TWO NEW FACES IN FITZEL SQUAD
Malta Star
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Jan 25 2008
Malta
National coach Dusan Fitzel named a 28-man squad for next week’s Malta
International Football Tournament, in which Birkirkara’s Shaun Bajada
and Hamrun Spartans Ryan Fenech are the only two new faces called up
by the Maltese boss.
The other three teams taking part are Armenia, Belarus and Iceland,
in which Malta kick off the tournament against Armenia on Saturday,
February 2.
The tournament, which is organised every two years by the Malta
Football Association and this edition is sponsored by General Soft
Drinks and Vodafone will serve as a preparation for the Maltese side
upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers which kicks off in September.
Meanwhile the only player who is playing abroad and will be missing
the tournament is Eintracht Braunschweig’s striker Andre Schembri
who will be in Turkey on a training camp with the German side.
Malta squad: Goalkeepers: Omar Borg (Birkirkara), Justin Haber
(Haidari – Greece), Andrew Hogg (Valletta), Mario Muscat (Hibernians);
Defenders: Ian Azzopardi (Sliema W), Roderick Briffa (Sliema W),
Luke Dimech (Macclesfield – England), Josef Mifsud (Valletta),
Peter Pullicino (Marsaxlokk), Brian Said (Sliema W), Stephen Wellman
(Marsaxlokk), Kenneth Scicluna (Valletta), Aaron Xuereb (Hibernians);
Midfielders Roderick Bajada (Sliema W), Shaun Bajada (Birkirkara),
Cleavon Frendo (Marsaxlokk), George Mallia (Birkirkara), Udo
Nwoko (Leixoes – Portugal), Jamie Pace (Marsaxlokk), Kevin Sammut
(Marsaxlokk), Gareth Sciberras (Marsaxlokk);
Strikers: Gilbert Agius (Valletta), Etienne Barbara (Sliema), Andrew
Cohen (Hibernians), Ryan Fenech (Hamrun), Michael Mifsud (Coventry –
England), Terence Scerri (Hibernians), Ivan Woods (Sliema W).
All the games will be in the hands of international referees and
assistant referees, which include Magnus Porisson (Iceland), Alexander
Kulbakov (Belarus)and Ararat Tshagharyan (Armenia).
Tournament programme:
Saturday 2 February 15:00 Belarus vs Iceland Referee: Chris Lautier
Assistant Referees: Philip Agius, Ingmar Spiteri Fourth Official:
Marco Borg.
17:15 Malta vs Armenia Referee: Magnus Porisson (Iceland) Assistant
Referees: Konrad Borg, Alan Camilleri Fourth Official: Alexey Kulbakov
(Belarus).
Monday 4 February 17:30 Belarus vs Armenia Referee: Anton Zammit
Assistant Referees: Alan Camilleri, Charles Micallef Fourth Official:
Joe Attard.
19:45 Malta vs Iceland Referee: Alexey Kulbakov (Belarus) Assistant
Referees: Philip Agius, Joseph Camilleri Fourth Official: Ararat
Tshagharyan (Armenia)
Wednesday 6 February 17:30 Iceland vs Armenia Referee: Joe Attard
Assistant Referees: Konrad Borg, Edward Spiteri Fourth Official:
Chris Lautier
19:45 Malta vs Belarus Referee: Ararat Tshagharyan (Armenia) Assistant
Referees: Ingmar Spiteri, Mariano Debono Fourth Official: Magnus
Porisson (Iceland)
Ticket prices: North and South Stands One-day ticket ~@5; Three-day
ticket ~@10
Millennium Stand One-day ticket ~@7; Three-day ticket ~@15
West Stand (Enclosure) One-day ticket ~@10; Three-day ticket ~@25
Tickets can be purchased from the following outlets: TeamSport –
Iklin & Sliema; Geraldu Kiosk, Valletta; Eros Stationery, Paceville;
all Vodafone outlets; Gym at Millennium Stand, Ta’ Qali and Star
Tourism, Bugibba.
As part of their sponsorship, tickets for the tournament will be
available at a discounted price from Vodafone outlets.
On the presentation of any label from any Coca-Cola product (1.5 litres
and 0.5 litres plastic bottles) at any Vodafone outlet, one will get a
discount on tickets for the Millennium Stand and West Stand as follows:
Millennium Stand – One-day ticket ~@5; Three-day ticket ~@12
West Stand – One-day ticket ~@8; Three-day ticket ~@20.
The same discounts will be offered to current Vodafone clients who
buy the tickets from the Vodafone outlets.