Malta Under 21 lose heavily to Ukraine

The match looked to be heading for a positinve result when Terrence Vella gave Malta the lead early in their last of their qualifying matches for the UEFA Under 21 Championship.

7 September 2012, 12:00am

The hosts managed to fight back in style when Rybalka scored three times before goals from Dmytro Korishko and Dmytro Grechyshkin completed a comfortable 5-1 victory for the Ukrainians that kept them in the running for a top-two position in Group 2.

UKRAINE: I. Berezovskiy, D. Kushnirov, T. Partsvaniya, I. Putrash (36 V. Balashov), D. Korkishko, A. Bogdanov, S. Rybalka, V. Fedotov, S. Kryvtsov, S. Lyulka, D. Grechyshkin.

MALTA: S. Sultana, R. Camenzuli (58 L. Micallef), L. Martinelli, Z. Muscat, R. Muscat (32 C. Borg), T. Vella (86 D. Falzon), M. Scerri, R. Scicluna, B. Kristensen, Y. Camilleri, M. Gauci.

Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel).