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Siggiewi FC Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Adam Debono started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute James Conti shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gianluca Stellini saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that David Schiavone's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gianluca Stellini was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. If David Schiavone had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Giorgio Marmara's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gianluca Stellini was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. Andre Fava kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Siggiewi FC's Adam Debono got a free kick in the 26th minute. 27 minutes into the game, Andre Fava was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Dwejra's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Siggiewi FC the free kick. After a rather tough play, Dwejra's Andre Fava got a free kick in the 27th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Dwejra's zone, Adam Debono stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Liam Ciscaldi came out of the goal and Adam Debono tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 31st minute, Giorgio Marmara got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. When the match had gone on for 33 minutes, Giorgio Marmara put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Gianluca Stellini. Gianluca Stellini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ivan Attard in the 37th minute of the match. Gianluca Stellini made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alan Vella in the 40th minute of play. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Giorgio Marmara was the one to do the kick off. After 51 minutes of play, Dwejra's David Schiavone made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gianluca Stellini was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ivan Attard's late challenge caught a Siggiewi FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ivan Attard helped the player get up and apologised. In the 54th minute, Ivan Attard hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nikolai Haber kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. When Giorgio Marmara came up free with the goalie in the 58th minute, the Dwejra fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Giorgio Marmara couldn't finish the play. When the match clock showed 61 minutes, the score became 0-4 when David Schiavone sped through Siggiewi FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Gianluca Stellini. 66 minutes into the match, Siggiewi FC's goal looked a bit too open when Giorgio Marmara came free, but Gianluca Stellini reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claudio Salerno in the 67th minute of play forced Dwejra's goalkeeper Liam Ciscaldi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ivan Attard sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gianluca Stellini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Giorgio Marmara in the 74th minute of the match. When Dwejra's Giorgio Marmara in the 74th minute got a chance for a shot 74th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Siggiewi FC's goalie prevented a goal. Ivan Attard recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 75th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 78th minute, Giorgio Marmara reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Gianluca Stellini. The goal made the score 0-5. If Giorgio Marmara had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. With an all-out effort, Dwejra's Gianluca Stellini threw himself towards the right post 83 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Giorgio Marmara, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. David Schiavone struck a weak shot in the 88th minute. Gianluca Stellini didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Dwejra. Giorgio Marmara blasted a shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Gianluca Stellini having to make a save. David Schiavone took the ball and in the 92 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gianluca Stellini. Gianluca Stellini dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-6.