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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 28 FEBRUARY 2016 47 Sport SPORTTODAY FOOTBALL Malta BOV Premier League Mosta - Balzan .................................. 0-3 Qormi - Valletta .................................. 0-2 Naxxar Lions - Tarxien Rainbows ........ 0-3 Sliema Wanderers - Floriana .............. 2-2 Today National Stadium 14:00 St. Andrews - Hibernians 16:00 Pembroke Athleta - Birkirkara England - Premier League West Han United - Sunderland ........... 1-0 Stoke City - Aston Villa ........................ 2-1 Watford - AFC Bournemouth ............... 0-0 Southampton - Chelsea ..................... 1-2 Leicester City - Norwich City ............... 1-0 West Bromwich A. - Crystal Palace ...... Today Liverpool - Everton ............................ Post. Newecastle United - Manchester City .. Post. 15:05 Manchester Utd. - Arsenal 15:05 Tottenham Hotspur - Swansea City Italy - Serie A Empoli - Roma ................................... 1-3 AC Milan - Torino................................ Late Today 12:30 Palermo - Bologna 15:00 Carpi - Atalanta 15:00 ChievoVerona - Genoa 15:00 Sampdoria - Frosinone 15:00 Udinese - Hellas Verona 20:45 Juventus - Inter Tomorrow 19:00 Lazio - Sassuolo 21:00 Fiorentina - SSC Napoli Spain - Liga BBVA Real Madrid - Atletico Madrid ............. 0-1 Getafe - Celta Vigo ............................. 0-1 Sporting Gijon - Espanyol................... 2-4 Real Betis - Rayo Vallecano ................ Late Real Sociedad - Malaga ...................... Late Today 12:00 Villarreal - Levante 16:00 Valencia - Athletic Bilbao 18:15 Deportivo La Coruna - Granada 20:30 Barcelona - Sevilla Germany - Bundesliga Hamburger SV - Ingolstadt ................. 1-1 VfB Stuttgart - Hannover 96 ................ 1-2 Werder Bremen - Darmstadt ............... 2-2 Wolfsburg - Bayern Munich ................ 0-2 Today 15:30 Augsburg - Borussia M. 17:30 Borussia Dortmund - Hoffenheim 17:30 Mainz 05 - Bayer Leverkusen 19:30 Eintracht Frankfurt - Schalke 04 Football Results & Fixtures PHOTOGRAPHY BY RAY ATTARD Late goal denies Floriana Old Firm match glory Sliema W .............. 2 Floriana ............... 2 SERBIAN midfielder Marko Potezica was the hero for Sliema as his brace secured a dramatic point for his side against Old Firm rivals Floriana. Before kick-off, the Floriana starting 11 unfurled a banner in memory of a young Greens fan, Steve Attard, who passed away a few days ago. The Greens took the lead on the 19th minute when Nicolas Chiesa squared up to Italian striker Matteo Picciolo whose powerful shot from just outside the box beat goalkeeper Glenn Zammit. In a thrilling and balanced encounter, the Blues under the stewardship of Italian coach Al- fonso Greco scored an equalizer just seven minutes later when Serbian midfielder Marko Pote- zica blasted the ball past Calleja Cremona with a powerful rising shot. Following the goal, Sliema dominated their eternal rivals for the rest of the half, with Jean Paul Farrugia going closest to putting the Blues ahead missing a sitter just before the break. As the game resumed, Sliema thought they had taken the lead but Potezica's effort was disal- lowed after Denni's left-wing corner was adjudged to have crossed the line before the Ser- bian headed the ball in. Potezica converted a ball from Jean Paul Farrugia with a shot between Matthew Calleja Cre- mona's legs. Following a rather quiet start to the second half, the Greens sprang to life on the one hour mark when Argentinian striker Nicolas Chiesa hit the bar in a spectacular shot from some dis- tance. On the 68th minute, Farrugia once again went close to putting his name on the scoresheet but the Floriana goalkeeper did well to save from a close distance. In the last ten minutes of the game, both sides threw every- thing at each other and Flori- ana looked as though they had pulled off a third-consecutive derby victory, when Clifford Gatt Baldacchino brought Mario Fontanella down inside the area. Referee Fyodor Zammit had no choice but to point towards the spot and from 11 metres the same Fontanella made no mis- take to put his side ahead. But Sliema, in particular Pote- zica, refused to give up and with three minutes remaining the Serbian converted a through ball from the lively Farrugia slotting the ball through Matthew Calle- ja Cremona's legs. SLIEMA Glenn Zammit, Alex Muscat, Armando dos Santos Tarlazis (66' Peter Xuereb), Mark Scerri, Saviour Fidelis, Clifford Gatt Baldacchino, Marko Pote- zica, Denni Rocha dos Santos, Gary Muir, Jean Paul Farrugia, Stefano Bianciardi. Subs not used: Miguel Bonnici, Justin Vella, Aiden Jake Friggieri, Kurt Shaw, Arsenne Rye Cilia, Kyle Hendry. Coach: Alfonso Greco FLORIANA Matthew Calleja Cremona, Andre Scicluna, Anto- nio Monticelli, Enrico Pepe, Steve Pisani (63' Mario Fontanella) ,Mauricio Villa (72' Conor Borg), Matteo Piciollo, Steve Bonnici, Emanuel Briffa, Nicolas Chiesa, Emerson Marcellina Subs: Matthew Grech, , Neil Spiteri, Jake Davies, Daniel Agi- us, Firas Aboulezz, Coach: Luis Oliveira Referee: Fyodor Zammit Assistant Referees: Jurgen Spi- teri, Peter Abela Fourth Official: Malcolm Spi- teri Yellow Cards: Denni, Mandin- ho, Pepe, Bianciardi Scorers: 19' Matteo Picciolo, 26' Marko Potezica, 84' Mario Fon- tanella pen, 87' Marko Potezica BOV Player of the Match: Marko Potezica Attendence at the Victor Te- desco Stadium: 773