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FLORIANA 1 Oyama 34 ĦAMRUN SPARTANS 1 Domoraud 81 Ħamrun Spartans and Floriana took a point each in a drab encounter at the National Stadium on Friday. The Greens started brightly and after two minutes ahead they almost took the lead whenFloriana, Ħamrun take a point in drab match
FLORIANA 1 Oyama 34 ĦAMRUN SPARTANS 1 Domoraud 81 Ħamrun Spartans and Floriana took a point each in a drab encounter at the National Stadium on Friday. The Greens started brightly and after two minutes ahead they almost took the lead when from a Steve Pisani corner kick, Ignacio Varela saw his header tipped over by Emanuel Bartolo. Ħamrun responded on seven minutes wehn Kevin Tulimieri’s strike whizzed past the upright. As the minutes passed Ħamrun grew in stature and on 25 minutes Ryan Darmanin connected to Tulimieri’s cross but his header finished just over. On 31 minutes Caetano Calil picked Marco Criaco and his low drive finished just wide. However, it was Floriana who drew first blood on 34 minutes when Sebastian Nayar failed to cut out a througball and in came Arthur Oyama who blasted the ball past Bartolo. The woodwork denied the Spartans an equaliser Darmanin latched on to Triston Caruana’s cross but his header came off the upright. Four minutes from the break, Steve Pisani, who is close to a move to Balzan, was hauled off with Clyde Borg coming in his place. Ħamrun tried to step up their game in the second half and Akpan had to be alert to tip over Tulimieri’s... Read more