MALTA 0-2 ESTONIA
0-1 Vikman 20, 0-2 Nigula 41.
The Malta U-16’s boys’ selection opened their UEFA Development Tournament commitments with a 2-0 home defeat against Estonia.
The Baltic nation made sure of the win with two first-half goals scored by Maxim Vikman and Romet Nigula.
The Maltese, led by coach Andreas Vella, struggled to stage a reaction and could not salvage a positive result from this game.
In the other game of the tournament, Iceland and Armenia shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw.
Vella’s selection return to action this Saturday when they host Armenia before wrapping up their commitments against Nordic side Iceland.
Malta
James Sissons, Lydon Seychell (Adam Vella 58), Jayden Vella (Jake Borg 58), Shelom Magri (Karl Grima 67), Nathan Joyce (Eslam El-Nasar 76), Sheldon Borg, Claude Mercieca, Luke Bugeja (Jerome Baldacchino 67), Thomas Melillo, Keyon Ewurum (Emerson Piscopo 76), Hijazi Ubada (Denzil Muscat 46).
Coach: Andreas Vella.
Estonia
Miron Vetkal, Jevgeni Tsernjakov, Joosep Palts, Hubert Liiv (Airon Kollo 89), Maxim Vikman, Fjodor Jekimov, Matthias Limberg (Raian Soosalu 76), August Wagner (Maksimilian Skvortsov 76), Marlon Liivaru (Artur Dyakiv 59), Patrick Kristal, Romet Nigula (Kristjan Troon 89)
Coach: Marko Parnpuu.
