Malta Premier Clubs, players, coaches and the general public lost for words
The Malta FA has issued a statement saying that it had been forced to cancel the international friendly match scheduled for Thursday 10th October, 2024 due to difficulties faced by the Turkmenistan FA in obtaining the necessary authorisations from their country’s authorities to travel to Malta. The international match had been approved by FIFA, UEFA and the Asian Football Confederation, which have all sought to intervene to unblock the impasse without success.
The Malta FA thanked the Malta Ministry for Foreign Affairs for its active assistance through diplomatic channels throughout the process.
The National Team has adjusted its programme of the coming days in order to prepare in the best way possible in view of the crucial UEFA Nations League match on Sunday against Moldova.
Meanwhile, the MFA said that spectators who had already purchased their tickets for the match on Thursday may opt to either be refunded or to exchange the ticket with another for the match against Moldova on Sunday. Any queries should be addressed to [email protected].
Since the UEFA Nations League D is composed of two groups of three, in its other available matchday Malta had to play a non-European national team that was not engaged in competitive fixtures.
The Association invited the general public to rally behind the team for the encounter against Moldova on Sunday, 13th October at 6.00pm in Ta’ Qali.
