Women Under-17's Team secures Section A position

by Ayrton Galea - 29th January 2017

Birkirkara FC Women Under-17's Team secured a place in Section A for the second round of the Women Under-17's League with a 4-2 victory over Kirkop United FC.

Birkirkara surged ahead after just three minutes. Veronique Mifsud was quick to send a bold message of her shooting qualities as her long-distance shot surprised the goalkeeper to give the Stripes the perfect start with an early lead.

Kirkop made the score level on the twenty-sixth minute. Jasmine Grech had her shot blocked by Anthea Enriquez and the ball rolled towards the goal-line with the Birkirkara defender putting the ball into her own net in aim of clearing the ball.

The Stripes regained the lead just before the end of the first-half. Still with momentum following her gem of a goal with the Senior Team on Tuesday, Samantha Zarb tried her luck with another long-distance shot which surprised the goalkeeper who failed to hold, as the ball pounced in the net.

Birkirkara made them three just three minutes inside the second-half. Sarah Urpani played a short-corner to Zarb and the technical playmaker sent an inch-perfect in-swinging cross that saw team's top scorer Veronique Mifsud sliding full stretch to hit home from inside the box.

The Stripes made them four on the fifty-seventh minute. It was all owed to Veronique Mifsud who just yards after the half-way pitch unleashed a wonderful shot in the top corner of the net that gave the Kirkop goalkeeper, to complete her hat-trick.

Kirkop pulled one back three minutes on the hour mark, when the referee adjudicated that the Kirkop United player went down by a challenge of the Birkirkara defender and ordered the penalty. From the spot, Demi Gauci made no mistake.

Birkirkara will be involved in the next match in the Women Under-17's Knockout against Hamrun Spartans on Sunday, 19 February. The match will be played at the Kirkop Grounds and it will kick off at 10:50.

BIRKIRKARA: Anthea Enriquez, Mariah Cardona (66' Sharone Spagnol), Nicole Zammit, Sarah Cassar (50' Nicole Borg), Maria Fenech (63' Jessica Farrugia Cross), Samantha Zarb (69' Emma Bonnici), Veronique Mifsud, Sarah Urpani (70' Krista Borg), Michela Felice (53' Kaycee Micallef).

Scorers: 3' Veronique Mifsud, 34' Samantha Zarb, 38' Veronique Mifsud, 57' Veronique Mifsud (Birkirkara), 26' Own Goal, 63' Demi Gauci (Kirkop United).

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