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48 maltatoday, SUNDAY, 21 FEBRUARY 2016 Sport FOOTBALL PHOTOGRAPHY BY RAY ATTARD Floriana too good for Naxxar Floriana .......................... 4 Naxxar ............................ 0 FLORIANA returned to win- ning ways by securing an easy win against lowly Naxxar in a largely one-sided encounter at the Victor Tedesco Stadium in Hamrun. The Greens managed to take the lead on the 20th minute when Ar- gentinian playmaker Nicolas Chie- sa hit the bottom corner of the net with a blazing shot. Four minutes later, on the half- hour mark, Naxxar went close to scoring an equalizer after Eduardo Vallecillo miscued his shot with only goalkeeper Matthew Calleja Cremona to beat. Just before the break, Floriana doubled the score thanks to a Steve Pisani accurate shot from the right which gave the Naxxar goalkeeper no chance. Floriana wrapped up the three points on the 75th minute when off an assist by Monticelli from the left, the Green's top scorer, Mario Fontanella, flicked the ball past Gallinetta to put his side 3-0 up. Two minutes from time substi- tute Daniel Agius fed Floriana's Piciollo who turned past his mark- er before rifling his shot into the net. FLORIANA Matthew Calleja Cremona, Andre Scicluna, Enrico Pepe, Antonio Monticelli (86 Firas Aboulezz), Steve Pisani (85 Daniel Agius), Matteo Piciollo, Steve Bon- nici, Emanuel Briffa, Nicola Chie- sa (77' Conor Borg), Mario Fonta- nella, Marcelina Emerson. Subs not used: Matthew Grech, Darrel Baldacchino, Neil Spiteri, Jake Davies. Coach: Luis Oliveira NAXXAR LIONS Alberto Galli- netta, Alvaro Javier Hungria Rosero, Andrew Scicluna, Eduardo Vall- ecillo Casado (57 Daren Falzon), Dema Toure, Duance Bonnici, Jur- gen Debono (62 Jose Angel Godar Pereira), David Fenech, Angus Buhagiar, Ennio Hamutenya (83 Mark Fenech), Nikola Tasic. Subs not used: Luke Pecorella, Joel Ellul, Ishmael Grech, Adam Pace. Coach: Clive Mizzi Referee: Sandro Spiteri Assistant Referees: Duncan Sultana, Thomas Debono Fourth Official: Matthew De Gabri- ele Yellow Cards: Chiesa, Hungria Ros- ero Scorers: 20' Nicolas Chiesa, 45+1 Steve Pisani, 75' Mario Fontanella, 88' Matteo Picciollo BOV Player of the Match: Nicolas Chiesa Hibs hit Qormi for six Sliema end losing streak with narrow victory over Tarxien Hibernians ................... 6 Qormi .......................... 0 REIGNING champions Hiber- nians could not have hoped for a better way to kick-off the third round than by securing an easy 6-0 victory over a sorry Qormi side who finished the game with eight men after Ousmane Sidibe and Pietro Viggiani were sent off and the Yellows were unable to replace Tensior Gusman who left the field injured, after having used their three substitutions. The emphatic victory put Hibs momentarily at the top the table, on equal points with Valletta who play basement club St Andrews today. On the other hand, yester- day's defeat was Qormi's eighth consecutive loss, leaving Johann Scicluna's side second from last on nine points. The game was all but over with- in the first 15 minutes with the Paolites scoring twice thanks to goals by Andrei Agius and Jorge da Silva Pereira. Hibs made it 3-0 on the 23rd minute thanks to a powerful shot by playmaker Andrew Cohen and four minutes from the break, Edison Luis Dos Santos scored from the penalty spot after Sidibe fouled Pereira in the box, with the Qormi defender given his march- ing orders by referee Trustin Far- rugia Cann. Hibs went 5-0 up after 63 min- utes when Gilmar beat Vella with a fine strike after a good move involving Hibs' attacking duo Jorginho and