December - A month of two halves

by Ayrton Galea - 2nd January 2012

Birkirkara ended 2011 on what could be considered as an acceptable note as in this month Birkirkara played three matches, two from the Premier League and one from the U*BET FA Trophy. In the Premier League they won one and were defeated in the other, and in the U*BET FA Trophy they made it to the fourth round thanks to a comfortable 4-0 win.

One could say that this is a month of two halves as in the first half we suffered the worst defeat so far and in the other half, we returned to winning ways and enjoyed a comfortable win registered in the U*BET FA Trophy to advance to the next round.

Matches

Birkirkara could not have had a worse start as in the first match of the month, on 4 December, Birkirkara were taken apart in a 5-0 defeat. Birkirkara bounced back with a narrow 1-0 win over Mqabba in a match played on the 9 December. With this match Birkirkara ended their 2011's Premier League commitments.

However, not all the involvements were over as Birkirkara had three other matches. First, Birkirkara found no difficulty to advance to the 4th round of the U*BET FA Trophy when on the 18 December, Birkirkara defeated Vittoriosa with a 4-0 score.

In the last two matches of 2011, which were friendly matches, first Birkirkara drew 2-2 with Mgarr and then in the second friendly match, Birkirkara defeated Dingli with a 4-0 score.

Team Statistics

In two Premier League matches played, Birkirkara won once and were defeated once as well. Birkirkara scored only goal and suffered five. The 5-0 loss was the biggest defeat for Birkirkara in this year and the biggest defeat in the current's Premier League. The 1-0 victory meant the 5th clean sheet of the season.

Players Statistics

In the two Premier League matches played throughout this month, Mr. Paul Zammit made use of 16 different players.

After December, Moises Avila Perez is still the Birkirkara's top scorer with nine goals.

Rodrigo Pereira and Andrew Decesare were sent off once in this month after they were sent off in the match against Hibernians.

John Buttigieg and Carmel Busutill to head Birkirkara Academy

On Saturday, 17 December, John Buttigieg and Carmel Busutill have been appointed to head the Birkirkara FC Academy, after they agreed terms with our Club. The official launch of the academy is on June 2012 but they started their work with immediate effect in this transition period.

Players Released

In this month Birkirkara released two foreigners namely Spanish goalkeeper Jorge Mora who was officially released on 18 December after Jorge asked to terminate the contract due to personal reasons and Rodrigo Pereira who was released on the 21 December after he failed to reach the expected level.

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