The Malta Under-21 side lost 1-5 to Poland in another match from Group 7 of the UEFA Under-21 Championship at the National Stadium on Friday.

For Malta, this was the fifth defeat in the group after three defeats away from home to Poland, Turkey and Greece and a home defeat to Greece last month.

Arkadiusz Milik put the visitors ahead on 28 minutes and the same player doubled the score two minutes from the end of the first half.

Ten minutes in the second half, Michal Chrapek made it 3-0 and Bartlomiej Pawlowski scored the fourth goal on the hour. Arkadiusz Milik added another six minutes later with Steve Pisani scoring a consolation goal for Malta two minutes in added time.

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MALTA Yenz Cini, Matthew Tabone, Zach Muscat, Lydon Micallef (84′ Godwin Mckay), Steve Pisani, Sacha Borg, Clyde Borg, Brandon Muscat (70′ Brooke Farrugia), Ryan Camenzuli (56′ Jurgen Pisani), Ryan Scicluna, Daniel Zerafa.
POLAND Jakub Szumski, Rafal Janicki, Daniel Dziwniel, Wojciech Golla, Michal Chrapek, Piotr Zielnski, Dominik Furman (75′ Damian Dabrowski), Arkadiusz Milik (69′ Piotr Parzyszek), Pawel Wszolek, Bartosz Bereszynski, Bartlomiej Pawlowski (64′ Mateusz Lewandowski).
Referee: Jari Jarvinen (FIN)