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48 Sport maltatoday, SUNDAY, 8 JANUARY 2017 FOOTBALL St Andrews and Mosta share the spoils St Andrews ...............1 Mosta ......................5 WARREN ZAMMIT ST Andrews made the perfect start to the match and went ahead after just 26 seconds. Zi- ga Kastrevec won possession in- side the Mosta defence and ran towards the penalty area, but Yenz Cini came out and blocked his effort. However, from the rebound, the Slovenian player headed inside the net. Danilo Doncic's side kept put- ting pressure and had a good chance on the 6th minute. The ball was delivered inside the penalty area towards Daniel Brandle who fired wide. Mosta responded on the 14th minute when Kemar Reid hit a shot from the edge of the pen- alty area that went high. Three minutes later, St An- drews nearly doubled the score. Dale Camilleri sent a through ball towards Kastrevec whose finish ended up slightly wide of the post. Jake Galea was on the alert to deny Mosta on the 23rd minute. Lucky Oseghale went on the left side of the penalty area and hit a low shot that was well saved by Galea. Mosta equalised on the half hour mark. Brandle brought down Gabriel Bezak inside the penalty area and the referee pointed towards the spot. From the 11 metres mark, Bezak saw his effort being saved by Galea, but Oseghale finished inside the net from the rebound. Seven minutes into the sec- ond half, Joseph Farrugia of St Andrews sent a shot from a free kick that was well saved by Cini. Mosta nearly went ahead on the 61st minute. Bezak hit a strong shot from outside the penalty area that was parried into the post by Galea. On the 69th minute, Mosta had another good opportunity to go ahead. Bezak sent Kemar Reid through and the latter went inside the penalty area, but his effort was well blocked by Galea. St Andrews went close to score a late winner on the 86th min- ute. From a corner, Farrugia delivered a cross towards the penalty area that was met by Michael Johnson whose header hit the woodwork. St. Andrews starting line-up: Jake Galea, Dale Camilleri, Bong Won Che, Daniel Bran- dle, Karlo Kesinovic, Michael Johnson, Felix Udoh, Ivan Paz, Jospeh Farrugia, Ziga Kastrevec, Kyrian Nwoko. Mosta starting line-up: Yenz Cini, Kurt Magro, Neil Frendo, Jaroslav Repa, Gabriel Bezak, Dany Djoufack, Francis China- tu, Lucky Oseghale, Luca Mar- tinelli, Jackson Kemmu Degran, Kemar David Reid. Referee: Stefan Pace Assistant referees: Jurgen Spi- teri, Sammy Attard Fourth of ficial: Alan Mario Sant BOV player of the match: Ga- briel Bezak (Mosta) PHOTOGRAPHY BY DOMINIC BORG