Malta lost 0-1 to hosts Bulgaria in a match from the UEFA Under-17 Championship League B Group 2 at the Hristo Botev Stadium in Plovdiv on Friday.

Andrey Grozdanov scored the all-important goal on 33 minutes.

Photo courtesy of Malta FA

BULGARIA Alek Zdravkov, Martin Penchev, Aleksandar Vutov (59’ Ernan Angelov), Viktor Dobrev (66’ Ivan Filipov), Andrey Grozdanov, Nikolay Popov, Preslav Stoykov, Dimitar Kanev (66’ Timur Mustafa), Lazar Petrov (46’ Petar Bayrakov), Maksimilian Lazarov (78’ Alexandar Tsenov), Yastiyan Georgiev. 

MALTA Vincent Tabone, Julian Scicluna, Zayden Chetcuti (74’ Densel Grech), Lydon Attard, Ryan Debono, Jayden Roe, Caden Tanti (83’ Karim Misurati), Luca Chetcuti, Mattias Debono (74’ Kaylon Zammit), Jamie Nwoko (62’ Denzel Attard), Justin Serna.

Referee: Stojancho Trpchevski MKD