MALTA BEATS SAN MARINO IN SERRAVALLE

Malta re-wrote the history books when the National Team obtained its fourth consecutive win in friendly matches by beating San Marino 3-2 in Serravalle. Malta's positive run includes the matches against Central African Republic (H) 2-1, Liechtenstein (H) 2-1, Luxembourg (A) 2-0 and yesterday's match against San Marino (A) 3-2. These last two  matches, under the guidance of National Team Coach, Pietro Ghedin.  San Marino took an  early lead with a goal from Manuel Mariani, but Malta, hit back with a Michael Mifsud equaliser for Andrei Agius to give Malta a 2-1 lead before half-time. Malta kept the upper hand after the break but Mifsud still found time to make it 3-1 with his 36th international goal in 91 matches. Danilo Rinaldi pulled one back for a final 2-3 score from a penalty in stoppage time. Ryan Camilleri made his debut in central defence alongside Andrei Agius. John Mintoff's National Team baptism came when he was introduced as a late substitute, SAN MARINO: Aldo Junior Simoncini (46’ Federico Valentini), Fabio Vitaioli (63’ Damiano Vannucci), Mirko Palazzi, Michele Cervellini, Davide Simoncini, Alessandro Della Valle (46’ Cristian Brolli), Enrico Cibelli (46’ Alessandro Bianchi), Alex Gasperoni, Danilo Rinaldi, Manuel Marani (79’ Simone Bacciocchi), Matteo Vitaioli (71’ Marco Muraccini). MALTA: Andrew Hogg, Alex Muscat (86’ John Mintoff), Gareth Sciberras, Andrei Agius, Daniel Bogdanovic, Roderick Briffa (46’ Shaun Bajada), Michael Mifsud (86’ Paul Fenech), Andrew Cohen, Andre Schembri (46’ Etienne Barbara), Ryan Camilleri (54’ Luke Dimech), Steve Borg (62’ Ryan Fenech). Referee:Paolo Tagliavento (Italy).  More photos in our FANZONE PhotoGallery