Under‐19 UEFA preparatory tournament gets underway today

Under 19 National Team Coach Toze Mendez has announced the final squad for the under 19 Preparatory Tournament that will be hosted in Malta. Malta will play against Portugal on Wednesday 23rd (kick‐off 18:00hrs) at the National Sta‐ dium, against Germany on Satur‐ day 26th (kick‐off 12:30hrs) at the Gozo Stadium, and against Poland on Tuesday 29th Novem‐ ber (kick‐off 12:30hrs) at the Na‐ tional Stadium in Ta' Qali.

The squad was unveiled on Monday ahead of the players ar‐ riving in camp on Monday morn‐ ing.

The full squad is as follows:

GOALKEEPERS

Karl Sargent (Birkirkara FC), Luca Camilleri (Mosta FC)

CENTRAL DEFENDERS

Jake Vassallo (Mosta FC), Ivin Farrugia (Pieta Hotspurs FC), Deacon Abela (Valletta FC), Jake Micallef (Boavista), Matthias Ellul (Luxol St Andrews FC), Matthias Ellul (Luxol St Andrews FC), Braden Flannery (UNLV)

MIDFIELDERS

Alex Spiteri (Loughborough FC), Matteo Gambin (Birkirkara FC), Benjamin Hili (Balzan FC), Lucas Scicluna (Wolverhamptom Wanderers), Andy Borg (Gzira FC), Lucas Caruana (Sampdoria), Jake Grech (Balzan FC), Giuseppe Bonanno (Balzan FC)

STRIKERS

Shaisen Attard (Hamrun Spar‐ tans FC), Zak Barbara (Valletta FC), Brookly Borg (Gzira United FC), Kian Leonardi (Pieta Hot‐ spurs FC), Alfie Bridgman (Portsmouth FC), Isaiah Micallef (Valletta FC)

Preparatory Tournament

A preparatory tournament ahead of the Under 19 EURO fi‐ nals 2023 will be held in Malta between July 3‐16, will be organ‐ ised on the islands between the 23rd and the 29th of November 2022. The event will feature teams from Germany, Portugal and Poland that will join the host and play in two stadia; the Na‐ tional Stadium in Ta’ Qali and the Gozo Stadium in Xewkija.

The goal of this event is to give the host a taster of what is to come in July. It will also give the hosts and the three teams, who probabbly will book a place in the final tournament, an oppor‐ tunity to play in a preparatory tournament. It is also a chance for the countries to take on op‐ ponents of their same kind.

Match schedule

Wednesday 23rd ‐ Germany VS Poland ‐ Ta Qali Training Grounds (11:00)

Wednesday 23rd ‐ Malta VS Portugal ‐ National Stadium (18:00)

Saturday 26th ‐ Malta VS Ger‐ many ‐ Gozo Stadium (12:30)

Saturday 26th ‐ Poland VS Por‐ tugal ‐ National Stadium (18:00)

Tuesday 29th ‐ Poland VS Malta ‐ National Stadium (12:30)

Tuesday 29th ‐ Germany VS Portugal ‐ National Stadium (18:00)