Malta suffered a heavy 11-1 defeat to Italy in a match from Group 2 of the UEFA Futsal EURO at the Palahockey Fanticini in Reggio Emilia.

The hosts took the lead through Gabriel Motta and Julio De Oliveira doubled the score. Antonio Molaro scored twice to put Italy four goals ahead and Venâncio made it 5-0 but by the end of the first half, De Oliveira and Venâncio increased the lead further.

In the second half, Italy added another four goals thanks to De Oliveira, Alex Merlim, an own goal and Enrico Donin with Malta scoring a consolation goal thanks to Mark Zammit in the final stages.

Photo courtesy of Malta FA

ITALY Dalcin (GK), Venâncio, Carmelo Musumeci, Julio De Oliveira, Gabriel Motta.
Subs: Jurij Bellobuono (GK), Antonio Molaro, Italo Rosseti, Enrico Donin, Alex Merlim, Alessio Saponara, Michele Podda, Antonino Isgrò, Murilo Schiochet.

MALTA Clint Mifsud (GK), Giancarlo Sammut, Maikinho, Marwan Telisi, Andy Mangion.
Subs: Mark Adami, Andre Ciancio, Luke Anthony Borg, Luke Gatt, Nathan Cope, Karl Schembri, Collin Sammut, Robert Stoyanov.

First Referee: Daniel Stauber AUT
Second Referee: Manuel Wolf AUT
Third Referee: Arlind Subashi ALB
Timekeeper: Martina Piccolo ITA