Our U-15 national team suffered a friendly loss in today’s match held in Valletta.
Cyprus lost to Malta’s U-15 team 3-2 in a match where our national team hit the woodwork five times.
The home team opened the scoring in the 13th minute, our national team came close to equalizing through Michalis Antoniou (who hit the crossbar in the 35th minute), and at halftime, Malta led 1-0.
In the 46th minute, Malta made it 2-0, in the 47th minute, Cyprus cut the lead to 2-1 through Michalis Antoniou, and in the 55th minute, they had a chance to score a second goal, but after an attempt by Velazis, the ball hit the home team’s crossbar.
In the 61st minute, our national team hit the crossbar for a third time with a shot by Michalis Antoniou, and in the 68th minute, Andreas Michael tied the score at 2-2.
Malta secured the 3-2 victory with a goal scored in the 89th minute.
In the 90th minute, a shot by Fokos hit Malta’s left post, and in stoppage time, we hit the post for the fifth time on a shot by Kleovoulos.
Cyprus (Michalis Ioannou): Xanthou, Kauros (46’ Maximilian Michaelides, 80’ Kyriakou), Chrysostomou (60’ Kleovoulos), Christou, Georgiou (46’ Velazis), Botsos (46’ Maximos Michaelides), Fokou, Andreou (46’ A. Michael), Ioannou (46’ Christodoulou), Mavrommatis (46’ Vrontis), Antoniou.
