“Every time we youngsters were sent out on loan I was among those who showed the most, the numbers say so”. She spoke like this a few months ago, exclusively to our microphones, Joseph Minala retracing the stages of his career. The former midfielder of Lazio he never had the chance to have his say in the First Team, not even when his experiences on loan had allowed him to show off, grow and mature. Continuity, on the other hand, has been a constant that has accompanied him since he was a boy. From the Biancoceleste Primavera, through the loans to Salerno and beyond, up to the current Maltese parenthesis with the Sliema Wanderers.
Wearing the yellow and blue colors he has just concluded a special season, in which he was the protagonist of excellent performances (also finding the way to goal four times and qualifying for the Conference League playoffs) and at the end of which he won a historic trophy. Last May 12th, while the 50th anniversary of the first Scudetto was being celebrated in Rome, the former Lazio player raised his Maltese FA Trophy, beating Floriana on penalties. Started and on the pitch for all 120 minutes of the game, Minala was not only among the best of his team, but he also scored the decisive penalty from eleven meters away which allowed Sliema Wanderers to win the fifty-first title in their history. Malta, thus tinged even more white and blue. After the championship victory of Hamrun Spartans, led by Zauri (coach) and Marchetti (goalkeeper), Minala also brings a bit of Lazio to the island.
