U23 League

Dream Arena
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Andrew Miggiani made the kick off and thus started the match. 5 minutes into the match, Robert Seychell dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Angelo Bertoni, 1-0. Clayton Gerada showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xu Zhen Ping, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Angelo Bertoni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Antoine Bugelli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Richard Pavia kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. Clayton Gerada made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Richard Laws in the 17th minute of play. Clayton Gerada showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xu Zhen Ping in the 20th minute of the match. Clayton Gerada took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xu Zhen Ping, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Richard Pavia recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 25th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 33 minutes into the match, Seraċini Għawdxin's goal looked a bit too open when Bruno Lenzi came free, but Clayton Gerada reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Seraċini Għawdxin's Richard Pavia got a good chance for a goal in the 34th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Joseph Bruno hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. Mathias Molhoek was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 40 minutes into the match. In the 39th minute, one of ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ. After a rather tough play, Seraċini Għawdxin's Wayne Schembri Zerafa got a free kick in the 43rd minute. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Xu Zhen Ping stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Clayton Gerada took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xu Zhen Ping, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Angelo Bertoni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robert Seychell, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. 58 minutes into the match, Xu Zhen Ping had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Clayton Gerada. Seraċini Għawdxin's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Xu Zhen Ping was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Seraċini Għawdxin's Reuben Caruana suffered a sore foot after 76 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Kenji Takahara charged in rather forcefully in the 76th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kenji Takahara the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Kenji Takahara hit a great ball. ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ made a substitution. Damiano Sciarra replaced Kenji Takahara. ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ made a substitution. Anselmo Di Martino replaced Pacho Rino. After a rather tough play, ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's Kenji Takahara got a free kick in the 78th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Richard Pavia in the 78th minute of play forced ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's goalkeeper Angelo Bertoni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 90 minutes into the game, Seraċini Għawdxin's Andrew Miggiani nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Angelo Bertoni made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. After some careless play in the Seraċini Għawdxin defense, Anselmo Di Martino kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Clayton Gerada. The Seraċini Għawdxin fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Clayton Gerada should have stopped the shot. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.