U19: Birkirkara FC 3-1 Lija Athletic FC

by Ayrton Galea - 3rd April 2018
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Birkirkara FC
Youths League Section A

Sirens Stadium

03/04/2018 - 20:15
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Lija Athletic FC

Birkirkara FC Under-19's Team registered their fourth consecutive victory in the Youths Section A to keep on the pressure on leaders Mosta FC, when they defeated Lija Athletic FC with a 3-1 score.

The Stripes built a two-goal lead in the first-half. Zack Cassar put the Stripes ahead on the thirty-sixth minute with Ayrton Attard makes them two just before the break.

Lija Athletic got back in contention as they pulled one back on the sixty-third minute, but Ayrton Attard regained Birkirkara's two-goal lead fifteen minutes from the end.

With just three matches to go, Mosta have a four-point lead over the Stripes and these two teams will go head-to-head in next week's big-match. A win for Mosta will see them mathematically Champions while a win for the Stripes will blow the title race wide open.

BIRKIRKARA: Amara Sylla, Zack Cassar, Maverick Gatt, Lian Formosa (86' Braden Calleja), Alessio Azzopardi, Neil Micallef, Jordan Sciberras, Ayrton Attard (90+1' Neil Friggieri), Nick Borg (81' Carlo Zammit Lonardelli), Gianluca Zammit, Nevin Portelli.

Yellow Cards: 53' Alessio Azzopardi (Birkirkara), 57' Nigel Borg (Lija Athletic).

Scorers: 36' Zack Cassar, 44', 75' Ayrton Attard (Birkirkara), 63' Daniel Mallia (Lija Athletic).

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