League

Calderon Valley
Spectators: 9287 (Terracing: 6967, Seating: 2136, VIP seats: 184) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Kenneth Mugliett made the kick off which started today's match. Eleven Young Elephants's Aaron Tanti proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save Eleven Young Elephants from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Calderon Stars getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Giorgio Bajada hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 8th minute, Zlatko Zahovič managed to get in a good position for a shot. Eleven Young Elephants's supporters rose to their feet, but Zlatko Zahovič was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Neville Bajada breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Calderon Stars's Neville Bajada played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Severino Bueno in the 9th minute of play. Neville Bajada took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zlatko Zahovič, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Severino Bueno had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Neville Bajada showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zlatko Zahovič in the 14th minute of the match. 17 minutes into the match, Calderon Stars's goal looked a bit too open when Darren Carabott came free, but Neville Bajada reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Neville Bajada showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Severino Bueno in the 21st minute of the match. Kenneth Mugliett sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Eleven Young Elephants's Aaron Tanti played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tommy Salerno in the 29th minute of play. Neville Bajada showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Darren Carabott, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. With an all-out effort, Calderon Stars's Aaron Tanti threw himself towards the right post 33 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Kenneth Mugliett, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 33rd minute, Severino Bueno hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 36 minutes into the match, Zlatko Zahovič had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Neville Bajada. Calderon Stars's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zlatko Zahovič was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Zlatko Zahovič scored 0-2 in the 39th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Neville Bajada, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Tommy Salerno fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aaron Tanti having to interfere. Calderon Stars's Giorgio Bajada suffered a concussion after 43 minutes and had to leave the field. Calderon Stars made a substitution. Robbie Drago replaced Giorgio Bajada. The supporters of Calderon Stars booed when Eleven Young Elephants was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fabio Savona didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Severino Bueno stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Tommy Salerno might have been able to make a better finish in the 53rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Aaron Tanti. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tommy Salerno ran back to his position shaking his head. Eleven Young Elephants's Aaron Tanti played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kenneth Mugliett in the 56th minute of play. Carlo Camilleri's late challenge caught a Calderon Stars's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Carlo Camilleri helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Eleven Young Elephants getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Carlo Camilleri hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kenneth Mugliett in the 68th minute of play forced Eleven Young Elephants's goalkeeper Aaron Tanti to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Severino Bueno fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Neville Bajada having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Severino Bueno got free with Neville Bajada in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 72ndth minute of the game Kenneth Mugliett who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Eleven Young Elephants's Aaron Tanti was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After having played for 79 minutes, Severino Bueno managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Eleven Young Elephants's supporters crossed their fingers, but Severino Bueno was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Aaron Tanti made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kenneth Mugliett in the 81st minute of play. In the 86th minute, Kenneth Mugliett made a precise shot to the right of Aaron Tanti. Eleven Young Elephants's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-3. Kenneth Mugliett sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlo Camilleri in the 92nd minute of play forced Calderon Stars's goalkeeper Neville Bajada to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Darren Carabott's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 94thth minute, Neville Bajada skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Eleven Young Elephants's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.