Birkirkara beat Mosta
by Ayrton Galea - 28th August 2011
Birkirkara FC registered their second win when yesterday evening they beat Mosta FC with a 3-1 score despite playing more than 30 minutes with a player less.
If last week Birkirkara failed to take control of the game and dominate it, yesterday it was a different story. From the first till the last whistle Birkirkara dominated Mosta and it was a very well deserved win.
There were several positive aspects in this game in every department. In the rear guard Rodrigo made a big improvement from last match against Qormi. Joseph Zerafa was once again concentrated and determined in everything he did which denied the Mosta strikers to penetrate our defence. In the midfield Gareth had another positive performance while two of the best, if not the best players on the pitch were Moises Avila Perez who scored a brace and Trevor Cilia who made 2 assists and scored the third goal besides being voted as the Man of the Match for the 2nd time.
The only two negative points that happened during this game was the own goal by Angus Buhagiar and the dismissal of Andrew Decesare which left Birkirkara with ten players after he was giving marching orders by the referee after receiving the second yellow card.
First Half
1' - Birkirkara commits a foul.
1' - Mosta wins a corner.
2' - Mosta wins a corner.
3' - Mosta commits a foul.
6' - Trevor Cilia serves Andrew Decesare who crossed into the box and with a first time volley, Moises' effort ended wide.
7' - Mosta commits a foul.
8' - Mosta commits a foul.
9' - Birkirkara takes the lead! A low corner from the left by Trevor Cilia who found Moises Avila Perez whose low shot beat Jonathan Debono after the ball was deflected.
12' - Mosta commits a foul.
12' - Gareth Sciberras tried his luck with a long distance shot which ended wide.
15' - A dangerous cross from Mosta's half pitch, Jorge Mora comes out and handles the ball well to nuetrilise the danger.
15' - A cross from the right, Moises leaves the ball for Trevor Cilia and the latter's first time effort ends wide.
19' - Mosta commits a foul. From the resulting freekick, Alan Tabone found Rodrigo Pereira who had his fine header ending wide.
20' - Moises' fine shot was saved well by Jonathan Debono.
22' - Mosta wins a corner, and from the following corner Mora anticipated the cross with a fine outing.
23' - Mosta commits a foul.
24' - Mosta commits a foul.
27' - Mosta wins a corner which was cleared well by the Birkirkara's defence.
27' - Mosta commits a foul.
29' - Birkirkara commits a foul.
34' - Mosta commits a foul.
35' - Betrand Michel Maki Mvondo handles the ball inside the Birkirkara's box and gives away a freekick for Birkirkara.
37' - Birkirkara commits a foul. The freekick was taken badly to end in a goal kick for Birkirkara.
38' - Birkirkara commits a foul.
40' - Andrew Decesare commits a fouls on Betrand Michel Maki Mvondo and the latter retaliated and both players were shown the yellow card. From the freekick, Betrand deflected the ball to Ian Zammit with the latter's effort from a diagonal position ending wide.
42' - Birkirkara double their lead! A perfect pass by Leighton Grech to Trevor Cilia on the left, who passes to Moises and in a one against one with Debono, Moises Avila Perez scored his second goal. The score 2-0 for Birkirkara.
43' - Mosta commits a foul.
44' - Betrand Michel Maki Mvondo handles the ball and Birkirkara were given a freekick.
45' - Two minutes of additional time is shown.
45 + 2' - In the last action of the first half, Mosta tries a dangerous long distance shot which ended wide.
45 + 2' - Marco Borg blows the half time whistle.
Second Half
The second half was characterised with the send off of Andrew Decesare and poor refereeing which denied the match from flowing and resulted in a frustrating half full of fouls and controversy.
45' - Mosta make their first substitution as Gilbert Martin replaces Diego Maradona Petriaggi.
47' - A cross shot by Angus Buhagiar, but Jonathan Debono finds no problem to nuetrilise.
48' - A fine cross by Trevor Cilia, Leighton Grech fails to hit and the action ends in a goal kick for Mosta.
51' - Rowen Muscat handles the ball and Mosta were given a freekick.
52' - A shot from the left by Mosta ended wide.
53' - Angus Buhagiar commits a foul.
56' - Birkirkara were left with 10 players after Andrew Decesare received his second yellow card following a foul outside the box.
57' - Moises Avila Perez commits a foul.
58' - Birkirkara utilise their first substitution as Paul Fenech replaces Alan Tabone
59' - A fine cross from the back towards Trevor Cilia was cleared by Jonathan Debono who came out to eliminate the danger.
