Sunday, October 30, 2016

Mosta halt Sliema's winning run as clash ends in a draw

SLIEMA WANDERERS-1, MOSTA-1Mosta halted Sliema Wanderers' winning run after their first-round clash ended 1-1. Coming from four victories on the trot, Sliema should have made it five as they were the better side but were denied by a string of good saves from goalkeeper Yenz Cini in the second half after Mosta had made the most of a rare scoring opportunity to equalise. Sliema Wanderers were the better side in the opening half. They took the lead on 24 minutes when Mattias Muchardi traded passes with Jean Paul Farrugia whose shot was blocked by Yen Cini, the Mosta goalkeeper, but Wisdom Salomon flashed in to stab the ball home. Late in the first half, Sliema missed a great chance to increase their lead when Mark Scerri lifted his shot over the bar after Muchardi had headed on Alex Muscat's cross. Moments later, Cini denied Sliema when saving Farrugia's close-range header from Gary Muir's free-kick. Sliema threatened inside the opening four minutes of the second half. Farrugia passed to Salomon inside the box but his effort was beaten away by Cini. A powerful run by Njongo Priso raised Mosta's optimism as the Cameroonian swe[t past Marko Potezica but Scerri made a timely tackle to...

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