Zebbug burst San Gwann’s bubble

Zebbug R San Gwann 3 1

San Gwann’s impressive eightmatch winning streak came to a cropper yesterday as Zebbug had the better in an entertaining match.

Zebbug fully deserved this victory and have now moved over the same San Gwann in the table, with a slim hope of fighting for a third place finish.

Zebbug took the lead on 14 minutes when the San gwann defence failed to clear a Miguel Attard cross and Leighton Grech was on hand to hit home from an ideal position. But seven minutesd later San Gwann were back on level terms when Sergio Hili scored direct from a freekick.

After these goals the match was very balanced with Zebbug however having the better scoring opportunities, with an Arilson Mello da Silva freekick and a Leighton Grech shot, both saved by the San Gwann custodian Emmanuel Bartolo.

Four minutes into the second half Zebbug were back in front when Arilson Mello da Silva pounced on a San Gwann defensive lapse to finish off in style with a precise lob.

San Gwann failed to react and Zebbug almost made it three on 77 minutes with a Leighton Grech effort brilliantly saved by Bartolo.

In the dying minutes San Gwann pushed desperately forward in a rather confused manner and only tested Farrugia with a Lopes de Souza header.

In stoppage time Zebbug sealed the issue when Curmi was brought down by Bartolo, with the San Gwann even shown the red card.

From the penalty spot substitute Larson Mallia made no mistake.

Żebbuġ R: J. Farrugia, M. Attard, G. Camilleri, S. Schembri, M. Bonnici, F. Guzman, R. da Silva Gomes, C. Gauci, A. Curmi, A. Mello da Silva (L. Mallia 83 min), L. Grech (L. Gatt 90 min).

San Gwann: E. Bartolo, M. Andres Arieta Suarez, R. Zammit, G. Henshaw, T. Lopes de Souza, A. Borg (N. Abouhaisa 83 min), K. Gatt (D. Fenech 74 min), J. Azzopardi, A. Cachia, S. Hili, C. Gauci.

Referee: Matthew De Gabriele