Malta lost 0-5 to Belarus in a match from Group 2 of the Main Round of the UEFA Futsal EURO at the PalaVolcan in Acireale, Italy on Tuesday.
Vladislav Selyuk put Belarus ahead within the first minute and in hardly a minute, they scored another two goals thanks to Dmirtri Shimanovski and Artem Yakubov. Sergei Krikun made it 4-0 on the 5th minute and four minutes later, Krikun scored the fifth goal.
Photo courtesy of Malta FA
BELARUS Aleksei Luksha, Vladislav Selyuk, Andrei Semianiuk, Yuri Dubkov, Dmirtri Shimanovski
Substitutes: Alesandr Antonov, Igor Scherbich, Arte Kozel, Aleksei Pinchuk, Ruslan Harkun, Artem Yakubov, Sergei Krikun, Maksim Baturin, Shvedko
MALTA Ryan Marmara, Andre Ciancio, Mark Zammit, Maikinho, Nathan Cope
Substitutes: Mark Adami, Clint Mifsud, Giancarlo Sammut, Luke Anthony Borg, Luke Gatt, Dale Valletta, Schembri, Amin Louati, Collin Sammut.
Belarus and Italy lead the way with four points, followed by Finland on three and Malta 0.
Malta faces Italy away from home on March 6 before hosting the same team five days later. The last two matches will be played in April as Malta faces Finland away from home on April 10 and then hosts Belarus on April 16.
First Referee: Antonios Adamopoulos GRE
Second Referee: Panagiotis Ntalas GRE
Third Referee: Larisa Eleni Avramidou GRE
Timekeeper: Giovanni Zannola ITA