Under-19 side loses 4-0 to hosts Poland

The Malta Under-19 national team lost 4-0 to hosts Poland in a match from Group 5 of the UEFA Under-19 Championship qualifying round in Swarzedz.

Adrian Bukowski put Poland ahead on the 20th minute and Daniel Hoyo Kowalski doubled the score eight minutes from the end of the first half.

Nine minutes from time, Aleksander Buksa converted a penalty and three minutes in added time, Piotr Starzyński added another.

On Tuesday, Malta plays Finland. Finland defeated Poland 3-1 but then lost 1-2 to Ukraine.

POLAND Jakub Ojrzyński, Ariel Mosór, Daniel Hoyo Kowalski, Jakub Bieroński (46′ Mateusz Lipp), Aleksander Buksa (85′ Szymon Włodarczyk), Kacper Urbański (46′ Mateusz Łęgowski), Mariusz Fornalczyk (56′ Piotr Starzyński), Krystian Palacz, Adrian Bukowski, Tomasz Neugebauer, Filip Borowski (65′ Dominik Marczuk).

MALTA Miguel Spiteri, Zean Leonardi, Nikolai Micallef, Isaac Cutajar, Nathan Agius (80′ Dale Mifsud), Nathan Sultana (67′ Jacob Crossey), Jake Vassallo (59′ Jake Micallef), Andrea Zammit, Matteo Gambin, Shaisen Attard (59′ Alexander Spiteri), Nathan Cross (67′ Brooklyn Borg).

Referee: Dragomir Draganov (BUL)