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  Stripes drop important points in battle for second place

Birkirkara dropped two important points in the battle for the runner-up position behind champions Valletta after they were held in a 1-1 draw by Floriana.

The Stripes move two points ahead of Marsaxlokk and three ahead of Sliema Wanderers but both Marsaxlokk and Sliema have a game in hand.

Amed Davy Sylla scored the all-important goal for Birkirkara on 24 minutes when off a cross from the left by Shaun Bajada, he beat goalkeeper Simon Agius with a fierce shot.

Three minutes in stoppage time, Birkirkara were reduced to ten men after Thomas Paris received a second yellow card but the match was not over yet as a minute later, Floriana equalised with Ryan Darmanin deflecting the ball past Bernard Paris off a Christian Cassar freekick from the left.

Amed Davy Sylla was voted BOV Player of the Match.

B'KARA Bernard Paris, Thomas Paris, Lino Galea, Ronni Hartvig, Emil Yanchev, Paul Fenech (85' Adrian Ciantar), George Mallia, Alan Tabone, Shaun Bajada (88' Martin Anastasi), Amed Davy Sylla, Michael Galea (77' Jean Pierre Mifsud Triganza).
FLORIANA Simon Agius, Julian Briffa (71' Clifton Ciantar), Zoran Levnajic (80' Owen Bugeja), Sunday Eboh, Duncan Pisani, Christian Cassar, Mauro Brincat, Joseph Borg (56' Trevor Cilia), Yala Bolasie, Mano Micallef, Ryan Darmanin.
Referee: Anton Zammit

Meanwhile in the first match, Mqabba and Msida St. Joseph shared the spoils in a 2-2 draw.

Mqabba took the lead on the 24th minute when Marlon Briffa was brought down inside the area by Clive Spiteri. From the penalty spot, Marcelo Pereira converted.

Msida levelled matters hardly two minutes later when off a cross by Lydon Micallef from the right, Gilbert Camilleri slotted the ball past Kris Calleja with a fine first time effort.

Two minutes from half-time, a Fabio Silva shot, deflected by Kenneth Spiteri, was partially saved by Matthew Camilleri. Marcelo Pereira took the rebound, pulled to the right and slammed the ball home to put Mqabba 2-1 ahead.

The Saints notched the equaliser on the 90th thanks to great freekick by Tyrone Farrugia with the ball ending in the top right corner behind goalkeeper Kris Calleja.

Marcelo Pereira was voted BOV Player of the Match.

MQABBA Kris Calleja, Mauro Bonnici, Albert Busuttil, Italo Nogueira (46' Elliott Navarro), Mark Anthony Bonnici, Marlon Briffa, Fabio Silva (80' Joseph Fenech), Marcelo Pereira, Matthew Cocks, Clifford Gatt Baldacchino, Roderick Briffa.
MSIDA Matthew Camilleri (66' Jonathan Vella), Pio Sciriha, Kenneth Spiteri, Stacey Vella, Clive Spiteri, Tyrone Farrugia, Dino Cachia, Lawrence Mizzi (62' Njongo Priso), Lydon Micallef, Gilbert Camilleri (81' Pedro Dos Santos Calcado), Gilberto Dos Santos.
Referee: Marco Borg

Photos: © www.stephengatt.com

08/05/2008 21:56:24

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