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29 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 8 DECEMBER 2019 SPORTS FOOTBALL Sliema Wanderers come from behind to beat Birkirkara SLIEMA Wanderers turned de- feat into victory and registered a third consecutive win by defeating Birkirkara 2-1 at the Hibernians Stadium. This was a win which enabled the Blues to move eighth on 14 points, together with Gudja, one point ahead of Birkirkara and Mosta and two ahead of Senglea Athletic. Birkirkara, on the other hand, suffered another setback in their bid to climb further up the table as they are now back in tenth place. It was Birkirkara who created the first danger when Prado had a beautiful shot parried by Sliema Wanderers custodian Jake Galea. Caio Henrique Prado put the Stripes ahead on the 40th minute when after served from youngster Matthew Guillaumier, he placed the ball at the back of the net with a delicious lob. But Sliema Wander- ers made an immediate reaction and only two minutes after man- aged to equalise the score when Jean Paul Farrugia had the better of Birkirkara goalie Andrew Hogg and with a diagonal shot from an ideal position managed to score. Birkirkara missed a goal-scoring opportunity on the 60th minute when Prado served Federico Fal- cone but the latter didn't manage to connect with the ball through a header. Finally, Juri Cisotti notched the winner for Siema Wanderers on the 75th minute with a strong shot from distance which gave Andrew Hogg no chance. Sliema W.: Jake Galea, John Mintoff, Johan Diaz Carvajal, Claudio Zappa (Antonio Stelli- tano 84), Juri Cisotti, Gareth Bar- one, Juan Cruz Gill, Peter Xuereb, Claudio Pani, Goran Adamovic (Alexander Satariano 32), Jean Paul Farrugia Birkirkara: Andrew Hogg, Jef- ferson De Sousa Ferreira (Michael Mifsud 82), Enrico Pepe, Matthew Guillaumier, Maurizio Vella, Kurt Zammit, Yannick Yankam, Feder- ico Falcone, Caio Henrique Prado, Oscar Matias Carniello, Isaac To- ah Ntow Referee: Ishmael Barbara Ass. Referees: Luke Portelli, James Muscat Fourth Official: Alan Mario Sant BOV Player of the Match: Juri Cisotti (Sliema W.) Sliema Wanderers Birkirkara 2 1