Under-16 side loses narrowly to Montenegro

The Malta Under-16 national team, led by coach Andrea Vella, lost 1-0 to Montenegro in another friendly match on Thursday at the FK Kom Stadion in Podgorica.

Montenegro, who had won the first game on Tuesday 7-3, scored the all-important goal on the 23rd minute thanks to Marko Šćepanović.

MONTENEGRO Ognjen Milović, Tomislav Turović, Lazar Maraš, Nemanja Radević (41′ Stefan Đukanović), Marko Perović (73. Lazar Šekularac), Matej Svrkota (52′ Vasilije Adžić), Bojan Damjanović (73′ Uroš Piperović), Danilo Pejović (41′ Bodin. Tomašević), Danilo Vukanić (60′ Andrija Bulatović), Vuk Popović (41′ Marko Tadić), Marko Šćepanović.

MALTA Jake Scicluna, Kewell Fardell (71′ Xylen Debono), Shaun Carabott (48′ Benjamin Cassar), Nic Briffa, Lucas Okeke, Kean Scicluna (64′ Kayden Farrugia), Nicholas Agius (71′ Mike Hudson), Liam Delicata (64′ Jack Micallef), Feli[ppe Bugeja, Jake Azzopardi, Bradley Farrugia.

Referee: Dejan Cimbaljević (MNE)