Late Swieqi women win sees them close gap with Hibernians

Swieqi United snatched a late win against Birkirkara as Hibernians, Mġarr United shared the spoils in the women’s league.

The title race continue to heat up with the Owls now moving just two points behind leaders Hibs.

On the other hand, Birkirkara and Mġarr are both on 32 – trailing the Paolites by five.

Jade Flask found the winner deep in stoppage time to help Swieqi overcome champions Birkirkara.

The Stripes had drew first blood when Valentina Rapa found the net, just before the half-time whistle.

Swieqi, on their part, had levelled terms through Venezuela international Rafanny before Flask’s all-important goal.

Mġarr forged ahead against Hibernians through Colombian forward Valeria Villegas on the 26th minute.

Hibernians, though, managed to level terms just before the break through Ileana Farrugia.

RESULTS

TOP FOUR

HIBERNIANS 1-1 MĠARR UNITED
Ileana Farrugia 44 (H); Valeria Villegas 26 (M)
HIBERNIANS
E. Harrington; N. Geren, J. Dimech, K. Chetcuti, M. Borg, G. Mifsud, N. Sciberras, I. Farrugia, A. Espitia, Joelma (72 L. Ayres), S. Vella Barberi (86 C. Ellul).
Coach: Kenneth Costantino.
MĠARR UNITED
P. Ebejer; A. Villegas, V. Mifsud (85 A. Camilleri), Y. Carella (72 A. Said), L. Cefai, V. Villegas, Y. Mendez, L. Hernandez, R. Bajada, B. Borg, A. Grech.
Coach: Ryan Vella.

SWIEQI UNITED 2-1 BIRKIRKARA
Rafanny 59, Jade Flask 90 (S); Valentina Rapa 45 (B)
SWIEQI UNITED
P. Araujo; E. Micallef (58 J. Flask), S. Urpani, E. Xuereb, S. Abdulai, K. Abdulai, S. Zammit, Rafanny, J. Schembri, T. Falzon, M. Cachia.
Coach: Dorianne Theuma.
BIRKIRKARA
M. Cachia; G. Zahra, L. Azzopardi, L. Cabral, A. Cassar, V. Rapa, C. Zammit, C. Schechinger, V. Nanez, M. Cardona, E. Bispo.
Coach: Vince Galea.

BOTTOM FOUR

LIJA ATHLETIC 1-4 SAN ĠWANN
Vanessa Carneiro 55 (L); Hailey Russell 7, 57; Annabelle Rapa 84; Tourki Chaimaa 88 (S)
LIJA ATHLETIC
I. Sanchez; L. Cassar, S. Caruana, M. Stagno, L. Gonzalez, V. Carneiro, P. Camilleri (46 K. Pantalleresco), E. Gonzalez, N. Zarb Cousin, I. Sultana, L. Micallef.
Coach: Jethron Azzopardi.
SAN ĠWANN
J. Caruana; A. Rapa, N. Kobayashi, M. Schembri, Y. Attard (52 F. Al Girbi), H. Russell, T. Chaimaa, O. Mhalli, S. Gheiti (85 N. Attard), N. Blundell, K. Paris (52 J. Falzon).
Coach: Julian Camilleri.

MTARFA 0-1 VALLETTA
Maria Abdilla 27 og.
MTARFA
D. Grech; C. Versteegh, E. Csik, A. Fenech (62 J. Azzopardi), M. Abdilla, K. Ciappara, L. Tobon (87 E. Farrugia), O. Jelili (46 J. Camilleri), S. Spiteri (90 K. Camilleri), P. Ciappara, R. Zammit.
Coach: Simon Spiteri.
VALLETTA
K. Vella Barberi; A. Aloisio, O. Le Gouez, R. Zerafa, L. Muscat, E. Micallef, L. Vella, S. Fenech, L. Lucas, S. Bonello Ghio, L. Lucas.
Coach: Jean Lopes.

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STANDINGS

TOP FOUR
Hibernians – 37
Swieqi United – 35
Birkirkara – 32
Mġarr United 32

BOTTOM FOUR
San Ġwann – 22
Valletta – 18
Lija Athletic – 7
Mtarfa – 0