Kerċem Ajax are languishing behind in third place in the GFA Division One this season but on Thursday they made sure this will still be a campaign to remember after beating Xewkija Tigers 3-0 in the Division One KO final at the Gozo Stadium.

Kerċem opened a two-goal lead in the opening half following a fine strike by Elton Vella on five minutes before a crisp Shaun Attard grounder beat the Xewkija goalkeeper just before the half-hour mark.

Xewkija tried hard to get back into the match on the restart but were found wanting in attack and fluffed the couple of chances they had in front of the Kerċem goal.

Petar Kyumyurdzhiev, of Kerċem, got sent off on 81 minutes but the Greens still succeeded in rounding off the score at 3-0 with a Claudio Antunes goal in stoppage time.

This was the third edition of the tournament for top-flight teams on the sister island.

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