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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 26 OCTOBER 2014 49 Sport FOOTBALL Pisani the hero for Pietà PHOTOGRAPHY BY RAY ATTARD Pietà Hotspurs ................. 1 Zebbug Rangers .............. 0 PIETÀ returned to winnings ways af- ter they defeated Zebbug Rangers 1-0. Pietà are gaining momentum as they have won two of their last three matches while Zebbug have now gone nine games without a win. Zebbug were unlucky not to take the lead just after five minutes of play. Off a corner by Matthew Gauci, Yessous Camilleri hit the woodwork with a header. In the 26th minute, a header by Pi- eta's Rafael Xavier Zacarias went just wide off a cross by Jurgen Pisani. In the 61st minute, Maurico Britto had his powerful shot saved by goal- keeper David Cassar. Zebbug protested for a penalty in the 64th minute, when Carlo Gordon Monti fell under the challenge from Rafael Rodriguez da Silva but the ref- eree waved play on. In the 66th minute, Zebbug were to regret all their missed chances when off a cross by Rafael Xavier, Jurgen Pis- ani beat goalkeeper Fabrizio Rapchan dos Santos Morales from close range. Zebbug almost scored the equalizer in the 84th minute, when off a cross by Mathias Mucchardi, Bojan Mamic's header was deflected by goalkeeper David Cassar. PIETÀ HOTSPURS David Cassar, Cain Attard, Christian Gech, Orosco Nbubisi Anonam, Jurgen Pisani, Kyle Cesare (75' Luke Micallef), Joao Gabri- el da Silva (41' Dylan Agius), Cleaven Cassar, Nikola Tasic, Rafael Rodriguez da Silva, Rafael Xavier Zacarias (90' Malcolm Licari). Subs not used: Miguel Montfort, Ayr- ton Mizzi, Leonardo Fortunato dos Santos, Claudio Frances. Coach: Noel Coleiro ZEBBUG RANGERS Fabrizio Rap- chan dos Santos Morales, Ratko Man- dic, Lee Galea, Matthew Gauci (85' Miguel Ciantar), Yessous Camilleri, Matias Muchardi, Thomas Paris, Carlo Gordon Monti (75' Bojan Mam- ic), Mauricio Osmar Rodriguez Britto, John Ogechukwu Nwoba, Matthew Bartolo (80' Melvin Farrugia). Subs: Jeffrey Farrugia, Lee James Ag- ius, Jacob Borg, Jonathan Xerri. Coach: Jesmond Zammit Referee: Fyodor Zammit Assistant Referees: Edward Spiteri, Sammy Attard Additional Assistant Referees: Mario Apap, Glenn Tonna Fourth Official Referees: Chris Fran- calanza Yellow Cards: Anonam, Camilleri, Attard Scorers: 66' Jurgen Pisani BOV Player of the Match: Rafael Xavier Zacarias Floriana come back from behind to defeat Mosta Floriana .................... 3 Mosta ....................... 2 FLORIANA put in a great perform- ance as they fought back from two goals down to defeat Mosta 3-2. This victory was a breath of fresh air for Floriana as their last four matches were without victory. As for Mosta this was their fourth consecutive defeat. Mosta took the lead in the 21st minute when off a freekick by Pedro Calcado, Sasa Jovanovic headed the ball past goalkeeper Valerio Senatore. Mosta remained the dominant side as they doubled their lead in the 33rd minute, with Manolito Micallef beating goalkeeper Vale- rio Senatore from close range to make the score 2-0. Floriana came back to life in the second half as they managed to reduce Mosta's lead just after two minutes of play. Off a cross by Mat- teo Piciollo, Vito Plut headed the ball past goalkeeper Omar Borg. Floriana started to gain momen- tum and on the 52nd minute they scored the equaliser. Vito Plut made his way into the area, then past the goalkeeper to score from close range. Mosta's Daniel Mariano Bueno was unlucky to hit the crossbar in the 69th minute. The match turned for the worse for Mosta when in the 71st minute Ryan Grech was sent off for a late tackle on Conor Borg. Floriana scored the goal that was to give them all three points in the 74th minute, when a freekick by Steve Pisani was not held by goal- keeper Omar Borg and off the re- bound, Vito Plut made no mistake to score his third of the match. FLORIANA Valerio Senatore, An- dre Scicluna, Rodrigo Felix Aguiar (36' Matteo Piciollo), Douglas Felipe Moreira Cobo, Steve Pisani, Clyde Borg, Vito Plut, Conor Borg, Neil Spiteri, Amadou Samb, Brooke Farrugia. Subs not used: Andrew Zammit, Luke Micallef, Darrell Baldacchi- no, Giovanni Galea, Isaac Galea, Steve Bonnici. Coach: Giovanni Tedesco MOSTA Omar Borg, Tyrone Farru- gia, Manolito Micallef, Kurt Magro (59' Ryan Grech), Jonas Rodriguez Ekani, Adrian Borg, Kyle Frendo (82' Kurt Zammit), Pedro dos San- tos Calcado, Bojan Kaljevic, Ne- manja Milovanovic, Sasa Jovanovic (62' Daniel Mariano Bueno). Subs not used: Kyle Gerada, Mark Brincat, Ishmael Grech, James Brincat. Coach: Enrico Piccioni Referee: Marco Borg Assistant Referees: Ingmar Spi- teri, Thomas Debono Fourth Of ficial: Chris Lautier Yellow Cards: Aguiar, Conor Borg, Magro, Calcado, Samb, Frendo, O. Borg, Piciollo Red Cards: 72' Ryan Grech Scorers: 21' Sasa Jovanovic (M), 33' Manolito Micallef, 47', 52', 74' Vito Plut (F) BOV Player of the Match: Vito Plut