Tarxien beat Spartans in five-goal thriller

Tarxien Rainbows are through to the quarter-finals of the U*Bet FA Trophy after they edged Hamrun Spartans 3-2 in a five-goal thriller at the Centenary Stadium. Gaetan Spiteri took just four minutes to put the Spartans ahead. However, the Rainbows...

Tarxien Rainbows are through to the quarter-finals of the U*Bet FA Trophy after they edged Hamrun Spartans 3-2 in a five-goal thriller at the Centenary Stadium.

Gaetan Spiteri took just four minutes to put the Spartans ahead. However, the Rainbows came back strongly and Everton rammed home the equaliser on 54 minutes before Ricardo planted a low shot past Borg to put Tarxien 2-1.

Hamrun were not ready to bow yet and Marcelo Perreira managed to draw level on 69 minutes when he profited from a poor sortie of David Cassar to head home the equaliser.

The match went into extra-time and despite the lack of scoring opportunities Tarxien grabbed the winner on 111 minutes when Sergio slid the ball to Ricardo who planted a low shot past Borg.

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