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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 16 OCTOBER 2016 Sport 50 FOOTBALL Mosta and Tarxien clash ends in a draw PHOTOGRAPHY BY DOMINIC BORG Njongo Priso's goal was cancelled out by Alex Nilsson as Mosta and Tarxien shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw Tarxien Rainbows ...........1 Mosta ............................1 WARREN ZAMMIT MOSTA went ahead on the 30th minute. Njongo Priso was put through on goal by Kevin Reid. The striker went inside the penalty area and sent a shot that hit the post and ended up in the back of the net. Tarxien equalised on the 58th minute when Emerson Marcel- lina sent a through ball towards Alex Nilsson. The Swedish player chipped the ball past Manuel Bar- tolo to make it 1-1. Tarxien starting line-up: Philip Schranz, Ebiabowei Baker, Triston Caruana, Daniel Ponce de Leon Garcia, Emerson Marcelina, Sergio Fernandez Prendes, Daniel Zerafa, Alex da Paixao Alves, Kurt Zammit, Sacha Borg, Claudio Daniel Frances. Mosta starting line-up: Manuel Bartolo, Emerson Vella, Luca Mar- tinelli, Ricardo Martin, Kevaun Atkinson, Kemmu Degran Jackson, Kurt Magro, Martin Vlcek, Dexter Xuereb, Kemar David Reid, Njongo Priso Doding. Referee: Matthew De Gabriele Assistant Referees: Duncan Sul- tana, Jurgen Spiteri Fourth Official: Alan Mario Sant BOV Player of the Match: Kemar Reid (Mosta) PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRISTINE BORG Hibernians and Floriana earn a point each Hibernians and Floriana earned a point each after holding each other to a 0-0 draw Hibernians .................0 Floriana .....................0 WARREN ZAMMIT HIBS were close to open the score on the second minute when Juan Manuel Varea fired a low shot that was saved by Justin Haber. Floriana hit back through An- tonio Monticelli whose header ended just centimetres wide. On the brink of half time, the Greens had another good oppor- tunity to open the score. From a cross, Amadou Samb headed the ball goalwards, but his header went slightly over. In the second half, Hogg had to be on the alert to neutralise an- other header from Samb. Floriana pushed for a goal and were again close through Mario Fontanella. Nicolas Chiesa sent a cross inside the penalty area that was met by his Italian team mate, whose header went wide. Hibernians starting line-up: Andrew Hogg, Rodolfo Soares, Marcelo Dias, Jackson De Lima Siqeira, Bjorn Kristensen, Jorge Da Silva Pereira, Renan Telles Pi- menta, Jurgen Degabriele, Joseph Mbong, Juan Manuel Varea, An- drei Agius. Floriana starting line-up: Justin Haber, Andre Scicluna, Antonio Monticelli, Enrico Pepe, Clyde Borg, Maurizio Vella, Jurgen Pisani, Alex Cini, Amadou Samb, Nicolas Chiesa, Ryan Camenzuli. Referee: Glenn Tonna Assistant referees: Roberto Vella, Paul Apap Fourth official: Fyodor Zammit BOV player of the match: Jackson De Lima Siqueira (Hibernians) Floriana's Clyde Borg challenging Bjorn Kristensen of Hibernians for the ball