Marsaskala Legends move top in Enemed Futsal League

Marsaskala Legends moved top in the Enemed Futsal League table after beating the University of Malta 5-4.

Owen Duca, Cristian Fernandez, Amir Ashtiyani, Dale Valletta and Sean Parnis scored for Marsaskala while Zvezdan Vukovic, Mohamed Elamari and Anthony Luke Portelli scoring for UoM together with an own goal.

Ta Xbiex Futsal climbed to six points in the standings after beating Hamrun SC 5-3.

After finding themselves 2-1 down, the team from Ta’ Xbiex reacted well and after a perfect second half, they took the final three points.

Bernardo Rosa was an inspiration for the Blacks when he scored a double while Juan Bautista Conde, Giancarlo Sammut, Juan Poveda continued to increase the score for their team. Hamrun scored through Collin Sammut, Hamza Harrat and Graham Garcia Espinosa.

Swieqi United found little difficulty in defeating the Maltese under-17 team 12-0.

Marcelo Alarcon scored four goals, Rodrigo Rocha and Karl Luke Schembri netted a hat trick each with Roller Santiago and Dylan Pace scoring the other two goals.

The first victory of the Maltese under-19 team arrived last weekend after they beat GZR Birżebbuġa St Peter’s 6-4.

The young Maltese turned the result in their favour after they were losing 3-0 by the end of the first half. However, they remained calm in order to turn defeat into victory.

Neil Gauci and Aidan Buhagiar scored a double each with Essien Borg and Anson Fenech scoring a goal each. Camilo Diaz scored a double with Ciprian Socaciu and Clayton Micallef who also found the net for Birzebbuga.

Photo courtesy of Terry Caselli

STANDINGS – ENEMED FUTSAL LEAGUE

Marsaskala Legends 9, Luxol St Andrew’s, Swieqi United, University of Malta, Ta’ Xbiex 6, Selezzjoni Maltija U19 3, Ħamrun SC NCMB, Gżr Birżebbuġa St Peter’s Futsal, Selezzjoni Maltija U17 0