60' - An intelligent pass by Moises towards Paul Fenech in the box, Paul's effort turned into a corner kick. From the corner Birkirkara makes them three as Trevor Cilia's direct corner kick surprises the Mosta goalkeeper as the ball ended in the net.
62' - Angus Buhagiar commits a foul.
64' - Mosta commits a foul.
64' - Mosta had an attempt on goal ending wide from a long distance shot.
66' - Birkirkara continues to press forward as Trevor Cilia advances on the right tried to cross in the direction of the Spanish forward, Moises Avila Perez but hits the ball wrongly and end up into a goal kick.
66' - Mosta makes their 2nd substitution as Jonathan Bajada replaced Kurt Magro.
69' - Mosta tried their luck with a long distance shot from the left which ended wide.
70' - Mosta use their third and final substitution as Kenneth Spiteri was replaced by Federico Tisbi.
71' - Birkirkara had a good opportunity to continue increasing the lead but Trevor Cilia hits the ball totally wrong from a pass by Paul Fenech and send the ball into a throw in.
71' - Birkirkara wins a corner.
72' - Birkirkara appealed for what seems a clear penalty when Moises Avila Perez rounded a defender and was about to face Debono in a one against on situation but he was floored inside the box. Marco Borg whistled not to order the penalty but incredibly to show Moises the yellow card for a simulation foul.
74' - Mosta continued to play tough as first Trevor Cilia was elbowed in the face, and then there was another foul on Paul Fenech. This foul brought about a heated argument between the players of the opposing teamsa and finally Marco Borg showed Joseph Zerafa and the Mosta player the yellow card. From the freekick, Rodrigo Pereira served Paul Fenech who failed to control the ball well and Jonathan Debono saved with no difficulty.
77' - Birkirkara commits a foul.
77' - Mosta commits a foul.
78' - Trevor's fine cross found Paul Fenech who had his weak header saved well.
79' - Mr. Patrick Curmi makes his second substitution as youngster Ryan Camenzuli replaces Joseph Zerafa who had received a yellow card a few minutes before.
81' - Mosta wins a corner kick which was cleared, but from the rebound Mosta tried their luck with a low shot which ended wide.
82' - Mosta reduced the gap when Ian Zammit headed the ball into the direction of Gilbert Martin, Angus Buhagiar tried to anticipate the ball but his header beat Mora and ended in the net for a 3-1 score.
85' - Mosta commits a freekick.
86' - Birkirkara commits a freekick.
86' - Terence Vella replaces Leighton Grech in the last substitution for Birkirkara.
87' - Birkirkara commits a freekick.
90' - Four minute of additional time is shown.
90 + 2' - Moises Avila Perez tried his luck with a shot which ended wide.
90 + 3' - Mosta commits a freekick
90 + 3' - Birkirkara wins a corner and Mosta manages to clear well.
90 + 4' - Marco Borg whistles the end of the match.
Formation:
Birkirkara: Jorge Mora, Angus Buhagiar, Rodrigo Pereira, Joseph Zerafa (81' Ryan Camenzuli), Andrew Decesare, Rowen Muscat, Gareth Sciberras, Leighton Grech (86' Terence Vella), Alan Tabone (58' Paul Fenech), Trevor Cilia, Moises Avila Perez.
Mosta: Jonathan Debono, Adrian Borg, Kane Farrugia, Luca Martinelli, Kenneth Spiteri (70' Federico Tisbi), Nikola Bogdanovic, Kurt Magro (66' Jonathan Bajada), Roberto Rivelino Petriaggi, Ian Zammit, Diego Maradona Petriaggi (45' Gilbert Martin), Bertrand Michel Maki Mvondo
Yellow Cards: Andrew Decesare, Joseph Zerafa, Moises Avila Perez (Birkirkara), Luca Martinelli, Federico Tisbi, Gilbert Martin (Mosta)
Red Cards: 56' - Andrew Decesare (Birkirkara)
Scorers 9' - Moises Avila Perez, 42' - Moises Avila Perez, 62' - Trevor Cilia, 84' - Angus Buhagiar (own goal)
Man of the match: Trevor Cilia
With this second win Birkirkara are joint leaders with Valletta and Floriana respectively after these two teams both manage to pick up maximum points from the first two matches.
Next week the Premier League will have a pause due to the International match of Malta against Croatia. Then, the Premier League resumes the week after when Birkirkara will be involved in a difficult test against Hibernians.
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