San Giljan 6 Sliema Frank Salt 7 (1-2), (3-3), (2-2), (0-0)
Sliema Frank Salt Real Estate managed to force a decider which will be played next Wednesday after they defeated San Giljan 7-6 in a thriller and end up on equal points with the Saints.
The first session ended 2-1 in favour of Sliema who raced to a 2-0 lead through John Soler and Edward aquilina. Matthew Zammit reduced the deficit for San Giljan at the end of the session although the Saints were profligate in their man up situations.
The second session saw San Giljan go 3-2 up with goals from Dino Zammit and Clint Mercieca but Aquilina made it 3-3 midway through the session. San Giljan again went one goal up through Matthew Zammit but goals from Mark Meli and Jerome Gabarretta ensure that at the halfway point, Sliema were still one goal ahead with the session ending 3-3.
The third session was another tight affair with Sliema going two goals ahead through Kai Dowling but Peter Borg made it 5-6. Alex attard restored Sliema’s two goal advantage but Dino Zammit made it 6-7 at the end of the session. The final session was a goalless affir with San Giljan trying hard to prise open Sliema’s defence but not managing for a final scoreline of 7-6 in Sliema’s favour.
J Sammut, P Borg (1), A Galea, J Galea, D Zammit, M Zammit (2), K Galea, C Mercieca (1), B Plumpton, A Cousin, P Fava, D Zammit (2), D Camilleri
Sliema Frank Salt Real Estate: R Coleiro, J gabarretta (1), E Aquilina (2), C Cluett, M Meli (1), J Soler (1), M Fenech, T Sullivan, J Brownrigg, A Attard (1), K Dowling (1), N Bugelli, Z Sciberras
Referees: M Dalli, A Goncharenko
Valletta McDonalds Sirens Ritter Sport (5-1), (2-1), (1-3) (0-1)
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Valletta McDonalds secured fourth place in the Waterpolo Winter League with an impressive performance against Sirens who recovered too late in the game to make any impact on the final result. In fact, Valletta won the first two sessions 5-1 and 2-1 to take a five goal lead at the midway point with Charlie Zammit, Jon Spiteri Staines, Kurt Mock and Michael Rizzo getting on the scoresheet and with Sirens only replying through Zach Mizzi and Jacob Sciberras.
The St paul’s Bay club recovered somewhat in the third session winning this 3-1 but by then the game had been won and lost. David Cutajar, Gabriel Pace and Mrc Grech had reduced the deficit to just two goals but Michael Spiteri Staines made it 85 just before the end of the session. Sirens also won the last session 1-0 with a goal from Luke Caruana but Valletta controlled well enough to end up esay winners and grab a prestigious fourth place in the standings.
R Sciortino, J Spiteri Staines (2), A Agius, M Rizzo (1), A Mifsud, R Mock (2), D Paolella, N Bonello Ghio, M Cordina, C Zammit (2), A Zarb Cousin, D Spiteri, M Spiteri Staines (1)
N Grixti, Z Mizzi (1), E Meli, G Pace (1), M grech (1), G Zerafa, M Balucci, D Cutajar (1), J Sciberras (1), L Caruana (1), I Riolo, N Farrugia
A DeRaffaele, M Dalli