GERALD FENECH

As expected, Neptunes did not have to sweat to easily dispose of a weak Marsascala team to register their first win in this year’s competition. The first session saw them prevail 4-1 with goals from Buhagiar, Gravina and Pisani while the second session was slightly more balanced with Neptunes just shading it 3-2 after Marsascala scored through Micallef and Cassar.

The third session saw Neptunes consolidate their lead with three goals with Marsascala offering little in the way of response. In the final session, Marsascala played well to win 2-1 and add some respectability to the scoreline with Cutajar and Pace getting on the scoresheet.

Marsascala SC: Abela D, Cutajar JC (1), Bonnici J, Pace G (1), Manara M (1), Grixti L, Attard R, Cremona J, Micallef S (1), Bonello E, Cassar D (1), Bugeja I

Neptunes Emirates: Gouder N, Agius T (1), Stellini M (1), Cachia E (1), Lanzon B, Camilleri J (2), Debattista K, Buhagiar B (2), Gravina S (2), Mizzi Z, Micallef K, Pisani M (2)

Referees: Caruana M, De Raffaele A.

In a tightly contested match, both Sirens and Exiles had good and bad moments with sessions going one way or another. In fact Sirens raced to a 3-0 lead in the first session only to be trounced 4-1 in the second for an Exiles lead by one goal at the halfway point.

A hugely exciting third session saw Sirens win it 2-1 to go into the final session balanced on a knife-edge at 6-6. The final session, however, saw Sirens stay the course better as they profited from some good counters with Mock and Mercieca helping themselves to three and four goals respectively.

Exiles Jet Services: Cachia A, Rizzo Naudi J (1), Rizzo Naudi K (2), Fenech J, Sullivan T (1), Calleja M (1), Paris J (1), Paris M, Zarb Cousin A, Cini S, Arrigo A, Borg D, Lanzon K (2)

Sirens ASC: Sammut J, Attard A, Micallef P, Borg P, Sammut A, Mock R (3), Borg J (2), Cutajar D (1), Zammit O, Zammit C (1), Mercieca C (4), Zammit D, Cremona J

Referees: Licari S, Balzan P.