The Tarxien Rainbows Courier
Match12 Oct 2026
Tarxien Rainbows are in real trouble now
Position 10, 5 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market12 Oct 2026
Matteo Dashi asks to leave Tarxien Rainbows
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The terraces12 Oct 2026
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 5 of the 24 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Real improvement from Matteo Dashi at Tarxien Rainbows
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Matteo Dashi is 19, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Nobody could get near Marko Musulin
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Tarxien Rainbows
Marko Musulin was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match10 Oct 2026
Hamrun Spartans take the points off Tarxien Rainbows
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Matteo Dashi wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Tarxien Rainbows know it.
Squad12 Oct 2026
No hiding place for Nhayson
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nhayson, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Player ratings Yilson Mosquera never got going
- Player ratings Marcus Grima could not find anything
- Market Tarxien Rainbows put Vitaliy Faleev up for sale