Neptunes’ minimum enough to beat Sirens

by Alex Vella

Neptunes Emirates, far from supercharged, were good enough to consign Sirens to a 15-8 defeat, a result which paves the way to what could be a showdown play-off for the title, given that they overcome neighbours San Ġiljan at the end of this month.

Stringent marking, especially from Sirens, kept their deficit to just two goals in the first session, both scored by Tamas Molnar who is the only player to have scored in every league match so far.

Sustaining their rigid press gameplan and profiting from some slipshod play from their opponents, Sirens managed to limit their deficit to two goals on 5-3 by the halfway mark thanks to Alex Attard who scored three.

The Northerners, without danger man Arpad Babay, conceded three goals to fall 8-3 behind.

Goals from Zak Mizzi and Babay’s replacement Federico Cimarosti sandwiched Sean Gravina’s strike and made it 9-5 for the Reds before Molnar scored his team’s 10th.

With the result in the bag, only statistics mattered and that allowed Steve Camilleri to regain his striking touch (he is the leading scorer) as did Attard for Sirens, scorers of seven and five goals respectively.

Summaries

Sirens 8 
- Neptunes 15
(0-2, 3-3, 2-5, 3-5)

Sirens: A. Grech, Z. Mizzi 1, M. Grech 1, J. Napier, F. Cimarosti 1, C. Kiss, J. Borg, D. Cutajar, A. Zarb Cousin, A. Attard 5, S. Micallef, C. Merten, J. Cremona.

Neptunes: A. Borg Cole, N. Lanzon, A. Sammut, M. Stellini, T. Agius 1, A. Ciric 2, S. Camilleri 7, J. Camilleri, M. Lanzon, S. Gravina 1, B. Lanzon, T. Molnar 4, C. Mercieca.

Refs: M. Angileri, G. Fusco.

Premier League