Marsaxlokk Fischer     6     Sirens Ritter Sport     15

(1-3, 1-3, 4-5, 0-4)

 

Sirens’ second victory put them in sole second place in the standings, as M’xlokk conceded their third defeat. The final score was heavy against M’xlokk, only after they had suffered four goals, without any reply from them, in the last session. Sirens won all four of the sessions of play, as they eased away from their adversaries.

Till the interval only the foreign players had put down their names on the scorers list, as Sirens went 6-2 ahead halfway through the encounter. The two teams then shared a glut of goals after the break, but only Sirens managed to keep on scoring till the end of the match, even though they missed a penalty throw, when Csaba Kiss hit the woodwork.

Sirens, who netted six times from a total of ten man ups, had Christian Presciutti with five strikes, and Csaba Kiss with a hat trick. On the other hand M’xlokk’s Bence Fulope  also scored three times, as they obtained a single goal from their six man ups.

M’xlokk: N. Xuereb, A. Agius , B. Fulope 3, A. Galea 1, G. Zammit , C. Bugeja 2, M. Fenech , S. Xerri de Caro , A. Mifsud , O. Frick , A. Arrigo ,D. Borg Millo , M. Scerri

Sirens: N. Grixti, Z. Mizzi , C. Presciutti 5, G. Pace 1, M. Grech 1, C. Kiss 3,  M. Caruana , D. Cutajar 1, J. Napier 2, E. Aquilina 2, G. Merten , A. Sammut , M. Pisani

Referees: P. Balzan, M. Angileri

 

San Giljan secure win over goal shy Exiles

San Giljan Allcare     10     Exiles Ferretti     2

(3-1, 1-1, 3-0, 3-0)

 

The Saints still grace the top of their group table, having added Exiles’ scalp to their other two victories. The match was still an open one till the interval, with San Giljan being held to a low 4-2 advantage, as Exiles were working hard in defence. The deciding factor was really Exiles’ missed opportunities whenever they had an extra player in the water.

Ten times they were a man up, and they failed to score in every one of them. The Saints then made sure after the interval, when they scored three times in each of the last two sessions, with no further reply from Exiles, who fell away, and offered no sufficient resistance to stay in the match.

On the contrary to the previous game, there were no foreign scorers till the interval, before the Saints’ imports put their names on the score sheet, but Exiles’ two foreigners were left goalless.

San Giljan converted three of their six man ups, with Dino Zammit on a hat trick, and doubles from Karl galea and Zejlko Kovacic.

San Giljan: D. Camilleri, C. Spiteri de Barro , A. Galea , K. Galea 2, K. Dowling , M. Zammit 1, A. Radovic 1, A. Bianchi , K. Galea 1, Z. Kovacic 2, P. Fava , D. Zammit 3, J. Sammut

Exiles: I. Bugeja, J. Rizzo Naudi , S. Vassallo , D. Zammit Lupi , G. Katanas ,S. Galea Pace , J. Spiteri Staines 1,  K. Grixti , L. Sekulic , P. Borg 1, B. Lanzon , N. Portelli , K. Lanzon

Referees: M. Dalli, K. Denver

 

Preliminary Group  A

Neptunes Emirates         3     3     0     0     64     26       9

Sliema Frank Salt           2     2     0     0     41     16       6

Valletta United               2     1     0     1     24     24       3

M’scala Mor€                2     0     0     2     21     38       0

Ta Xbiex Amigos           3     0     0     3     18     64       0

 

Preliminary Group  B

San Giljan Allcare          3     3     0     0     51     14       9

Sirens Ritter Sport          2     2     0     0     36     10       6

Exiles Ferretti                 2     1     0     1     16     22       3

M’xlokk Fischer             3     0     0     3     22     51       0

Otters Nivea                   2     0     0     2     15     40       0