U18 League

Swatar Arena
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Camillo Bocchi made the kick off which started today's match. Luke Preca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cosimo Sarnelli, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Luke Preca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Biagio Lampa in the 6th minute of play. In the 6th minute, Keith Ghio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. David Amato Gauci's late challenge caught a FC Mims's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. David Amato Gauci helped the player get up and apologised. Luke Preca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Camillo Bocchi in the 10th minute of the match. Luke Preca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Camillo Bocchi in the 24th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Aurelio Brambilla during the 25th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 25 played minutes FC Mims got a freekick which was hit by Aurelio Brambilla. Luke Gatt recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 29th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Biagio Lampa in the 36th minute of play forced Swatar United FC's goalkeeper Luke Preca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Biagio Lampa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Luke Preca tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The Swatar United FC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. FC Mims were winning 0-1.

When Aurelio Brambilla came up free with the goalie in the 56th minute, the FC Mims fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Aurelio Brambilla couldn't finish the play. Luke Preca took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cosimo Sarnelli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 67th minute, Anthony Bilocca hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Camillo Bocchi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Luke Preca was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. After 75 minutes, Camillo Bocchi made it 0-3 with a short kick to the right side. Swatar United FC's Luke Preca tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Biagio Lampa had several of the Swatar United FC's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 79 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-4 score and a disappointed Luke Preca as he didn't even see the shot coming. A hard shot 86 in the game by Camillo Bocchi from a close distance when the talented Luke Preca managed to make a qualified save. Swatar United FC's players were relieved. When the match had gone on for 91 minutes, Camillo Bocchi put it in 0-5 from a short distance just to the right of Luke Preca. The supporters of FC Mims booed when Swatar United FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luke Gatt didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 95 played minutes, FC Mims's Dario Lepre shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Luke Preca came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in FC Mims reached it. FC Mims's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.