieira fired a powerful shot from inside the penalty area that failed to hit the tar- get. The Greens went close again on the 18th minute. Brandon Paiber's delivery from a corner was met by Emerson Marcellina whose shot from close range hit the side netting. Qormi hit back two minutes later and had a goal disallowed. Mateus Reggis fired a powerful shot that forced a good save from Ini Etim Akpan. Freud Gnindok- ponou took the rebound and placed the ball inside the net. However, the assistant referee raised his flag for an offside. Mario Muscat's men broke the deadlock on the 37th minute. Antonio Rozzi ran inside the penalty area before firing a shot that was deflected inside the net by a Flo- riana defender. Floriana replied four minutes later. Ar- thur Oyama's effort from a free-kick went marginally wide. Vieira lost a good opportunity to equal- ise for Floriana on the 43rd minute. Fol- lowing a cross, the Brazilian missed the target from in front of David Cassar. Floriana started the second half looking to equalise and threatened Qormi on the 47th minute. Jurgen Pisani drilled a low shot from distance that sailed off target. Despite their efforts, Floriana were struggling to create chances on goal. In fact, their next chance on goal was cre- ated on the 76th minute. Oyama's shot from outside the penalty area ended up over. Qormi could have doubled their advan- tage during the additional time, but the unmarked Tensior Gusman failed to hit the target from close range. Floriana starting line-up: Ini Etim Akpan, Enzo Ruiz, Brandon Paiber, Ju- rgen Pisani, Alexander Cini, Jose Ulises Arias, Arthur Oyama, Edward Herrera, Ezequiel Cesani, Emerson Marcellina, Lucas Vieira Qormi starting line-up: David Cassar, Davide Mansi, Yannick Yankam, Antonio Rozzi, Manolito Micallef, Mateus Reggis, Freud Gnindokponou, Alan Abela, Jordy Mboyo Lokando, Malela Bangoura, Ro- mao Pericles Romeu Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann Assistant Referees: Alan Camilleri, Ian Galea Fourth Official: Etienne Mangion BOV Player of the Match: Antonio Rozzi (Qormi) Floriana Qormi 0 1 Qormi pile more misery on Floriana Valletta held by Senglea PHOTOGRAPHY BY DOMINIC BORG Valletta Senglea Athletic 3 3 PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRISTINE BORG