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51 FOOTBALL maltatoday, SUNDAY, 13 APRIL 2014 Download the MaltaToday App now Sport Malta - Premier Division Rabat A. - Vittorioa S.. ....................... 1-2 Tarxien R. - Floriana ......................... 0-2 Naxxar L. - Qormi ............................. 0-1 Mosta - Valletta ................................ 0-5 Malta - BOV First Division Msida SJ. - Lija A. ............................. 2-2 Gzira U. - Zejtun C. ........................... 5-0 Today BOV Premier League National Stadium 16:00 Balzan - Hibernians 18:00 Birkirkara - Sliema W. BOV First Division Centenary Stadium 16:00 St. George's - Hamrun S. 18:00 Birzebbuga SP - Pieta H. Victor Tedesco Stadium 16:00 Zebbug R. - Melita 18:15 Gudja U. - St. Andrews BOV Second Division Charles Abela Stadium 16:00 Dingli S. - Senglea A. 18:15 Mqabba - Fgura U. Luxol Stadium 16:00 Marsaskala - Pembroke A. 18:15 Siggiewi - Kirkop U. Sirens Stadium 16:00 Mdina K. - Marsa 18:15 Zabbar SP - Mellieha BOV Women's Under 16-League knock-out Gharghur Ground… 09:00 Hamrun S. - Pembroke A. 10:00 Raiders (Luxol) - Tarxien R. 11:00 Kirkop U. - Birkirkara England - Premier League Crystal Palace - aston Villa ................ 1-0 Fulham - Norwich City ...................... 1-0 Southampton - Cardiff City ................ 0-1 Stoke City - Newcastle United ........... 1-0 Sunderland - Everton ....................... 0-1 West B. Albio - Tottenham H. ............. 3-3 FA Cup Wigan Athletic - Arsenal ................... 1-1 Arsenal win 4-2 on penalties Today 14:30 Liverpool - Manchester City 17:00 Swansea City - Chelsea FA Cup 17:00 Hull City - Sheffield United Italy - Serie A Sassuolo - Cagliari ........................... 1-1 Roma - Atalanta ............................... 3-1 Today 12:30 Bologna - Parma 15:00 Hellas Verona - Fiorentina 15:00 Livorno - ChievoVerona 15:00 SSC Napoli - Lazio 15:00 Sampdoria - Inter 15:00 Torino - Genoa 20:45 AC Milan - Catania Tomorrow 20:45 Udinese - Juventus Spain - LIGA BBVA Celta Vigo - Real Sociedad ................ 2-2 Villarreal - Levante ........................... 1-0 Granada - Barcelona ........................ 1-0 Real Madrid - Almeria ........................ Late Today 12:00 Real Betis - Sevilla 17:00 Valencia - Elche 19:00 Getafe - Atletico Madrid 21:00 Espanyol - Rayo Vallecano Tomorrow 22:00 Athletic Bilbao - Malaga Football results PHOTOGRAPHY BY RAY ATTARD Vittoriosa defeat Rabat to keep survival hopes alive Seun Owonikoko who then eas- ily beat goalkeeper Omar Borg from close range. MOSTA Omar Borg , Tyrone Far- rugia, Rodriguez Ekani, Mark Brincat, Ishmael Grech (55' Kurt Zammit), Ryan Grech, Manolito Micallef, Cristian Martines (54' Antonio Carrozza), Ian Zammit, Bojan Kaljevic (57' Diego Peri- era), Gianmarco Piccioni. Subs not used: Kurt Rizzo, James Brincat, Alex Cini, Steve Schem- bri. Coach: Enrico Piccioni VALLETTA Ian Azzopardi, Steve Borg , Ryan Fenech, Roder- ick Brif fa, Luke Montebello (66' Llewelyn Cremona), Alan da Silva Souza (66' Abayomi Seun Owonikoko), Shaun Bajada, Denni Rocha dos Santos, Irakli Maisuradze, Nukri Revishvili, Abdel Karim Nafti. Subs not used: Yenz Cini, Ed- mond Agius, Jean Pierre Mifsud Triganza, Dario Tabone, , Luke Scicluna. Coach: Andre Paus Referee: Fyodor Zammit Assistant Referees: Jurgen Spi- teri, Luke Portelli Fourth Of ficial: Chris Lautier Yellow Cards: M. Brincat, I. Az- zopardi, B. Kaljevic, I. Zammit, R. Grech Scorers: 12' Denni Rocha dos Santos, 29' Denni Rocha dos Santos, 44' Ryan Fenech, 53' Luke Montebello, 77' Seun Abayomi Owonkiko BOV Player of the Match:Alan da Silva Souza Fabianski penalty saves help send Arsenal into FA Cup final STANDIN goalkeeper Lukasz Fabi- anski was the hero as his two saves in a penalty shoot-out helped Arse- nal beat holders Wigan at Wembley to reach their first FA Cup final since 2005. After a bright start by Arsenal, it was Wigan who went ahead through a penalty from Jordi Gomez just after the hour. However the Gunners made it 1-1 with seven minutes left through Per Mertesacker, whose foul had given away the spot-kick. After Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain had hit the crossbar in extra-time, it was down to penalties. Fabianski - standing in again for regular number one Wojciech Szcz- esny - produced fine saves from Gary Caldwell