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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2014 Sport 47 SPORTTODAY FOOTBALL Download the MaltaToday App now Floriana come from behind to register first win of the season Pieta Hotspurs .............1 Floriana ......................3 FLORIANA defeated Pieta Hotspurs 3-1 to register their first win of the season. For Pieta, this was their third defeat of the season. Pieta were the better team in the first half and they managed to take the lead in the 33rd minute. Gabriel da Silva served Rafael Xavier who then went on to beat goalkeeper Valerio Senatore with his low shot to give Pieta the lead. Floriana managed to get back on track just five minutes into the sec- ond half. Matteo Piciollo easily beat goalkeeper David Cassar with his shot after receiving a precise pass from Manuel Briffa. Minutes later, Floriana almost took the lead when Felipe Moriera Cobo's corner landed right in front of Steve Bonnici, but the latter's shot went just wide. Floriana finally managed to take the lead in the 59th minute. A shot by Amadou Samb from inside the area was partially saved by the goalkeeper and off the rebound, Matteo Piciollo scored from close range. Floriana made sure they took home all three points in the 67th minute when they scored their third goal of the match. Amadou Samb headed in- to the net off a corner by Clyde Borg, leaving no chance for goalkeeper David Cassar. PIETÀ HOTSPURS David Cassar, Cain Attard, Cristian Grech, Leon- ardo Fortunato dos Santos (55' Oro- sco Anonam), Jurgen Pisani, Rafael Rodrigues da Silva, Rafael Xavier Zacarias, Kyle Cesare (64' Luke Micallef), Terence Agius, Claudio Frances, Joao Gabriel da Silva (80' Dylan Agius). Subs not used: Miguel Montford, Cleaven Cassar, Karl Micallef, Neil Pace Cocks. Coach: Noel Coleiro FLORIANA Valerio Senatore, An- dre Scicluna, Douglas Felipe Moriera Cobo, Emerson Marcellina (46' Mat- teo Piciollo), Clyde Borg, Vito Plut, Joseph Borg (46' Emanuel Briffa), Amadou Samb (70' Steve Pisani}, Brooke Farrugia, Sacha Borg, Steve Bonnici. Subs not used: Andrew Zammit, Luke Micallef, Neil Spiteri, Giovanni Galea Referee: Fyodor Zammit Ass referees: Mitchell Scerri,Sammy Attard Fourth Official: Sandro Spiteri Yellow Cards: Bonnici, Amadou, Farrugia, Frances. Scorers: 33' Rafael Xavier Zaccarias, 50' Matteo Piciollo, 59' Matteo Pici- ollo, 67'Amadou Samb BOV Player of the Match: Matteo Piciollo PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOE BORG Sliema and Qormi play to a goalless draw Sliema Wanderers .. 0 Qormi .................. 0 SLIEMA Wanders and Qormi had to settle for a point each after they played to a goalless draw. This is not the result Sliema were looking for as they are still chasing their first win of the season. For Qormi it was a more positive affair as they managed to collect a point after losing their last two matches. Qormi created the first real goal scoring opportunity in the 23rd minute. Albert Bruce's effort went just wide after receiving a precise cross from Frank Temile. It was then Sliema who went close to scoring in the 36th minute. A corner by Guy Kassa Gnabayou went directly towards Michael Mifsud whose header was def lected into a corner by Zoran Levnaic. Sliema went close to scoring again eight minutes into the sec- ond half. A shot by Filippo Talato was def lected into a corner and then in the 56th minute, a shot by Trevor Cilia was def lected into a corner by goalkeeper Matthew Farrugia. One minute from time Sliema had an excellent chance to score the winner. A corner by Trevor Cilia created a goalmouth scram- ble with Filippo Talato having his shot cleared from the goal line by goalkeeper Matthew Farrugia. SLIEMA WANDERERS Glenn Zammit, Luca Martinelli, Marko Potezica, John Mintoff, Mark Scerri, Michael Mifsud (46' Filippo Talato), Andrea Pisanu (46' Trevor Cilia), Clifford Gatt Baldacchino, Guy Kassa Gnabayou (90' Peter Xuereb), Paltemio Barbetti, Ste- fano Bianciardi. Subs not used: Daniel Balzan, Iousef Meli, Axl Xuereb, Carl Cas- sar. Coach: Alfonso Greco QOR MI Matthew Farrugia, Jonathan Bondin, Anderson Michele Quatrochi Santos, Emer- son Vella, Duncan Pisani, Bjorn Bondin, Ryan Micallef (78' Joseph Chetcuti), Zoran Levnaic, Albert Bruce, Alfred Effiong (90'Steve Ag- ius), Frank Temile. Subs not used: Jurgen Cilia, Ales- sio Cassar, Roderick Sammut, Car- melo Farrugia, Pietro Vig giani. Referee: Philip Farrugia Assistant Referees: Ingmar Spi- teri, Edward Spiteri Fourth Of ficial: Clayton Pisani Yellow Cards: Mifsud, Martinelli, Temile, Scerri, Levnaic, Barbetti BOV Player of the Match: Marko Potezica