Sirens FC’s decision to part ways with coach Steve D’Amato and appoint Giovanni Tedesco was needed to rejuvenate the St Paul’s Bay side season after a rather disappointing start to the season, team manager Gilbert Camilleri said yesterday.
On Monday, Sirens FC surprised many football pundits with the decision to sack D’Amato as first-team coach particularly after the St Paul’s Bay outfit brushed aside Gudja 3-1 and had managed to upset Premier League title challengers Hibernians (1-0) and Gżira (1-0) in recent weeks.
The win against Gudja United has lifted Sirens up to 11th in the standings on 15 points, three clear of the relegation zone.
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Gudja’s aspirations of pressing further their claim for a high finish in the league standings this season, were dealt an unexpected blow when a dominant Sirens inflicted a 3-1 defeat on them, courtesy of an excellent attacking package made of Wilfried Domoraud, Wellington and Samba Tounkara.
Sirens coach Steve D’Amato made two changes from the side beaten 2-0 by Sta Lucia. He left Ryan Grech out of the starting line-up and selected Ryan Scicluna instead as he welcomed back winger Wellington to the starting line-up.
His counterpart Jesmond Zammit recalled Jake Aidan Friggieri alongside the foreign duo Yuri Messias and Gabriel Mensah upfront as he went with a more attacking line-up than in the victory over Senglea.