The Malta Under-17 side lost 0-3 to Bulgaria in a match from Group B5 of the UEFA Under-17 Championship Round 2 at the Centenary Stadium on Thursday.

Radostin Stoilov put Bulgaria ahead on 18 minutes and Maksim Minkov doubled the score on 39 minutes. Malta tried hard to reduce the gap but eight minutes from time, Samuil Tsonov made it 3-0.

Malta will be facing Luxembourg in the second game on Sunday. Luxembourg shared the spoils in a goalless draw with the Faroe Islands in another match on Thursday.

Photo courtesy of Malta FA

Malta Adam Newell, Emerson Mejlak (Sky Chetcuti 81′), Keerin Formosa (Ben Gaerty 46′), Sami Abo Assaf, Andreas Vella, Gianluca Cauchi, Zyas Vella-Newell, Jack Camilleri, Daniel Pawley (Matteas Caruana 81′), Scott Camilleri (Gunner Elliott 68′), Matteo Paolo Grech.

Bulgaria Ognian Vladimirov, Emanuil Nyagolov, Bozhidar Zhechev, Stoyan Lazarov, Martin Portarski, Radostin Stoilov (Ventislav Mihaylov 83′), Kaloyan Bozhkov, Martin Peychev (Valentino Varbanov 65′), Nikola Genchev (Sasho Grancharov 65′), Ilian Gatinski (Aleksandar Kalchev 74′), Maksim Minkov (Samuil Tsonov 74′).

Referee: Aaron Wyn Jones (Wales)