and Jack Collison, before Santi Cazorla rolled in the winning penalty to secure a 4-2 shoot-out suc- cess. Arsenal, who were pushed out of the Premier League top four following Everton's win over Sunderland earlier on Saturday, had started brightly. Oxlade-Chamberlain, passed fit fol- lowing a groin problem, burst into the Wigan penalty area, but the ball fell through to Scott Carson. The Wigan keeper then produced a brilliant reaction save to block a bullet header from Yaya Sanogo, the France Under-21 forward handed an- other start with Olivier Giroud on the bench. It continued to be one-way traf- fic during the opening quarter of an hour, but captain Emmerson Boyce marshalled the organised Wigan rearguard well. On 26 minutes, a corner from Ca- zorla was knocked down by captain Thomas Vermaelen, which Bacary Sagna blazed across goal when the ball dropped at the far post. In a rare Wigan attack, Gomez's cross from the left dropped onto the top of the Arsenal net. Slowly, though, the Sky Bet Cham- pionship promotion hopefuls started to gain a foothold in the match Callum McManaman looked threat- ening down the right as he chipped an angled shot just over after cutting in- side the Arsenal penalty area. As the match laboured towards half-time, Lukas Podolski curled a tame free-kick wide from a central position 20 yards out. There was still time for Sanogo to be sent clear, but his first touch was too heavy which saw the ball bobble away and allowed Carson to come out to make another decent block. It was more of the same follow- ing the restart as Arsenal lacked any real penetration in the final third as Wigan maintained their solid shape. There was then high drama as the hour approached when Wigan were awarded a penalty. McManaman was again the dan- german, carrying the ball into the Arsenal area, where he was tripped by Mertesacker as the big German stretched to make a sliding tackle. Referee Michael Olivier had no hesi- tation in pointing to the spot, although there was a long delay before the kick could be taken as Arsenal full-back Nacho Monreal needed treatement on the far side of the pitch, and was eventually replaced by Kieran Gibbs. Gomez, though, kept his composure to drill the ball past Fabianski into the top-left corner and sent the outnum- bered Wigan fans behind the goal into bedlam. The Latics had again trived on their underdog status, and suddenly the 50,000 or so Arsenal fans could feel a sinking sense of inevitability about their latest capitualtion when it mat- tered most. Wenger made a quick change when he sent Giroud on for Podolski, but the Gunners continued to lack any real fluency. Arsenal knew time was running out, possibly even on Wenger's long reign, and needed to find a response. It seemed their fortune had been deserted when first Sagna headed against the post and then Wigan de- fender Stephen Crainey somehow cleared off the line as Carson palmed Gibbs' header back towards goal. Finally, though, Arsenal were level on 83 minutes as Mertesacker nod- ded the ball in following another goalmouth scramble following Gibbs' scuffed shot. The Premier League side now had the momentum and were camped in Wigan's half looking for a late winner during five minutes of added time, but there was to be no dramatic finale. Arsenal maintained their posses- sion advantage at the start of extra time, if once more without finding a telling pass to open Wigan up. Sanogo was denied by Carson again when he turned his marker and drilled an angled shot goalwards, which was palmed over. On 110 minutes, Oxlade-Cham- berlain cut into the right side of the Wigan penalty area and lashed a ris- ing shot against the underside of the crossbar. There would be no winner, though, as the tie was decided on the lottery of penalties. Fabianski saved Caldwell's first spot-kick, before Mikel Arteta put Arsenal in control. Collison, on loan from West Ham, also saw his effort turned away by the Poland keeper and Kim Kallstrom made it 2-0 to the Premier League side. Jean Beausejour did score, before Giroud tucked his effort into the bottom corner to put Arsenal on the brink of the final. James McArthur made it 3-2, but Cazorla kept his cool to score and keep the Gunners on course for a first trophy in the best part of a decade. Lukasz Fabianski is joined by his Arsenal team-mates to celebrate