Malta beat Latvia 4-0 at Ta' Qali tournament

On Friday, Pierre Brincat's national team were off to a superb start in a friendly mini-tournament, currently being played at the Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali.

The Maltese team beat Latvia 4-0. Natasha Pace opened the score on eight minutes and Dorianne Theuma almost made it 2-0 soon after but her shot struck the bar.

Emma Xuereb doubled the score in the 49th minute and Theuma made it 3-0 three minutes later as the hosts imposed their superiority on the Latvians.

Ylenia Carabott missed a penalty but Rachel Cuschieri made up for that partial setback eight minutes from time with a well-taken goal to round off the score at 4-0.

The other two teams in the competition are Bulgaria and Luxembourg. Today Malta plays against Luxembourg (5.30 p.m) and Latvia try to get back in contention with a victory over Bulgaria (7.45 p.m.).

The tournament comes to a close on Wednesday evening.

Malta squad

Goalkeepers: S. Costantino (Birkirkara), M. Zahra (Birkirkara).

Defenders: M. Azzopardi (Hibs), R. Chircop (Mosta), M. Deguara (Mosta), S. Farrugia (Birkirkara), C. Fenech (Birkirkara), N. Pace (Mosta), C. Zammit (Hibs).

Midfielders: M. Bajada (Gozo), O. Bedingfield (Melita), C. Camilleri (Birkirkara), Y. Carabott (Sliema Raiders), R. Cuschieri (Birkirkara), R. D'Agostino (Mosta), M. Debono (Hibs), D. Theuma (Mosta).

Forwards: K. Saliba (Hibs), E. Xuereb (Gozo), G. Zahra (Melita).