Malta Independent

Title contenders start their commitment­s with massive wins

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Luxol St Andrews and Valletta started their season brightly as they scored massive wins on match day 1 of the Enemed National Futsal League.

Both teams are considered as firm favourites for the championsh­ip.

Luxol didn't find any difficulty to see off Naxxar Futsal 10-0. Mark Zammit, Andy Mangion and Maicon helped themselves with a hat-trick while Carl Azzopardi, Celino Alves, Melvin Borg and Hebberth Bolt also put their names on the score sheet.

Even Valletta had a massive 110 win over Marsaskala. Zvezdan Vukovic and Karl Sciortino scored a hat-trick while Aaron Montebello notched a brace. On the other hand, Luke Gatt, Rodney Debono and Steven Camilleri were also on the mark for the Citizens.

Ta' Xbiex Futsal, on their second year of participat­ion, managed to register an 8-1 scoreline against Żurrieq Futsal.

The winners were determined to get the most important three points as veteran striker Glenn Bonello was in inspiratio­nal form after notching a hat-trick with Stefi Cale helping himself with a brace. Meanwhile Jonathan Caruana, Dexter O'Brien and Nigel Borg also hit the target.

University of Malta had a comfortabl­e 4-0 win over debutants Siġġiewi. Bruno Fernandes was twice on target for the students' while Dale Valletta and Dylan Mintoff completed the score for their team.

Mellieħa opened their account for season 2021/22 with a good win against a mighty St Georges side. The Northerner­s finally won this encounter 5-2. Nippy striker Ervin Rigo was three times on the mark while Dusan Petrovic and Gregory Busuttil were also on target. St Georges scored their two goals through Ivan Jovanovic and Matthew Scicluna.

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