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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 24 APRIL 2016 51 Sport FOOTBALL Gzira United are the BOV Football 1st Division Champions Following their final match against St George's, Gzira were presented with the BOV 1st Division Cup by Anthony Scicluna, Chief Officer at Bank of Valletta and Dr Chris Bonett, Vice President of the Malta Football Association. Photo by Daniel Cardona/BOV Marsa are the BOV 2nd Division Champions Following their Final match against Gharghur, Marsa were presented with the BOV 2nd Division Cup by Charles Azzopardi, Head PR and Marketing at Bank of Valletta and Ludovico Micallef, Vice President of the Malta Football Association. Photo by Stefan Abela BOV Martial scores winner in 92nd minute to send Manchester United into final A stoppage-time goal from An- thony Martial sent Manchester United into their first FA Cup final in nine years as they beat Everton at Wembley. Louis van Gaal 's side dominat- ed the first half of an entertain- ing semi-final and deservedly led through former Toffee Mar- ouane Fellaini - only for Everton to come back after the break, Romelu Lukaku seeing his pen- alty saved before Chris Small- ing's own-goal levelled the tie. But it was left for Martial to provide the heroics and score with a cool finish with just mo- ments remaining to seal a 2-1 win for the Red Devils. Both managers were desperate for success given their supposed vulnerable positions but it was van Gaal and not Roberto Mar- tinez who was left smiling at the final whistle. United skipper Wayne Rooney kept the score goalless in the opening stages as Everton broke forward following an early Unit- ed corner, with Lukaku beating Timothy Fosu-Mensah all-too easily and breaking into the box, a heav y touch forcing him wide of David De Gea. But the Belgium striker, with- out a goal since his quarter-final heroics against Chelsea, still managed to get a shot away, only to see a quickly back-tracking Rooney clear off the line. United then wasted a great chance to open the scoring as Rooney's pinpoint pass found Jesse Lingard free at the back post - but he could only shoot at Joel Robles. With both teams set on at- tacking the perceived weakness of the opposition, Lukaku again burst in behind after getting the better of Smalling - only to take another heav y touch and shoot at De Gea from an impossibly tight angle. United were enjoying the game's first sustained period of pressure but it ended with Mar- tial firing wildly over the bar having been played in by Lin- gard. Marcus Rashford brought a low save out of Robles after Fel- laini knocked a deep cross down to the teenager but United were soon ahead as Fellaini swept home Martial 's pull-back for a deserved lead. Everton were jeered off by a large number of their fans at half-time and they were lucky not to fall further behind as Lingard f luffed his lines when played through at the end of a patient United build-up. But they responded superbly after the interval and soon had the perfect chance to make United pay for their inability to turn dominance into a bigger lead. A rare burst forward saw Aar- on Lennon feed Ross Barkley, with Fosu-Mensah adjudged to bring down the England mid- fielder as referee Anthony Tay- lor had no hesitation in giving a penalty. Lukaku stepped up but saw his spot-kick well saved by De Gea, who then easily held a Barkley free-kick moments later. Van Gaal 's side finally woke from their second-half slumber as Fellaini came close with two close-range efforts, the second of which was blocked by the un- witting arm of Phil Jagielka. Martinez introduced Gerard Deulofeu from the bench and he had a big hand in bringing Everton level with 15 minutes remaining as his cross from the left was turned past his own goalkeeper by Smalling. Everton were now running the show and, after coasting past Michael Carrick, Deulofeu drew a smart stop out of De Gea, with Lukaku unable to turn home the rebound. Lukaku was enduring a poor afternoon in front of goal and saw another chance come and go as compatriot Fellaini blocked his next effort. With the game looking like going into 30 minutes of extra- time, substitute Ander Herrera capitalised on a lapse from Jag- ielka and fed Martial, who de- lighted the United supporters with a cool finish.