Tarabai. Eight minutes later, Tarabai was brought down inside the area and from the penalty spot, Jorge da Silva Pereira placed the ball at the back of the net to make it 6-0. Six minutes from time, Qormi had another player sent off – Pi- etro Viggiani was sent off by Far- rugia Cann following a foul on Rodolfo Soares. On the 89th minute, Hibs were also reduced to 10 men after Jack- son Lima was also off after receiv- ing his second yellow card. HIBERNIANS Justin Haber, Jonathan Pearson, Jackson di Lima Siqueira, Rodolfo Soares, Andrew Cohen, Bjorn Kristensen (79' Dunstan Vella), Andrei Agius, Edison Luis dos Santos (73' David Xuereb), Joseph Essien Mbong, Jorge da Silva Perreira, Gilmar da Silva Ribeiro (67' Jurgen Degabri- ele), Subs not used: Rudy Briffa, Dun- stan Vella, Clayton Failla, Zach Scerri, Diosdado Mbele Mangue Mba. Coach: Branko Nisevic QORMI Andreas Vella, Emer- son Vella (74' Aidan Bonnici), Ousmane Sidibe, Tensior Gus- man, Djamel Romano Leeflang Boestra, Yannick Yankam, Alessio Cassar, Immy Micallef (60' Joshua Barbara), Noah Olawale Ojuola, Terrence Vella (67' Pietro Vig- giani), Kurt Magro. Subs not used: Miguel Falzon, Luke Farrugia, Gilmore Azzopar- di, Ricardo Sciberras. Coach: Johann Scicluna Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann Assistant Referees: Luke Portelli, Sammy Attard Fourth Official: Esther Azzopardi Yellow Cards: Kristensen, Lima Red Cards: 39' Ousmane Sidibe, 84' Pietro Viggiani, 89' Jackson Lima Scorers: 9' Andrei Agius, 15' Jorge da Silva Pereira, 23' Andrew Co- hen, 41' Edison Luis dos Santos pen, 63' Gilmar da Silva Ribeiro, 71' Jorge da Silva Pereira BOV Player of the Match: Jorge da Silva Pereira Attendance at the Hibernians Stadium: 776 Tarxien Rainbows .........0 Sliema Wanderers .........1 IT was sixth time lucky for Sliema as the Blues beat Tarxien 1-0 to end their 5-match drought, put- ting them in joint seventh place with Mosta, two points ahead of Pembroke. For the Rainbows, it was another disappointing result, leaving them four points above Sliema. In a dreary first half, there was only one action of note when on 41 minutes Montebello's curling drive went a few centimetres wide. Under the guidance of caretaker coach Ivan Woods, the Wander- ers went ahead on the 59th minute thanks to Johann Bezzina, whose low shot from inside the area beat goalkeeper Andrea Cassar. Tarxien went close to scoring an equalizer when from a corner ac- tion, Azzopardi's cross-shot was pushed away by Zammit. Tarxien threw everything they had at Sliema and one minute from time Montebello pounced on some poor defending but the striker fired wide with only Zammit to beat. TARXIEN Andrea Cassar, Ebi- abowei Baker, Manuel Caruana, Bruno Giglio de Oliveira, Ayrton Azzopardi, Carlos Hevia Menen- dez (33' Matthew Tabone), Luke Montebello, Sergio Fernandez Prendes, Daniel Zerafa, Alex da Paixao Alves, Claudio Frances (67' Alex Nilsson). Subs not used: Sean Mintoff, Bran- don Muscat, Roderick Bajada, Matthew Tabone, Ryan Spiteri, John Mintoff. Coach: Jacques Scerri SLIEMA Glenn Zammit, Alex Muscat (70' Aidan Jake Friggieri), Mark Scerri, Njongo Priso (83 Haruna Shola Shodiya), Clifford Gatt Baldacchino, Marko Pote- zica, Johann Bezzina, Denni Rocha dos Santos, Gary Muir, Jean Paul Farrugia (90' Kyle Hendry), Stefano Bianciardi. Subs not used: Timothy Aquilina, Justin Vella, Peter Xuereb, Arsenne Rye Cilia. Referee: Marco Borg Assistant Referees: Edward Spiteri, Mitchell Scerri Fourth Official: Mario Apap Yellow Cards: Priso, Frances, Bezzi- na, Nilsson Scorers: 59' Johann Bezzina BOV Player of the Match: Johann Bezzina.