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Malta beaten 0-3 by Serbia
Published: 13-02-2014 18:05Malta’s Women National Team suffered their third defeat in as many matches in the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015 Qualification Group, when they were beaten 3-0 by Serbia at the Centenary Stadium.
The visitors opened the scoring as early as the 3rd minute when a through pass from midfield found D. Damjanovic in a face to face situation with only Malta keeper Xuereb to beat to make it 1-0. This goal increased the confidence of the Serbs who almost made it two nil after18 minutes, but for a fine save by Xuereb. Malta had a rear break after 34 minutes with D. Theuma beautifully serving R. Cuschieri who shot wide from an ideal position. After 4 minutes Serbia made it 2-0 with a header from J. Cubrilo from a corner kick, and almost made it three on the 42 minute mark with Savanovic hitting the crossbar. Malta defender S. Farrugia came to the rescue clearing a Cubrilo lob off the line, seven minutes into the second half and this sparked off a reaction from the home side who were now taking the initiative. Y. Carabott shot harmlessly at the Serb goalkeeper after a good run on 67 minutes. Serbian keeper Nilsson anticipated D. Tonna to palm the ball into a corner from a Theuma freekick on 73 minutes and 4 minutes later a fine move between B. Borg and D.Theuma ended up with R. Cuschieri’s first time shot sailing over the bar from Theuma’s low cross. D. Theuma was again protagonist with a solo effort on 82 minutes with her final shot being saved into a corner by Nilsson. Malta’s efforts were given a final blow when 6 minutes from time the Serbs scored from a counter attack concluded by Cankovic. Full Match Report. FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 Qualifiers, Group 3 Malta vs. Serbia FT 0 - 3 (HT 0 - 2) Scorers: J. Damnjanovic 3’, J. Cubrilo 38’, J. Cankovic 84’ (S). Venue: Centenary Stadium, Ta’ Qali Date: 13/02/2014 Time: 14:00 HRS Malta Serbia 1XUEREB JANICE1NILSSON SUSANNE 2ZAHRA GABRIELLA3KRSTIC TIJANA OUT 24 5D’AGOSTINO REBECCA (C)4SAVANOVIC ALEKSANDRA 6THEUMA DORIANNE5SLOVIC VIOLETA 7CARABOTT YLENIA6NIKOLIC NIKOLETA 8CUSCHIERI RACHEL7DAMNJANOVIC JOVANA G 3’ 11SAMMUT ANTIONETTE OUT 46’8CANKOVIC JELENA G 84’ 15FARRUGIA STEPHANIA9CUBRILO JELENA G 38’ 16ZAMMIT CHARLENE10ILIC MARIJA OUT 79’ 17GRECH AMBER OUT 56’11SMILJKOVIC VESNA (C) 18PARNIS KIMBERLY OUT 63’17MARKOVIC OLIVERA Substitutes 12COSTANTINO SHARON12IVANOVA ANA 3CHIRCOP REBECCA13PLECIC ANICA 4SAID ANNMARIE14BLGOJEVIC DINA IN 45+ 1’ Y 45+ 1’ 9TONNA DIONE IN 46’15STOJANOVIC MILICA 10BORG BRENDA IN 56’16BRADIC BILJANA IN 79’ 13DEBONO MANDY IN 63’18TENKOV MILENA 14BORG MARTINA2STANKOVIC MILICA IN 24 OUT 45+1 Coach Mr. Pierre Brincat Ms. Suzana Stanojevic Referee Ms. Zuzna Strpkova. (FIFA & Slovakia FA) Assistant referees Ms. Maria Sukenikova & Ms. Frontava Lenka (FIFA & Slovakia FA) Fourth official Ms.Miriama Matulova (Slovakia FA) G: Goal, Y: Yellow, R: Red, Sub in: Substituted in , Sub out: Substituted Out,Missed Pen: Missed Penalty, Scored Pen: Scored Penalty