The Malta Under-19 national team lost 0-6 to Switzerland in one of the opening matches of the UEFA Under-19 Championship Round 2 Group B5 at the FFM Training Centre in Skopje, North Macedonia.

Nevio Scherrer put Switzerland ahead on 3 minutes and Giacomo Koloto doubled the score on 12 minutes. Denis Sahin made it 3-0 on 22 minutes and Scherrer put the Swiss ahead seven minutes from the end of the first half. Norbu Lhakpa extended the lead on 71 minutes with Adrien Llukes adding another six minutes later. 

SWITZERLAND Theodore Pizarro, Marco Correia, Erblin Sadikaj (46’ Aleksandar Sekulic), Gil Zufferey, Giacomo Koloto (67’ Norbu Lhakpa), Nico Lazri, Nevio Scherrer (46’ Ilija Despotovic), Miguel Adje, Denis Sahin (67’ Yanis Odin), Jill Stiel (46’ Ethan Bruchez), Adrien Llukes.

MALTA Vincent Tabone, Sky Chetcuti (58’ Aeneas Farrugia), Sami Abo Assaf, Pierre Kelyan Poulangoye Mayaelet (82’ Matteas Caruana), Ben Gaerty, Zyas Vella Newell, Daniel Pawley, Matteo Paolo Grech (64’ Gunner Elliott), Luca Baldacchino (82’ Scott Camilleri), Ryan Debono, Jaylen Zarb (64’ Denzel Attard).

Referee: Marius Hansen Grøtta NOR