liverpool 0 - 6 Naxxar (270735055)

Clear skies welcomed the 12000 spectators who had made their way to pacegrasso. Jens Ebelfeld was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Landogar Köstlich and Ernesto Corazza. liverpool tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Starters: Casha - Zarb, Mifsud, Mifsud, Buhagiar - Dingli, Mercieca, Cortis, Miceli - Decesare, Camenzuli.

Naxxar started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Lineup: Mizzi - Delia, Muscat, Sammut, Grixti - Deidun, Gilson, Świerszcz, Azzopardi - Arxiz, Wojnas.

Naxxar took the lead 4 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. G. Świerszcz was the scorer. 7 minutes into the match, N. Gilson came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. A drive down the left side allowed S. Arxiz to get in close and score another goal for Naxxar after 22 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 2. With 28 minutes played, Naxxar put themselves up 0 - 3 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was S. Arxiz. 0 - 3 was the score after the first half. liverpool enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 51 percent of possession.

The visitors' S. Arxiz took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 50 minutes into the match. 0 - 4 for Naxxar. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for S. Arxiz. After 65 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave G. Muscat a chance to increase the lead for Naxxar, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 5. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Naxxar lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. The home side worked hard to get through the middle and as a result, had a good chance of getting one back as R. Camenzuli tried lifting the ball over keeper S. Mizzi. Unfortunately, the ball went just over the bar. S. Arxiz received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 82 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 6. The Naxxar fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. Naxxar's J. Azzopardi was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 84 minutes. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Naxxar, with 58 percent of the ball.

liverpool's top performer was clearly R. Decesare. However, M. Casha made a disastrous appearance. S. Arxiz performed admirably for Naxxar. S. Mizzi on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 6.