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Pirates Playground
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 150) 3 minutes into the game, Edward Chetcuti was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Valetta Pirates FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Floriana Celtics the free kick. After a rather tough play, Valetta Pirates FC's Edward Chetcuti got a free kick in the 9th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Giorgio Caruana in the 17th minute of play forced Valetta Pirates FC's goalkeeper Sebastian Sapiano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Floriana Celtics fans' excitement grew in the 17th match minute when Floriana Celtics's Giorgio Caruana 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 0-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 21 minutes into the game, Floriana Celtics's Olgierd Dawiec nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sebastian Sapiano made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Sebastian Sapiano didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Olgierd Dawiec went, in the 27th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. In the 30th minute, Kyle Thake left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Floriana Celtics fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-5. 34 minutes into the match, Matt Sciortino notched a goal, 0-6, to the right of Valetta Pirates FC's Sebastian Sapiano. Sebastian Sapiano was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 43 minutes into the match, Floriana Celtics's Giorgio Caruana sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Sebastian Sapiano narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After the first half Floriana Celtics were leading 0-6. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Kyle Thake to strike the kick off in the second half. Matt Sciortino fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sebastian Sapiano having to interfere. 55 minutes into the match, Valetta Pirates FC's goalkeeper Sebastian Sapiano had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Olgierd Dawiec. Sebastian Sapiano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kyle Thake, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sebastian Sapiano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kyle Thake in the 60th minute of the match. 62 minutes into the game, Giorgio Caruana recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Sebastian Sapiano. Giorgio Caruana showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-7. Sebastian Sapiano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kyle Thake in the 66th minute of the match. Giorgio Caruana received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Sebastian Sapiano tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 70 minutes into the match, Valetta Pirates FC's goal looked a bit too open when Kyle Thake came free, but Sebastian Sapiano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 72 minutes, Matt Sciortino took a quick shot and it went in 0-8 without a chance for Sebastian Sapiano to make any attempt to save it. Floriana Celtics's Robby Baggio was substituted for Olgierd Dawiec. Gabriel Vella hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. Robby Baggio took the ball and in the 79 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Sebastian Sapiano. Sebastian Sapiano dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-9. In the 87th match minute, Valetta Pirates FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by John Cardona to maneuver through the defense. When Matt Sciortino came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the Floriana Celtics 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 Matt Sciortino couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, Valetta Pirates FC's Emanuel Fiteni got a free kick in the 92nd minute. Shawn Seracino Inglott hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matt Sciortino in the 94th minute of play forced Valetta Pirates FC's goalkeeper Sebastian Sapiano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.