The Malta futsal team, under the guidance of coach Mark Marlow, will be in action tomorrow and Monday in an international friendly tournament at the Corradino Pavilion.

Serbia and Gibraltar are the other teams taking part in the tournament.

After being named as the new national futsal coach, Marlow began a process of fine-tuning the squad ahead of the upcoming international commitments.

Training sessions, held daily for the past few weeks, focused on physical and tactical development.

This tournament will also serve as preparation for the national team ahead of the UEFA Preliminary Round mini-tournament between January 13 and 18 where Malta will be playing against Latvia, England and Andorra.

Fixtures
Tomorrow: 18.30 Malta vs Serbia.
Sunday: 18.30 Serbia vs Gibraltar.
Monday: 18.30 Malta vs Gibraltar.

Meanwhile, in the domestic Division One championship, Siġġiewi caused the biggest upset this season after they beat leaders Mellieħa 5-1 earlier this week.

Mellieħa had started the match with maximum points from eight matches but were stunned by Siġġiewi who scored five goals without reply, all from quick breaks.

James Borg (2), Matthew Debono, Glenn Gauci and Philip Caruana Turner were the goal-getters for Siġġiewi with Robert Magro putting his name on the scoresheet for Mellieħa.

Luqa St Andrew’s climbed to fourth in the standings after beating Birżebbuġa 5-2 as mid-table sides Attard and Mqabba shared the spoils in a 4-4 draw.

Sirens returned to winning ways when they saw off Mdina Knights 7-3 while Msida St Joseph registered their second consecutive win after defeating Qrendi 3-0.

First Division standings
Mellieħa 24; Lija 21; Naxxar 19; Luqa 18; Attard 15; Sirens 11; Mqabba, Msida, Siġġiewi 9; Mdina, Qrendi 7; Birżebbuġa 1.