Relentless Valletta maintain title march

VALLETTA-2, TARXIEN RAINBOWS-0 Valletta overcame another difficult hurdle in the title run-in as they beat Tarxien Rainbows 2-0 to open a nine-point gap on Hibernians at the top, with the latter playing against Floriana tomorrow. After a goalless first half, Valletta found their rhythm in the second period with quickfire goals from Federico Falcone and Abdelkarim Nafti securing another win that edged the Whites closer to the championship crown to the delight of their vocal fans. The strong wind made life difficult for both teams in the first half. Tarxien had a good spell early in the game with Luke Montebello miscuing his grounder but Valletta created the better chances as the first half moved on. Ryan Camilleri blasted high from the distance before Abdelkarim Nafti missed a great chance when heading over from Jhonnattann's cross. Tarxien goalkeeper Andrea Cassar made a good save to deny Jhonnattann who went close again on the stroke of half-time but his goalbound header, from Rafael Ledesma's cross, was cleared off the line by Tarxien defender Rafael Ledesma. Valletta opened the scoring three minutes into the second half, Federico Falcone rifling home from close in after...

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