The Malta Under-21 national team managed to take the lead against Germany but then conceded two goals in each half to lose 1-4 in another match from Group F of the UEFA Under-21 Championship qualifiers at the Centenary Stadium on Wednesday.

Basil Tuma put Malta ahead on 9 minutes but three minutes later, Germany equalised through Nicolo Tresoldi and Tom Rothe made it 2-1 on 32 minutes.

Two minutes in the second half, Tresoldi extended the lead, completing his hat-trick on 59 minutes.

MALTA Liam Frendo, Deacon Abela, Kean Scicluna, Sven Xerri, Jake Grech (Kaiden Fenech, 67’), Trezeguet Zammit (Shaisen Attard, 46’), Jake Micallef, Bjorn Buhagiar (Andrew Borg, 80’), Alfie Bridgman (Brooklyn Borg, 46’), Matteo Gambin (Benjamin Hili, 88’), Basil Tuma

GERMANY Max Weiß, Leandro Morgalla (Arijon Ibrahimovic, 72’), Nicolo Tresoldi, Mert Kömür (Wael Mohya, 64’), Dženan Pejčinović (Noah Darvich, 64’), Tom Rothe, Karim Coulibaly, Noakhai Banks (Joshua Quarshie, 77’), Aljoscha Kemlein, Paris Brunner, Francis Onyeka (Laurin Ulrich, 46’)

Referee: Ozan Ergün (TUR)