Futsal: Luxol, Valletta share top spot

Luxol and Valletta are joint-leaders of the Enemed Futsal League after both registered massive wins against their respective opponents.

The St. Andrews outfit defeated University of Malta 7-1 with Celino Alves, Veve, Carl Azzopardi, Matthew Attard, Mark Zammit, Marwan Telisi and Dylan Musu putting their names on the score sheet. University of Malta pulled one back through Andrew Pace.

Valletta emulated their rivals as they scored nine goals against Mellieħa. The Citizens had a good share of possession and had Zvezdan Vukovic scoring three goals. On the other hand, Jovica Milijic, Cedric Sciberras, Karl Sciortino, Luke Gatt and Claudio Venuto were also on the mark for the Lilywhites.

Ta’ Xbiex climbed fourth in the table after a handsome 12-0 win over Marsaskala. George Frendo netted a poker while Glenn Bonello and Stefi Cale hit the target twice. Dexter O’Brien, Jason Gauci and Joshua Tonna scored the other goals for Ta’ Xbiex.

Naxxar Lions obtained a precious 5-2 win over St George’s to join them on the six-point mark. Antoine Barbara was three times on target with Miguel Alcaraz scoring a brace for Naxxar. St George’s had their moments during the game although goals by Herbert Spiteri and Ismael Buhagiar were not enough to earn any points.

Qormi registered their second win of the season after edging Siġġiewi 6-5. The team led by Shawn Rogers were good on counter attacks and had Craig Pickard scoring a hat-trick while Vuk Rankovic helped himself with a brace. Christian George Mallia added another goal for Qormi who are now on the six-point mark in the standings. For Siġġiewi, Ryan Muscat scored a hat-trick while Justin Theuma and Darren Attard added more goals.

ENEMED FUTSAL LEAGUE

Luxol, Valletta 21, University of Malta 18, Ta’ Xbiex 15, Mellieħa 12, Siġġiewi 9, St George’s, Naxxar Lions, Qormi 6, Żurrieq 4, Marsaskala 1.

Meanwhile Luke Gatt was presented with the Enemed Player of the Month award, for the month of November. Gatt, who plays with Valletta FC Futsal is undergoing a positive season and has also been called up by the National Team coach as one of the promising youngsters in futsal.

Ing. Philip Borg, Chief Operations at Enemed and FMA President Mark Borg presented the award, together with vouchers sponsored by Enemed and Tutto Sport.