APS Bank U-17 Section B
Sliema W 12
Mgarr Utd 1
This game served as a training spin for Sliema as Mgarr offered very feeble opposition.
The Bues had a very easy game and their keeper Wayne Aquilina could have stayed at home as he only touched the ball four times during the whole 80 minutes of play.
Sliema took the lead after only two minutes through Glenn Chircop after he was put through in the area by Ryan Dalli. Two minutes later they doubled through Dillon Grech.
In the only occasion by Mgarr in the first period, Andrew Sammut was fouled on the left flank and Aquilina saved the free kick shot by Leighton Mifsud.
On 17 minutes the score became 3-0 after a well-taken flag kick by Dalli, Dejan Vukovic scored with a header. Four minutes later Chircop pounced on a faulty goal kick and served Dalli in the area with a cross and he scored goal number 4.
Tanti scored the fifth goal on 33 minutes with a lobbed ball and two minutes before the break Chircop scored a sixth goal from inside the area after a through pass by Tanti.
The Blues added four more goals between the 50th and 66th minute through Aaron Friggieri, Dillon Grech, substitute Ryan Bugeja and Ryan Dalli.
In the 73rd minute Mgarr managed to score a consolation goal through Andrew Sammut after he was put through in the area by Gilbert Vella.
Five minutes before the end Sliema scored an 11th goal though a header by Dalli after a Bugeja square pass in the area and the same player scored No 12 from the penalty spot after Grech was tripped by a defender.
Referee; Erin Yurtserver
Player of the match: Gary Tanti (Sliema W)
Pieta back to winning ways APS Bank U-15 Section A
Pieta H 3
Marsa 0
After losing to Sliema W in their last outing Pieta are back to winning ways and are now in joint top spot with Valletta on 34 points from 16 games but the latter have a game in hand. Marsa are in bottom place with only four points, also from 16 games.
After only two minutes Christian Stewart was fouled outside the area and from the free kick by Travis Bartolo the ball thumped Marsa’s bar with keeper Gilin Galea beaten. In a Marsa attack, Omar Nasr served Dejan Chircop in the area but Pieta keeper Daniel Cappitta foiled him with a timely sortie.
Pieta then mounted two actions in succession. Luke Tabone failed to apply the killer touch when well-placed in the area following a Rudi Calleja cross and Godwin Mckay headed just out off a Tabone cross.
Marsa then won a free kick on the left flank and from Brandon Briffa’s cross, the ball was partly cleared and Cappitta saved the rebound by Nasr.
Pieta opened the score in the 18th minute when they won a corner-kick on the right flank which was well-taken by Stewart and Bartolo netted with a header.
The first two actions after the resumption were created by Pieta. Stewart released Tabone on the right flank and after he was fouled, the ball was headed away following the free kick by Bartolo and substitute Kyle Cesare served Tabone with a through ball and Galea saved his effort from outside the area.
In the only occasion by Marsa, Nathan Mifsud was fouled outside the area and Cappitta saved the free kick by Briffa.
The score became 2-0 in the 42nd minute. From a well-taken flag kick by Stewart the ball thumped the bar from a header by Bartolo and after it was partly cleared Calleja scored from the rebound.
The Hotspurs resumed with their pressing. Calleja released McKay on the right flank and the ball missed the bar from his cross-shot with Galea beaten and Stewart served Cesare with a through ball in the area but he missed the upright by inches.
The third goal was scored four minutes before the end of normal time. A one-two between substitute Clive Gauci and Stewart finished with the latter scoring with a low shot from inside the area.
Referee: Roberto Vella
Player of the match: Christian Stewart (Pieta H)