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Tal-Palestina
Spectators: 10853 (Terracing: 8141, Seating: 2496, VIP seats: 216) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cedric Pace Asciak made the kick off which started today's match. Frederick Caruana spun around in front of the goal 4 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Swatar United FC's goal. 5 minutes into the game, Mario Salerno cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Leon Coleiro was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 13 played minutes VALLETTA WHITE STARS got a freekick which was hit by Archibald Mifsud. After a rather tough play, VALLETTA WHITE STARS's Cedric Pace Asciak got a free kick in the 15th minute. Mario Salerno's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Leon Coleiro read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 17th minute of play. In the 19th minute Gabriel Filletti shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leon Coleiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Gabriel Filletti's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Leon Coleiro was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. A collision led to Swatar United FC getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Cem Güler hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cedric Pace Asciak in the 21st minute of play forced Swatar United FC's goalkeeper Patryk Siekierski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. VALLETTA WHITE STARS's Leon Coleiro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gabriel Filletti in the 22nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frank Löfdahl in the 26th minute of play forced VALLETTA WHITE STARS's goalkeeper Leon Coleiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Harry Gambin got free with Patryk Siekierski in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Leon Coleiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Frank Löfdahl, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Massimo Mizzi got free with Patryk Siekierski in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 36 minutes of play, Swatar United FC's Mario Salerno made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Leon Coleiro was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mario Salerno fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leon Coleiro having to interfere. Sebastian Pârcălab took the ball and in the 43 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Leon Coleiro. Leon Coleiro dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. Swatar United FC's Patryk Siekierski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cedric Pace Asciak in the 47th minute of play. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Sebastian Pârcălab made the kick off in the second half. Patryk Siekierski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jake Spiteri, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. In the 56th minute, Cedric Pace Asciak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 58th minute, Mario Salerno left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Swatar United FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. The audience thought a goal was coming when Neil Micallef got free with Leon Coleiro in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Sebastian Pârcălab could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Leon Coleiro made a huge save. Patryk Siekierski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jake Spiteri, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 70th minute, Frederick Caruana managed to get in a good position for a shot. VALLETTA WHITE STARS's supporters rose to their feet, but Frederick Caruana was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Patryk Siekierski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Sebastian Pârcălab in the 73rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Leon Coleiro, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Leon Coleiro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Neil Micallef in the 76th minute. In the 77th minute of the game, Cyrille Ringot landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. When Chris Abdilla fell near the penalty area in the 77th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored VALLETTA WHITE STARS's protests and gave Chris Abdilla a yellow card for diving instead. Chris Abdilla hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. Chris Abdilla kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. With his leg Leon Coleiro managed to avoid a goal in the 80thth minute, when Swatar United FC's Sebastian Pârcălab fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Sebastian Pârcălabs short, quick shot in the 85thth minute got Leon Coleiro to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 86th minute Frederick Caruana shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patryk Siekierski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sebastian Pârcălab's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 87thth minute, Leon Coleiro skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Patryk Siekierski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frederick Caruana in the 89th minute of the match. When the match was over Swatar United FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than VALLETTA WHITE STARS throughout the match.