Balzan ease past Rabat

Both teams had very few chances on goal until the 15^th minute when Rabat’s Moises Avila Perez took advantage of an error and had his shot deflected into a corner by goalkeeper Daniel Miguelez Martinez.

Balzan’s Lydon Micallef had his shot go just wide on the 19^th minute.

Balzan managed to take the lead on the 24^th minute. A powerful shot by Firas  Aboulezz was deflected by David Azzopardi to leave no chance for goalkeeper Pavle Velimirovic.

On the 39^th minute, Rabat were unlucky not to equalise when Malcom Licari’s header was cleared off the goal line by Andrew Scicluna.

Rabat were denied another scoring chance on the 65^th minute when Diego Carrillo Pendas hit the woodwork with his shot.

Balzan managed to score their second goal of the match on the 75^th minute. A perfect shot by Steve Bezzina left no chance for goalkeeper Pavle Velimirovic.

Balzan almost scored their third goal of the match on 83^rd minute but Jose Luis Armario Negrin his the woodwork with his header.

Daniel Miguelez was voted BOV Player of the Match.

BALZAN Daniel Miguelez Martinez, Firas Aboulezz, Steve Bezzina, Dylan Grima, Lydon Micallef (88′ Michael Borg), Jose Luis Armario Negrin (82′ Ryan Darmanin), Rodrigo Frank Pereira, Andrew Scicluna, Mark Spiteri, Gianluca Calabretta, Fabio Vignaroli.

Subs not used: Michael Falzon, Andrew Cassar, Kevin Camilleri.

Coach: Riccardo Tumiatti

RABAT AJAX Pavle Velimirovic, Ivan Carapic, Shaun Gauci, Clifford Gauci (76′ Zachary Tanti), Malcolm Licari (62′ Ryan Micallef), Jonathan Bajada (70′ Justin Felice), Dylan Falzon, Daniel Pelaez Bellido, Diego Carrillo Pendas, David Azzopardi, Moises Avila Perez.

Subs not used: Jonathan Azzopardi, Josef Tonna, Etienne Scicluna, Chris Vella.

Coach: Steve D’Amato

Referee: Marco Borg

Assistant Referees: Ingmar Spiteri, Sammy Attard

Fourth Official: Sandro Spiteri

Yellow Cards: D. Pelaez, M. Borg

Scorers: 24′ Firas Aboulezz, 75′ Steve Bezzina