SENGLEA 3 HIBERNIANS 2 Division One side Senglea Athletic caused their first upset of the season by eliminating Hibernians from the FA Trophy. The match turned out to be an exciting affair with Senglea squandering a shocking two-goal lead to fight back and notch the winner in the extra-time. The first action of note came past the quarter of the hour mark, when Mbong launched Degabriele but the nippy striker shot over the bar. The Southseasiders bent but did not break, and had a couple of half-chances before Bjorn Kristensen left Hibernians with ten men after collecting two quick bookings. The Malta midfielders' troubles began shy the half hour mark, when he was booked for clattering into Marcelo De Souse Dias and then five minutes later he clipped Christian Cassar's legs outside Hibs penalty box and was sent off. Out-numbered, Hibs took some time to settle down and struggled to create any clear cut chances with Degabriele's diagonal shot hitting the side-netting just before half-time. Still it needed something special to penetrate the Hibs rearguard and De Sousa Dias obliged in sensational fashion between the 48th and 50th minute. First, he arrowed a swerving free-kick in the...
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