Under-21 side loses 4-0 in Turkey

u21-turkey-malta130905pzcAfter suffering an unlucky 2-0 defeat to Poland in their first outing, the Malta Under-21 side lost 4-0 to Turkey in another match from Group 7 of the UEFA Under-21 Championship qualifiers at the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium in Istanbul on Thursday.

Ömer Ali Şahiner put Turkey ahead on 26 minutes. Ömer Ali Şahiner doubled the score five minutes from the end of the first half and four minutes later, Kerim Koyunlu made it 3-0. Enes Ünal sealed the issue with a fourth goal on 72 minutes.

The team will be in action once again on Tuesday against Greece at the Municipal Stadium in Peristeri, kick-off at 17:30 CET.

Photos: Copyright © Paul Zammit Cutajar

TURKEY Aykut Ozer, Kamil Corekci, Ugur Ciftci (75′ Yusuf Erdogan), Berkaycan Degirmencioglu, Sezer Ozturk (70′ Enes Unal), Emrah Bassan, Okay Yokuslu (59′ Gokay Iravul), Omer Ali Sahiner, Kerim Koyunlu, Musa Cagiran.
MALTA Jurgen Borg, Christian Grech, Zach Muscat, Bjorn Kristensen (76′ Lydon Micallef), Steve Pisani, Sacha Borg, Clyde Borg, Louis John Cutajar (28′ Matthew Tabone), Ryan Camenzuli (46′ Jurgen Pisani), Ryan Scicluna, Jean Paul Farrugia.
Referee: Sergei Tsinkevich (BLR)