Birkirkirkara held by Sliema Wanderers

Birkirkara fell into fifth place after being held in a 1-1 draw by Sliema Wanderers at the National Stadium on Saturday. This result, in fact, leaves the Stripes one point behind fourth-placed Floriana.

The two teams shared the exchanges throughout the ninety minutes and all in all, a draw was a fair result. Following two 2-1 defeats in the first two rounds, Birkirkara therefore failed to register a first win over Sliema this season.

The Stripes had one change from the team which defeated Hamrun as Srdjan Dimitrov replaced the suspended Gonzalo Malan. The Wanderers, on the other hand, had Stefano Bianciardi and Mark Scerri replacing John Mintoff ad Salomon Wisdom

Birkirkara took the lead on the 11th minute thanks to a fine curved freekick by Miguel Angel Alba which gave Sarao no chance.

Seven minutes later, the Blues levelled matters when Denni Rocha dos Santos intercepted a back-pass by Cain Attard for the goalkeeper and hit the ball home past goalkeeper Bonello.

SLIEMA Giuseppe Sarao, Alex Muscat, Frank Temile (72′ Ryan Spiteri), Denni Rocha dos Santos, Mark Scerri (78′ Peter Xuereb), Jonathan Pearson, Stefano Bianciardi, Ricardo Calixto Correa Duarte, Jean Paul Farrugia, Leonardo Incorvaia, Gabriel Aquilina (61′ Matias Muchardi).
Subs not used: Miguel Bonnici, Luca Martinelli, Michele Sansone,, John Mintoff.
Coach: John Buttigieg

B’KARA Henry Bonello, Edward Herrera, Christian Bubalovic, Gareth Sciberras, Mislav Andjelkovic (74′ Matthew Guilluamier), Edmond Agius (46′ Jhon Adolfo Obregan Quinones), Nikola Vukanac, Joseph Zerafa, Miguel Angel Alba, Cain Attard, Srdjan Dimitrov.
Subs not used: Ini Etim Akpan, Predrag Jovic, Matteo Desira Butigieg, James Brincat.
Coach: Nikola Jaros

Referee: Fyodor Zammit
Assistant Referees: Alan Camilleri, Christopher Azzopardi
Fourth Official: Alan Mario Sant
Yellow Cards: Incorvaia, Zerafa, Denni, Temile, Pearson
BOV Player of the Match: Denni Rocha dos Santos
Attendance: 608

2 comments

  1. Loghba fqira in generali imma l-ibar tort huwa taghna li kellna bzonn rebha biex inzommu l ftit tama li niksbu post fl-europa league, tama li issa zgur li m ghadhiex hemm.

    Filwaqt li kontra hamrun kien hemm certu hegga u moviment bla ballun fejn hloqna diversi okkazjonijiet ta skor, kontra sliema kienet wirja fqira u bla ideat. ma kienx hemm heffa fl-azzjonijiet u bdejna naghmluha facli ghal sliema li jaghlqu u joperaw bil kontrattakk.

    Nittama li issa fil partiti li gejjin natu cans lil players zaghzagh biex jiksbu naqra esperjenza.

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