Lija Athletic 2
Fgura United 0

Lija made it two wins in a row after overcoming the challenge of Fgura United at the Centenary Stadium yesterday.

It was a dominant performance from Lija who outplayed their opponents for long stretches despite having a player sent off early in the second half.

Lija were off to a strong start and took the lead on nine minutes.

They were awarded a corner- kick from which Michael Borg delivered a cross into the path of Abdullahi Adeshina Ige who sent a dipping header into the net.

Lija almost made it 2-0 a minute later when Antoine Borg saw his shot coming off the crossbar

Brian Spiteri’s side continued to press forward and on 14 minutes Jorce Garcia Vidal’s half volley was saved by Ryan Marmara.

Fgura finally responded on 17 minutes with a low shot from a free-kick taken by Sandoval Escobar which was saved by Rizzo.

Five minutes before the break a Sandoval Escobar half volley just missed the target.

Lija suffered a setback on 53 minutes when they were reduced to ten players after Borg was shown a second yellow card by referee Adrian Azzopardi for a rush challenge on Kurt Pace.

But despite being a man down they still managed to add a second goal two minutes later when Garcia Vidal hit a firm drive that flew past Marmara and into the net via the upright.

Fgura were rattled and on 58 minutes Ige was foiled by Marmara who came out to block onto his feet as he looked ready to pounce.

Marmara again distinguished himself on 83 minutes when effecting a fine save to deny Garcia Vidal.

Lija Athletic: K. Rizzo, C. Giordimaina, P. Borg, R. Brincat (R. Taliana), L. Schembri (M. Hyzler), M. Borg, M. Clinch, A. Caruana, J. Garcia Vidal (D. Mintoff), A. Ige, A. Borg.

Fgura United: R. Marmara, C. Vella(I. Curmi) , D. Vukovic, R. Costa (Y. Cisse) , K. Pace,l J. Dalli, J. Farrugia (D. Attard), A. Farrugia, J.M. Ruiz Perez, L. Vella Critien, S. Sandoval Escobar

Referee: Adrian Azzopardi

Man of the match: Antoine Borg (Lija).

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