The Czech Republic scored four goals in the first thirty-five minutes to beat Malta 4-0 in another match from the UEFA Under-19 Championship Group 10 mini-tournament at the Centenary Stadium on Saturday.
The Maltese were a disappointing lot during the first half. Ladislav Krejci put the Czech Republic ahead on 8 minutes, Petr Putz doubled the score five minutes later and on 29 minutes, Zdenek Folprecht converted a penalty to make it 3-0. Petr Putz scored the fourth goal ten minutes from the end of the first half.
Malta Daniel Balzan, Yan Cauchi (46′ Quincy Bregman), Ishmael Grech, Keith Fedele, Elkien Cauchi, Yessous Camilleri, Stephen Pisani, Rowen Muscat (65′ Clifford Gauci), Lyden Micallef, Triston Caruana, Matthew Tabone (36′ Matthew Gauci).
Czech Republic Jakub Andrejko, Vaclav Koutny, Milan Machalický, Petr Putz, Zdenek Folprecht, Roman Polom (72′ Vaclav Vasicek), Jiri Skalak (57′ Petr Kucera), Milan Jirasek, Ladislav Krejci, Tomas Prikryl, Jakub Hora (65′ Jakub Brabec).
Referee: Adrian Mccourt (NIR)
In another match, the Netherlands defeated Cyprus 5-1.
Rajiv van La Parra put the Dutch ahead on 26 minutes and Leandro Bacuna doubled the score nine minutes later. Six minutes from the end of the first half, Geoffrey Castillion scored the third goal for the Netherlands.
Lorenzo Burnet made it 4-0. Cyprus pulled one back thanks to an own goal by Imad Najah on 86 minutes but two minutes later, Charlton Vicento restored a four-goal lead for the Netherlands.