Under-21 side loses narrowly in Cyprus

The Malta Under-21 side lost 1-0 to Cyprus in a friendly match at the GSP Stadium in Nicosia on Wednesday.

Andreas Alkiviadou scored the only goal on 32 minutes.

MALTA: Steve Sultana (46′ Daniel Balzan), Cleaven Cassar, Luca Martinelli, Dylan Grima (88′ William Camilleri), Lyden Micallef (58′ Clyde Borg), Kane Farrugia, Triston Caruana (85′ Sheldon Grech), Mark Scerri, Terence Vella (84′ Lee James Agius), Miguel Ciantar (72′ Luke Micallef), Jonathan Xerri (63′ Matthew Gauci).
CYPRUS: Ioannou Kyriakos (80′ Giorgios Papadopoulos), Angelos Perikleous (87′ Christos Palates), Andreas Alkiviadou (80′ Achileas Vasiliou), George Economidis (87′ Christos Soritiou), Andreas Pittaras (55′ Gerasimos Fylaktou), Valentinos Sielis (84′ Lampros Fylaktou), Giannis Hadjivasilis (55′ Markos Michail), Marios Antoniadis, Stamatis Pantos (71′ Adamis Hadjigeorgiou), Stelios Dimitriou, Christos Petrou (65′ Rafail Panagiotou).
Referee: Leontios Trattos