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22/09/2016
Day 05 Valletta 0 Floriana 2
Giovanni Tedesco, the Floriana coach, was reluctant to talk to the media on the eve of yesterday’s derby against Valletta. Back-to-back defeats to Balzan and Tarxien Rainbows had piled the pressure on the Italian coach and his team ahead of their first encounter with their bitter rivals Valletta who were unbeaten in their opening...
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17/09/2016
Day 04 Valletta 2 Balzan 2
Balzan came back from two goals down to share the spoils with champions Valletta in an entertaining game this evening. The game looked over as contest when Umeh Calistus Uchenna gave the champions a deserved two-goal lead at the end of the first half but Balzan were a transformed team after the change of...
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10/09/2016
Day 03 Valletta 5 Pembroke 1
Valletta broke little sweat in overcoming the challenge of Pembroke Athleta as they raced to a 5-1 win at the National Stadium. Federico Falcone, back in the Valletta line-up after recovering from injury, made his presence felt when on seven minutes he controlled the ball inside the area and hit a fierce drive past...
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26/08/2016
Day 02 Valletta 1 Mosta 0
Jhonnattann struck the only goal, from a penalty, as champions Valletta had to fight really hard to fend off the stiff challenge of Mosta. A combative clash produced two red cards, one for each team, and a spate of cautions as Mosta, well-organised and spirited, gave Valletta a rough ride but, as in their...
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19/08/2016
Day 01 Valletta 2 Sliema W 1
Veteran midfielder Roderick Briffa scored a brilliant goal as Valletta opened their title defence with a hard-earned 2-1 win over Sliema Wanderers. As the scoreline clearly indicates, the champions had to fight really hard for the points as Sliema were brisk and organised, growing in stature after cancelling out Llywelyn Cremona's opener. For a...
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12/07/2016
Valletta 1 Red Star Belgrade 2
A gutsy performance from Valletta was not enough to earn them a positive result in the first leg of their Champions League second qualifying round match against Crvena Zvezda as the Serbian outfit came back from a goal down to win 2-1. While the defeat was hard to take for Valletta, who had taken...
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10/07/2016
UEFA Champions League: (2nd Leg) Valletta 1 Red Star Belgrade 2
A tenacious performance by Valletta simply wasn’t enough to book the team a place in the Champions League third qualifying round at the expense of Red Star Belgrade. Valletta looked set for a historic result in Belgrade when Jonathan Caruana headed home early in the match but Alesandar Katai and Crvena Zvezda gave the...
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05/07/2016
Valletta 1 B36 Torshavn 2
Despite a 2-1 defeat to B36 Tórshavn in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League first qualifying at the Gundadalur Stadion in Torshavn, Valletta secured a place in the second qualifying round thanks to the away goals rule as the aggregate score after the 180 minutes was 2-2. Federico Falcone, scorer of the...
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28/06/2016
Valletta 1 B36 Torshavn 0
A second-half goal from Federico Falcone gave Valletta a slim but deserved 1-0 win over Faroe Islands' champions B36 Torshavn to keep alive their hopes of advancing to the second qualifying round of the Champions League. Valletta dominated for long stretches but B36 were solid at the back, conceding only once when Falcone pounced...
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01/05/2016
Day 33: Valletta 1 Hibs 1
Valletta wrapped up their title-winning season with a 1-1 draw against rivals and deposed champions Hibernians this evening. Already assured of the championship after opening an unassailable four-point lead, Valletta were officially crowned as champions this afternoon with the players revelling in the adulation of the boisterous fans. The game was hard-fought with Hibs...
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