Malta women win in Montenegro to end with a flourish
MONTENEGRO 0
MALTA 2
Farrugia 28; Lipman 45
A strong showing propelled the Malta women’s national team to an impressive 2-0 over Montenegro in Podgorica and end up their 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifiers in style.
First-half goals from Maria Farrugia and captain Emma Lipman, her first for her country, were enough to hand coach Mark Gatt a victory in his final game in charge.
As a result, Malta finished their campaign with seven points – their best record in the new format of this competition – as the Montenegro win follows the 2-2 draw against Bosnia-Herzegovina and a 2-1 victory in Baku, against Azerbaijan.
Coach Gatt made a trio of changes for this game with Maia Debono and Ann-Marie Said starting as fullbacks while Dorianne Theuma was deployed behind the forwards.
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