Zejtun Corinthians earned another precious point as they held Balzan in a goalless draw at the Centenary Stadium on Tuesday.
Balzan move fourth on 8 points, four behind leaders Hamrun while Zejtun stay two points behind on six.
Mark Miller’s side could have taken the lead on 28 minutes but Steve Pisani’s direct freekick hit the upright.
Both sides ended in ten men as Marcelo Pereira Muniz was sent off for Zejtun ten minutes from time and Moussa Kamara was sent off on the 90th. Both players had received a second yellow card.
ZEJTUN Christian Cassar, Diego Albanese, Lucas Gama Moreira, Dylan Agius, Kemar David Reid (77′ Adrian Carabott), Marcelo Pereira Muniz, Christian Grech, Fernando Jose Gomes Junior (89′ Gianluca Bugeja), Ricardo Silva Faria, Neil Tabone, Anderson De Barros.
Coach: Orosco AnonamBALZAN Sean Mintoff, Augustine Loof, Samir Arab, Paul Fenech, Eric Lemond Mc Woods (90+1′ Sean Cipriott), Steve Pisani,Michael Johnson, 1Uros Ljubomirac, 20-Suleiman Jalu, Weverton Souza Gomes (86′ Alfred Effiong), 99-Moussa Kamara Coach: Mark Miller
Referee: Fyodor Zammit
Assistant Referees: Mitchell Scerri, Ivan Galea
Fourth Official: Glen Tonna
Yellow Cards: M. Pereira Muniz, A. De Barros, M. Johnson, M. Kamara
Red Cards: 80′ Marcelo Pereira Muniz, 90′ Moussa Kamara
BOV Player of the Match: Diego Albanese (Z)
Another deserved point for us with another good display from the Corinthians. A tally of 6 points that I think nobody believed we are going to achieve. A fair result at the final whistle as both sides created chances, pity that both teams ended with 10 men. Zejtun shall keep up this good momentum as we are heading to big matches like this game. Todays result shall encourage us to keep looking forward and give the utmost to pleasure our supporters.
Well done to all involved and Keep it up Blues!!!
Although in the current circumstances, its a heartbreak not watching games from the stands may I take the opportunity to say a big Thank You to the MFA administration for streaming live matches on internet.