Saracino Stadium
Spectators: 2803 (Terracing: 2103,
Seating: 645, VIP seats: 55) Attard Gunners's Lawrence De Marco started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 5th minute, Ernesto Farias made a precise shot to the right of Amadeo Rapinett. Attard Gunners's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. A hard shot 8 in the game by Andrea Xuereb from a close distance when the talented Allan de Almeida managed to make a qualified save. Inter de Melão's players were relieved. Ernesto Farias received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Amadeo Rapinett tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Andrea Xuereb could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 25th minute of the match, but Allan de Almeida made a huge save. The supporters of Inter de Melão booed when Attard Gunners was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mario Pullicino didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jake Debono charged in rather forcefully in the 27th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jake Debono the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Inter de Melão booed when Attard Gunners was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jake Debono didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by César da Rocha in the 28th minute of play forced Attard Gunners's goalkeeper Amadeo Rapinett to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 34 minutes, Allan de Almeida successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 40th minute, Maurinho Vergílio ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Amadeo Rapinett was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. 43 minutes into the match, Lawrence De Marco had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Allan de Almeida. Inter de Melão's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lawrence De Marco was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and César da Rocha made a kick off. Allan de Almeida took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andrea Xuereb, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Amadeo Rapinett showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from César da Rocha in the 53rd minute of the match. Allan de Almeida took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andrea Xuereb, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Attard Gunners getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Lawrence De Marco hit a great ball. Inter de Melão's Allan de Almeida played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Andrea Xuereb in the 58th minute of play. Maurinho Vergílio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 61st minute of the match, but Amadeo Rapinett made a huge save. Amadeo Rapinett took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cido Urbano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 63rd minute Andrea Xuereb shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Allan de Almeida saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Amadeo Rapinett showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from César da Rocha, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. 67 minutes into the game, Andrea Xuereb cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Allan de Almeida was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Allan de Almeida came out of the goal in the 70th minute to try and stop a shot by Attard Gunners's Andrea Xuereb. But to his dismay, Andrea Xuereb quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. Andrea Xuereb scored 4-2 in the 73rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Allan de Almeida, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Lawrence De Marco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Allan de Almeida having to interfere. 77 minutes into the match, Attard Gunners's goal looked a bit too open when Jardel Cunha came free, but Amadeo Rapinett reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Amadeo Rapinett made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jardel Cunha in the 79th minute of play. The supporters of Inter de Melão booed when Attard Gunners was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Andrea Xuereb didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that César da Rocha's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Amadeo Rapinett was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. In the 81stth minute of the game César da Rocha who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Attard Gunners's Amadeo Rapinett was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Albert Diacono hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. 91 minutes into the match, Lawrence De Marco notched a goal, 6-2, to the right of Inter de Melão's Allan de Almeida. Allan de Almeida was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.
Attard Gunners's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.
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