Balzan reached the semi-finals of the FA Trophy after beating Tarxien Rainbows 2-0 at the Hibernians Stadium on Friday.

Balzan, who had defeated Qrendi 5-1 and Xewkija Tigers 6-1 in the previous rounds, therefore remain on track to winning their first major honour in the history of the club after finishing in a disappointing sixth place in their Premier League campaign.

In the semi-finals, Balzan will be facing either Mosta or Birkirkara.

Alfred Effiong put Balzan ahead just before the end of the first half.

Ricardo Calixto Correa Duarte doubled the score on the 63rd minute.

TARXIEN Andreas Cassar, Jens Wemmer, Juan Cruz Gill, Daniel Zerafa (80′ Luke Grech), Gabriel Aquilina, Andrew Agius (59′ Alex Nilsson), Siraj Arab Eddin, Anderson de Barros, Matthew Tabone (75′ Michele Paolucci), Ricardo Silva Faria, Jacson de Paixao.
Subs not used: Maverick Buhagiar, Matthew Brincat, Daniel Vassallo, Miguel Ciantar.
Coach: Jose Borg
Asst. Coach: Saviour Debono Grech

BALZAN Sean Mintoff, Aleksandar Kosoric, Nenad Sljivic, Steve Pisani, Steve Bezzina, Paul Fenech, Alfred Effiong (71′ Sean Cipriott), Uros Ljubomirac (65′ Dale Camilleri), Ivan Bozovic, Ricardo Calixto Correa Duarte (88′ Lydon Micallef), Andrija Majdevac.
Subs not used: Steve Sultana, Justin Grioli, Michael Johnson, Carlos Eduardo de Fiori Mendes.
Coach: Jacques Scerri
Asst. Coach: Velibor Kopunovic

Referee: Fyodor Zammit
Assistant Referees: Edward Spiteri, Dusan Petrovic
Fourth Official: Etienne Mangion
Yellow Cards: Tabone, Arab

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