The Marsaxlokk Gazette
Squad21 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at Marsaxlokk
Domantas Šimkus and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Rasmus Lindén falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Redon Mihana was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 14. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Half-satisfied: Michael Busuttil on the draw
“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 0‑0, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.
Match19 Sep 2026
Point won or two lost for Marsaxlokk?
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Mosta? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
Looking ahead21 Sep 2026
Joseph Minala faces his old club
Sliema Wanderers next, and one man in the Marsaxlokk dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.
Squad21 Sep 2026
A first team debut at 14 for Tristan Pisani
Off the academy pitches and into a senior shirt, at 14. The parents in the stand will keep the programme, and so will he.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
The plan did not have a place for Enrico Pepe
Nobody at Marsaxlokk is suggesting he is out of form. The manager simply wanted somebody with a different set of qualities for ninety specific minutes, and there is nothing a player can train to fix that.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Enrico Pepe unhappy with how he is being used
Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Enrico Pepe has let it be known that he does not like the way Marsaxlokk are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
In brief
- Squad Oualid El Hasni says his piece
- The dugout Michael Tabone knocks on the manager's door
- Looking ahead Marsaxlokk host Sliema Wanderers