Mqabba dominate after difficult start
Marsa Mqabba 0 3
Mqabba registered their second consecutive win easily beating Marsa after a rather difficult start. In fact Marsa were the better team in the opening stages, even missing a penalty in the process.
Mqabba however took control of the match midway through the first half, and never looked back scoring three goals and missing some other scoring opportunities. Some bad news for coach Clive Mizzi was the injury of Tomislav Trebovac who limped off in the second half and was taken to hospital in an ambulance.
Marsa had a better start and on ten minutes they were awarded a penalty for a Buhagiar handling infringement, but from the penalty spot Mark Gauci’s shot hit the upright. Five minutes later Marsa went close again when from a Busuttil freekick, Newuche’s close range header slightly missed the base of the upright.
After this dull period Mqabba started to came to grips with their opponents and on 29 minutes the Marsa custodian made a great save off a trebovac freekick. On 33 minutes Mqabba took the lead when a Brandon Muscat frist timer from the edge of the area finished at the back of the net following a deflection from a Marsa defender.
Three minutes from the break Mqabba doubled the score when Paul Chimezie darted forward dribbled past a defender before beating Micallef with a low drive.
Marsa made no reaction in the second half and Mqabba dictated matters and added a third goal on 78 minutes with a fine move by Gianfranco Micallef who rounded a defender before beating Micallef with a low drive.
S. Micallef, E. Grech, N. Micallef (D. Pirotta 55 min), R. Mercieca, M. Busuttil, J. Farrugia, B. Essel, M. Gauci (M. Mifsud 73 min), C. Newuche (D. Galibov 55 min), R. Allegria-Jimenez, E. Bonello.
J. Debono, N. Ojuola, M. Borg, S. Buhagiar (R. Mandic 71 min), B. Muscat, K. Cutajar (S. Darmanin 85 min), P. Chimezie, G. Gesualdi, R. Tanti, L. Micallef, T. Trebovac (G. Micallef 52 min).
Philip Farrugia Qormi Mqabba Pieta H Żejtun C Żebbuġ R Vittoriosa S Sirens Qrendi San Ġwann Żabbar SP Melita Marsa Rabat A Pembroke 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 6 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 3 2 1 4 4 3 0 3 0 3 0 19 7 19 3 15 10 13 3 14 10 12 1 12 8 12 1 10 6 12 2 13 11 11 3 12 13 10 1 11 9 10 1 9 7 10 3 8 12 6 5 7 17 6 4 8 14 6 7 7 26 0 2 11 6 -1