Second draw for Under-19 side against North Macedonia

The Malta Under-19 side had to settle for a second draw with North Macedonia in a friendly match at the MFA Training Grounds on Tuesday.

The locals created the lion’s share of scoring opportunities but failed to break the deadlock. With one minute to go, Neil Cassar was brought down inside the area but from the penalty spot, Jake Micallef’s effort was neutralised by goalkeeper Stefan Tasev.

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MALTA Luca Camilleri, Jake Vassallo (Deacon Abela 72), Sven Xerri, Jake Micallef, Darren Flannery, Benjamin Hili, Andrew Borg, Lucas Scicluna (Giuseppe Bonanno 70), Shaisen Attard (Matteo Gambin 63), Brooklyn Borg (Neil Cassar 63), Kian Leonardi (Sean Gatt 70).

N. MACEDONIA Stefan Tasev, Artan Memedov (Leon Tasov 61), Nikola Pavlevski, Stefan Mladenovski (Ardijan Osmani 87), Marko Stoilkovski (Enis Buci 87), Igor Janevski, Zani Nazifi (Dashmir Elezi 87), Mateo Sofijanovski (Shaban Zenku 61), Bele Alomerovic (Martin Georgievski 61), Dimitar Trajkov, Andrej Arizankovski.
Coach: Goran Georgievski

Referee: Daniel Casha