The Malta Under-19 side lost 0-3 to Slovakia in the second game from Group 6 of the UEFA Under-19 Championship qualifying round at the Stadio Romeo Neri in Rimini, Italy on Saturday.

Samuel Lavrincik put Slovakia ahead after just four minutes, Erik Basista doubled the score on the 25th and Jan Bernat added another on the 33rd. Two minutes before the third goal, Malta had Karl Mohnani sent off.

Malta plays the third and final match on Tuesday against Cyprus.

SLOVAKIA Ivan Rehak, Marian Tandara, Alexander Toth, Jan Bernat (65′ Dominik Veselovsky), Erik Basista (77′ Lukas Letenay), Matus Maly (65′ Tomas Nemcik), Tomas Bobcek (58′ Tomas Suslov), Samuel Lavrincik, Ivan Mesik, Patrik Il’ko (46′ Krisztian Bari), Filip Lichy.

MALTA Amara Sylla, Andreas Vella, Glenn Attard (81′ Owen Spiteri), Christian Gauci, Shaun Dimech, Paul Mbong (72′ Veselji), Jake Ghio (88′ Matthew Portelli), Alex Satariano (72′ Ismael Borg), Grech (46′ Sixmsmith), Carlo Zammit Lonardelli, Karl Mohnani.

Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (SWE)