Malta-Macedonia draw 1-1
Video courtesy of Melita TV.
Malta lifted their performance by several notches in the second half of tonight's friendly international at home to earn a morale-boosting draw against Macedonia ahead of the more challenging qualifiers for the 2012 Euro Championship next month.
The visitors were more in the picture in the opening half, taking the lead on 31 minutes when Ivan Trickovski hit the loose ball home after a Goran Pandev chip had struck the Maltese woodwork.
Michael Mifsud, the team captain, sounded Malta's comeback after the break scoring a 47th-minute equaliser after hitting home from a Shaun Bajada cross.
The locals held possession and looked more dangerous going forward.
Mifsud was unlucky on 71 minutes to see his effort hitting the post from a Ryan Fenech delivery as Macedonia held on for the draw.
This was Malta's first official showing of the 2010-11 season. In the first week of September, the national team plays against Israel (away) and Latvia (home).
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Steve Zammit
Aug 12th 2010, 17:53
FORZA MALTA!!This is definetly a positive result and should lift up our spirits for the Euro 2012 qualification games starting next September. Prosit Tassew:-))
K.Agius
Aug 12th 2010, 16:33
Meta nitilfu kullhadd imaqdar u l blog ikun mimli bil comments kontra l maltin. meta ngibu rizultat tajjeb hadd ma jigi jikteb xejn, hadd ma jigi jifrah al art twelidu. l aqwa li nxejru l bnadar taljani u inglizi qisna l united nations. Proset Malta!! Forza Malta!!
Mark Mifsud
Aug 12th 2010, 16:01
Fejnhom issa dawk il-professuri li dejjem imaqdru w jgħidu li m'ghandna xejn!! Jew il-Macedonia saru tim ghar minnha issa wkoll?
FORMA MALTA EURO CUP 2012
J.Agius
Aug 12th 2010, 08:52
Hope Michaels Goal makes things easier for him to sign with a foreign club.Well done to all the Lads.
Neil Sant
Aug 12th 2010, 08:07
Well done to the lads and coach John Buttigieg! Macedonia have quite a few star players of calibre. This is a well earned result.
sandro pace
Aug 12th 2010, 07:32
Well done Malta A and U21. These games augur well for the qualifiers campaign.
enzo gusman
Aug 12th 2010, 05:26
PROSIT MALTA ! Considering that the Rep of Macedonia is,
currently, in the 66th place, and Malta in the 150th place, in the
latest FIFA rankings, I believe that CONGRATS is in order !
Jesmond Micallef
Aug 12th 2010, 01:12
Very good result Malta. Keep it up. You're doing quite well and keep at it. Dan il rizultat ghandu jkun ta kurrag kbir ghallikhom hbieb. Ibqaw sejrin hekk ha turu l'anke pajjizzna ghandu it talent u il potenzjal tal loghba fuq skala internazjonali. Prosit tassew.