The Malta Under-21 national team suffered a second defeat in as many matches in Group B of the UEFA Under-21 Championship qualifying round, losing 0-3 to Hungary at the Tony Bezzina Stadium on Tuesday.

The visitors, who were coming from a 2-0 win over Kazakhstan in their first outing, wasted no time, taking the lead after just three minutes thanks to Dominik Kocsis.

Four minutes from the end of the first half, Dominik Kocsis doubled the score.

Hungary sealed the issue with a third goal five minutes from time. 

Malta hosts Belgium on October 13 and four days later 

MALTA Hugo Sacco, Owen Spiteri, Jake Vassallo, Matthew Ellul (89’ Zean Leonardi), Mattia Veselji (89’ Jamie Carbone), Andrea Zammit, Alejandro Garzia, Nikolai Micallef (78’ Karl Mohnani), Jake Micallef (89’ Kurt Bondin), Andrew Borg (68’ Gianluca Sciberras), Basil Tuma

HUNGARY Krisztián Hegyi, Bálint Katona (63’ Milan Vitalis), Patrick Iyinbor, Márk Csinger, Péter Baráth (78’ András Eordogh), Dominik Kocsis (85’ Zalán Vancsa), Zalán Kerezsi (78’ György Komaromi), Botond Balogh, Barnabás Kovács, Mátyás Kovács, Krisztián Lisztes (63’ András Németh).

Referee: Marek Radina CZE
Assistant referees: Kamil Hajek, Jan Váňa CZE
Fourth official: Dominik Stary CZE