Andrè Prates struck an injury-time winner as ten-man Sta Lucia came back from behind to stun Lija   Athletic in a topsy-turvy encounter at the Centenary Stadium.

The Saints players raced to mob the Brazilian defender after he applied the finishing touch to a well-rehearsed set-piece that secured all three points of the match.

Two goals behind and with a man down inside the opening half an hour, Sta Lucia looked bruised and battered but they coped much better with wind gusts to turn the table on their opponents in the second half.

 

Continue reading this article on Sports Desk, the new sports website by Times of Malta

 

Sign up to our free newsletters

Get the best updates straight to your inbox:
Please select at least one mailing list.

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By subscribing, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing.