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Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tivadar Demeter took the kick off in the first half of the match. 5 minutes had been played when some careless play by Hungary's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. John Lennon was slow to take the kick. During this time Malta's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in John Lennon almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Hungary's Arnold Szuper did a great save. Leonardo Da Vinci showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pál Polyák in the 9th minute of the match. Malta's Leonardo Da Vinci played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pál Polyák in the 19th minute of play. In the 23rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Hungary's goalkeeper Arnold Szuper, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The throw-in from John Lennon in the 26th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Hungary's Kristóf Bakó. 28 minutes into the match, Malta's goal looked a bit too open when Pál Polyák came free, but Leonardo Da Vinci reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 29th minute the ball was on its way in behind Malta's goalkeeper Leonardo Da Vinci, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 29th minute, Tivadar Demeter ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Leonardo Da Vinci was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Leonardo Da Vinci made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tivadar Demeter in the 32nd minute of play. Leonardo Da Vinci made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tivadar Demeter in the 32nd minute of play. The Hungary fans' excitement grew in the 33rd match minute when Hungary's Tivadar Demeter looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Jonathan Sammut received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Arnold Szuper came out and tried to block the shot, but Jonathan Sammut slotted it home off the left post making it 1-3 in the 36th minute. If Pál Polyák had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 47th minute, Kálmán Pádár hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. John Lennon took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 48th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Arnold Szuper. Hungary's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Jonathan Sammut made the kick off in the second half. Malta's Leonardo Da Vinci proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save Malta from getting a goal against them. Arnold Szuper showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jonathan Sammut in the 58th minute of the match. The supporters of Hungary booed when Malta was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Neil Degabriele didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hungary's László Gácsi was substituted for Tivadar Demeter. An unexpectedly hard shot by László Gácsi in the 67th minute of play forced Malta's goalkeeper Leonardo Da Vinci to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arnold Szuper showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonathan Sammut, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Csongor Tálas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Leonardo Da Vinci made a huge save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Evan Vancell during the 82nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Hungary booed when Malta was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Evan Vancell didn't get a good kick on the ball. Malta made a substitution. Ben Galea Testaferrata replaced Owen Grech Cumbo. A collision led to Malta getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Evan Vancell hit a great ball. Leonardo Da Vinci made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from László Gácsi in the 92nd minute of play. Hungary's Tibor Horváth got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.