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maltatoday SUNDAY 6 MAY 2018 57 FOOTBALL - FA TROPHY Sports the double played through on goal, but failed to hit the target from in front of Henry Bonello. The post denied Valletta from doubling their advantage inside the additional time given by the referee prior to half-time. Jo- seph Zerafa hit a low shot from distance that stamped off the woodwork. Valletta started the second half where they left off the first and remained on the offensive. Danilo Doncic's side had an- other attempt on goal on the 61st minute. Piciollo's shot from in- side the penalty area went across the frame of goal and ended up wide. Zammit's side had a rare chance two minutes later. Wal- demar Acosta's shot was parried by Bonello. The stripes created another opportunity on the 75th minute. Cain Attard sent a cross towards Ognjen Rolovic whose header sailed off target. Valletta scored their second goal three minutes later. Santia- go Malano went on a great run that saw him going past Vukanac before placing the ball past Nau- movski. Following this goal, Birkirka- ra's supporters completely lost it and started to throw the seats from their stand. Some of them also started to make their way out of the Na- tional Stadium. On the 83rd minute, Pena Bel- tre went through inside the pen- alty area, but found Naumovski in his way. Birkirkara pulled one back on the 87th minute. Rolovic's shot from a free-kick took a def lec- tion off the wall and ended up inside the net. Rolovic went close to equalise for his side inside the additional time. The Montenegrin player saw his shot from another free-kick going slightly high. There was a moment of chaos after the final whistle as a door was left open by the stew- ards and the majority of Val- letta's supporters went onto the pitch and celebrated in front of Birkirkara's stand. This initi- ated Birkirkara's fans to retali- ate as they threw stuff towards the supporters. All these factors contributed towards a number of fights between the supporters. Birkirkara starting line-up: Kristijan Naumovski, Edward Herrera, Fernando Barbosa, Mis- lav Andelkovic, Jake Grech (Ter- rance Agius – 60), Kurt Zammit, Nikola Vukanac, Carlos Alberto Da Silva Goncalves Junior (Og- njen Rolovic – 60), Waldemar Acosta, Ryan Scicluna, Cain At- tard (Ayrton Attard- 90) Valletta starting line-up: Henry Bonello, Ryan Camilleri, Juan Gill Cruz, Santiago Malano, Matteo Piciollo, Kyrian Nwoko (Jean Borg- 81), Enmy Manuel Pena Beltre, Joseph Zerafa, Ibra- him Raed Saleh, Rowen Muscat (Nicholas Pulis- 85), Miguel Alba (Denni Rocha Dos Santos – 68) Referee: Alan Mario Sant Assistant Referees: Duncan Sultana, Thomas Debono Additional Assistant Refer- ees: Malcolm Spiteri, Matthew Degabriele Fourth Of ficial: William De- battista Valletta's Kyrian Nwoko runs towards the city supporters after scoring the first goal against Birkirkara during yesterday's FA Trophy final