Birkirkara FC eliminated from the FA Trophy

by Ayrton Galea - 2nd March 2020

Birkirkara FC were eliminated from the FA Trophy on Sunday evening, as they lost the penalty shoot-out against Floriana FC after the match had ended in a 1-1 draw.

The Stripes surged ahead just past the hour mark. Claudi Bonanni struck a wonderful free-kick that gave goalkeeper Ini Akpan no chance. This was Bonanni's first goal since signing with our club in January.

Floriana made the score level on the seventy-fifth minute. A low cross by Jurgen Pisani failed to be cleared by the Birkirkara defence and substitute Augusto Caseres who hit home from close range. 

Matthew Guillaumier scored the only penalty for the Stripes as Isaac Ntow, Yannick Yankam and Diego Capel had their penalty kick saved by goalkeeper Akpan. Kristian Keqi, Tiago Fonseca and Terence Vella scored for the Greens.

FLORIANA: Ini Akpan, Moustopha Beye Muhamadou, Enzo Ruiz, Clyde Borg (69' Jan Busutill), Kristian Keqi, Jurgen Pisani, Matias Nicolas Garcia, Alexander Cini, Marcelo Dias (73' August Caseres), Ryan Camenzuli, Tiago Fonseca.

BIRKIRKARA: Andrew Hogg, Enrico Pepe, Matthew Guillaumier, Paul Mbong, Yannick Yankam, Federico Falcone, Cain Attard, Claudio Bonanni, Caio Rocha, Oscar Matias Carniello, Isaac Ntow.

Referee: Glen Tonna.
Assistant Referees: Edward Spiteri, Mark Ciantar.
Fourth Official: Emanuel Grech.

Yellow Cards: 55' Marcelo Dias, 68' Moustopha Beye Muhamadou, 76' Brandon Paiber, 110' Kristian Keqi, 120' Jurgen Pisani (Floriana).

Scorers: 61' Claudio Bonanni (Birkirkara), 75' Augusto Caseres (Floriana).

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