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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 16 APRIL 2017 49 Sport SPORTTODAY FOOTBALL BOV Premier League Balzan - St. Andrews ....................... 2-1 Hibernians - Gzira Utd. .................... 2-0 Pembroke A. Tarxien R. .................... 1-1 Valletta - Birkirkara .......................... 3-3 Tomorrow - National Stadium 18:00 Mosta - Hamrun Spartans 20:00 Sliema Wanderers - Floriana England - Premier League Tottenham H. - AFC Bournemouth .... 4-0 Crystal Palace - Leicester City ........... 2-2 Everton - Burnley ............................ 3-1 Stoke City - Hull City ........................ 3-1 Sunderland - West Ham United ........ 2-2 Watford - Swansea City .................... 1-0 Southampton - Manchester City ....... 0-3 Today 14:30 West Bromwich Albion - Liverpool 17:00 Manchester Utd - Chelsea Tomorrow 21:00 Middlesbrough - Arsenal Italy - Serie A Inter - AC Milan ............................... 2-2 Cagliari - ChievoVerona .................. 4-0 Fioretina - Empoli ........................... 1-2 Genoa - Lazio ................................. 2-2 Palermo - Bologna .......................... 0-0 Pescara - Juventus .......................... 0-2 Roma - Atalanta .............................. 1-1 Torino - Crotone .............................. 1-1 Sassuolo - Sampdoria...................... 2-1 SSC Napoli - Udiinese ...................... 2-0 Spain - Liga Satander Deportivo La Coruna - Malaga .......... 2-0 Sporting Gijon - Real Madrid ............ 2-3 Atletico Madrid - Osasuna ................ 3-0 Barcelona - Real Sociedad ............... Late Today 12:00 Leganes - Espanyol 16:15 Valencia - Sevilla 18:30 Real Betis - Eibar 20:45 Granada - Celta Vigo Tomorrow 20:45 Alaves - Villarreal Germany - Bundesliga Augsburg - FC Cologne .................... 2-1 Borussia Dortmund - E. Frankfurt ..... 3-1 Hoffenheim - Borussia. M ................ 5-3 Mainz 05 - Hertha Berlin.................. 1-0 RasenBallsport Leipzig - Freiburg ..... 4-0 Wolfsburg - Ingolstadt ..................... 3-0 Bayer Leverkusen - Bayern Munich .. 0-0 Today 15:30 Werder Bremen - Hamburger SV 17:30 Darmstadt - Schalke 04 Football Results & Fixtures Tarxien Rainbows ........1 Pembroke Athleta .......1 WARREN ZAMMIT IN a match that saw both teams scoring from a penalty, Tarxien and Pembroke shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw. Tarxien started on the attack and were close after four min- utes. From a corner, Ayrton Azzopardi delivered a cross that was met by Ebiabowei Baker who headed slightly over. On the 11th minute, the Rain- bows had another attempt on goal. Julian Galea sent a cross towards Matthew Brincat whose header was saved by Matthew Calleja Cremona. Calleja Cremona denied Brin- cat once more on the 19th min- ute. The twenty-year old hit a low shot from the edge of the penalty area which Calleja Cremona saved without much difficulty. Pembroke responded on the 38th minute. Emmanuel Naate fired a shot from distance that went high. On the 40th minute, Tarxien were close again. Alex De Paix- ao Alves passed the ball inside the penalty area towards Alex Nillson. However, the Swedish striker saw his close range effort going off target. Two minutes into the second half, Daniel Ponce De Leon Gar- cia saw space and sent a shot from outside the penalty area that ended up wide. Tarxien kept on pushing for- ward and had another chance on goal on the 62nd minute. Follow- ing a cross, Galea served Nillson and the Tarxien forward sent a shot that ended up centimetres wide. A minute later, Pembroke man- aged to go ahead. Stevan Racic was brought down inside the penalty area by Baker and the referee ordered a penalty. Racic took charge of the penalty and converted past Philip Schranz. Tarxien equalised on the 73rd minute through another penalty. Zoran Levnaic fouled De Paixao Alves inside the penalty area and the referee whistled for another penalty. From the penalty spot, Azzopardi made no mistake and finished behind Calleja Cremo- na. On the 80th minute, Ponce tried his luck from distance but his shot sailed wide of the post. Pemroke ended up in ten men on the 86th minute. Iraklis Rop- pas used his hands to block a cross and the referee showed him his second yellow card. Tarxien Rainbows starting line- up: Philip Schranz, Ebiabowei Baker, Matthew Brincat, Emer- son Marcellina, Julian Galea, Daniel Ponce De Leon Garcia, Alex Nilsson, Ayrton Azzopardi, Alex Da Paixao Alves, Matthew Tabone, Sacha Borg Pembroke Athleta starting line- up: Matthew Calleja Cremona, Darren Falzon, Miguel Attard, Stevan Racic, Adrian Borg, Zoran Levnaic, Iraklis Roppas, Go Nagoka, Ugochunckwo Aku- to, Emmanuel Naatey, Tyrone Fenech Referee: Glen Tonna Assistant Referees: Peter Abela, Theodore Zammit Fourth Official: Philip Farrugia BOV Player of the Match: Alex De Paixao Alves (Tarxien) Pembroke and Tarxien earn a point each Ayrton Azzopardi of Tarxien closing down Tyrone Fenech PHOTOGRAPHY BY DOMINIC BORG