Agius banking on City’s ambition to beat Gżira

Valletta coach Gilbert Agius is banking on his team’s resilience and hunger for success as the FA Trophy holders will be looking to book their place in a second successive final when they take on Gżira United at the National Stadium this afternoon (kick-off: 17.00).

The newly-crowned Malta champions head into today’s semi-final on a high after two highly-emotional victories over Hibernians in the last seven days that handed them a 25th championship title and also a last-four berth in the FA Trophy that kept them on course to a league and cup double for a second successive season.

The only concern for the Citizens is that they arrive for their showdown with Gżira United not in the best physical condition after their players were involved in more than four hours of football during the last week.

The Maroons, on the other hand, played just over half an hour to complete a 2-1 win over Pietà Hotspurs after extra-time, in a rescheduled quarter-final that was suspended last February, ten days ago.

 Agius, the Valletta coach, said that it would be naive for him to make an excuse of his players’ fitness given that he knew that either his team or Hibernians would be facing the prospect of...