Unlucky Under-21s defeated in stoppage-time

ray-zazu-farrugia-pcAfter suffering a 2-0 defeat to Poland in their last outing with two goals in the final five minutes, the Malta Under-21 side lost 1-0 to Hungary in a friendly match at the Bozsik Stadion in Budapest on Wednesday. This match formed part of the team’s preparation ahead of next month’s UEFA Under-21 Championship qualifier against Turkey and Greece away from home.

Richard Vernes scored the only goal five minutes in added time.

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HUNGARY Jova Levante, Barath Botond (46′ Farkas Norbert), Kelemen David, Windecker Jozsef, Rado Andras, Szolnoki Roland, Adorjan Krisztian (46′ Kleinheisler Laszlo), Ugrai Roland (46′ Vernes Richard), Poor Patrik, Vecsei Balint (81′ Szakalz Attila), Bese Barnabas (70′ Gyurjan Bence)

MALTA Jurgen Borg, Christian Grech, Zach Muscat, Bjorn Kristensen, Stephen Pisani, Sacha Borg, Clyde Borg, Louis Cutajar (60′ Matthew Tabone), Ryan Camenzuli (82′ Jurgen Pisani), Daniel Zerafa (85′ Brooke Farrugia), Jean Paul Farrugia (76′ Lydon Micallef).

Referee: Peter Kralovic (HUN)
Assistant Referees: Laszlo Viszokai, Oszkar Lemon (HUN)
Fourth Official: Jozsef Erdos (HUN)