Women's Team winners of the Kirkop United FC Tournament

by Ayrton Galea - 27th August 2016

Birkirkara FC Women's Team clinched the Kirkop United FC Triangular Tournament yesterday evening thanks to a comfortable 3-0 over Swieqi United FC and a 2-0 victory over organisers Kirkop United FC.

In a friendly tournament of fourty minutes per match at the Kirkop United grounds, the Stripes continued to enjoy a positive pre-season when they won the tournament after beating both teams. Earlier this week, on Tuesday the Stripes had defeated the UK Army Medical Services Women's Team with a comfortable 5-0 score.

The Stripes kicked-off the tournament with the first match against Women's League Second Division side against Swieqi. A hat-trick by forward Raina Giusti gave the Stripes a comfortable 3-0 victory over the Oranges who are among the main challengers for the promotion to the first division this season.

In the second match, Kirkop United and Swieqi United was predicted to be more balance on the paper. However, Kirkop were superior from the first whistle and they scored four times inside forty minutes to register a very comfortable 4-0 victory.

Birkirkara and Kirkop United played the last match to determine the winner. Following two golden chances missed by Leanne Micallef and Raina Giusti, it was the latter who broke the dead-lock after twenty minutes with a powerful low shot after a perfect cross by Sonia Schembri. The Stripes sealed the victory two minutes from time with a powerful shot by Tracy Teuma.

After the match, the players were presented with medals while captain on the day Janice Xuereb lifted the cup to bring to an end a very satisfactory evening.

Line-up vs. Swieqi United: Janice Xuereb, Sonia Schembri, Stephania Farrugia, Ann-Marie Said, Yasmeen Vella, Simone Buttigieg (Cassie Camilleri), Isabelle Mazzitelli, Alishia Sultana (Mariah Sciberras) (Chantal Fenech), Leanne Micallef, Tracy Teuma (Maryrose Cardona), Raina Giusti.

Scorers: Raina Giusti (3).

Line-up vs. Kirkop United: Janice Xuereb, Chantal Fenech (Sonia Schembri), Stephania Farrugia (Michela Felice), Cassie Camilleri (Mariah Sciberras), Yasmeen Vella, Simone Buttigieg, Ann-Marie Said, Leanne Micallef (Isabelle Mazzitelli), Maryrose Cardona, Raina Giusti, Sarah Urpani (Tracy Teuma).

Scorers: Raina Giusti, Tracy Teuma.

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