Michele Sansone, Aiden J. Friggieri and Matthew Barthet scored the goals for the Malta Academy.
A second friendly match between the two teams will be played on Saturday.
MALTA ACADEMY: Dorian Bugeja, Matthew Guillaimier, Connor Zammit, Nicholas Pulis, Jean Borg, Nick Ghio, Aiden J. Friggieri, Kieran Xuereb, Zachary Brincat, Paul Lapira, Jamie Zerafa.
SUbstitutes: Andreas Vella, Matthew Barthet, Russell Fenech, Jamie Magri Overend, Michele Sansone, Jurgen Sciriha, Gavin Schranz.