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San Ġwann
Spectators: 7000 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 2000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Severino Bueno made the kick off which started today's match. Luigi Valletta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zlatko Zahovič, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Luigi Valletta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Severino Bueno, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Severino Bueno's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Luigi Valletta was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. 18 minutes into the match, Darren Carabott had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luigi Valletta. San Ġwann Athletic's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Darren Carabott was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Zlatko Zahovič took the ball and in the 22 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Luigi Valletta. Luigi Valletta dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Severino Bueno in the 29th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Luigi Valletta saved San Ġwann Athletic from getting behind. When Zlatko Zahovič came up free with the goalie in the 30th minute, the Eleven Young Elephants 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 Zlatko Zahovič couldn't finish the play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Severino Bueno in the 32nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Luigi Valletta prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When Eleven Young Elephants's Severino Bueno in the 34th minute got a chance for a shot 34th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye San Ġwann Athletic's goalie prevented a goal. Luigi Valletta 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 35th minute. When Eleven Young Elephants's Severino Bueno in the 39th minute got a chance for a shot 39th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye San Ġwann Athletic's goalie prevented a goal. If Fabio Savona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Eleven Young Elephants's Severino Bueno in the 45th minute got a chance for a shot 45th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye San Ġwann Athletic's goalie prevented a goal. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Leonard Giorgio made a kick off. Severino Bueno blasted a shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Luigi Valletta having to make a save. In the 57th minute, Zlatko Zahovič left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Eleven Young Elephants fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-5. Zlatko Zahovič sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luigi Valletta didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zlatko Zahovič went, in the 61st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. A hard shot 66 in the game by Severino Bueno from a close distance when the talented Luigi Valletta managed to make a qualified save. San Ġwann Athletic's players were relieved. Severino Bueno might have been able to make a better finish in the 68th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Luigi Valletta. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Severino Bueno ran back to his position shaking his head. When the match had gone on for 70 minutes, Severino Bueno put it in 0-7 from a short distance just to the right of Luigi Valletta. After 73 minutes of play, Eleven Young Elephants's Zlatko Zahovič made it 0-8 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Luigi Valletta was left in no man's land by his defense there! San Ġwann Athletic's Luigi Valletta proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save San Ġwann Athletic from getting a goal against them. The Eleven Young Elephants fans' excitement grew in the 81st match minute when Eleven Young Elephants's Severino Bueno looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-9 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 85th minute, Severino Bueno ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luigi Valletta was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-10. Luigi Valletta made a fantastic save in the 89th minute, when Severino Bueno sent off a good shot on target. When Severino Bueno in the 91st play minute got the chance to kick a hard shot on goal from short distance neither the defense or Luigi Valletta kept up with the ball and suddenly the score was 0-11 when the ball slipped into goal inside the left pole. When the match was over Eleven Young Elephants could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than San Ġwann Athletic throughout the match.