LEAGUE ROUND 6 - A VERY IMPORTANT WIN
GZIRAUTDMALTA 0-1 July Fourth
GZIRAUTDMALTA 123.2 4-4-2 1st half, then 4-3-3 until 58 minutes then 4-1-2W-3 123.2 - July Fourth 130.6 3N-4-1-2 1st half, Narrow Diamond 2nd half
This was another close match and tense it was with the rival manager watching the game along with power support, but July Fourth got off to the perfect start after winning a free-kick early with Beckett crossing in for Watson to header us into the lead, However for much of the game GZIRAUTDMALTA were not without their chances but our defence like Ramirez and Calavicci were upto the task. Papaleo and Petersen both had a shot blocked and Miku fouled Goldsmith to force him off injured... In the second half Pietropaolo was giving the ball away couple of times but it was Ramirez that bailed him out both times and Morton's shot bounced off Papaleo to safety, Papaleo did try and break the defence but Jimenez's sliding tackle was perfectly timed and there was late chances for GZIRAUTDMALTA as the pushed for the equaliser with Elias trying to find the throughball but Calavicci got his timings right to cut out the attacks and to see out a narrow win for July Fourth and an important victory over one of our rivals for the league title.
Goals: Watson (5) MOTM: Ramirez - 1pt
Manager Points: Calavicci 3,Ramirez 2,Papaleo 1
Top 5 Standings: Beckett 16 (POTW), Petersen 12,Ramirez 10,Pietropaolo 9,Calavicci 9.
Team Talk: Another tough match for our team and we still havent found our best football yet this season and it's grinding out wins like this that will win us the title this season. Tomorrow we play against SWFC at home who are a good solid 5* team.
