Justin Grioli of Balzan is the only uncapped player in a squad of 21 players named by national coach Pietro Ghedin for the World Cup qualifier against Denmark tomorrow at the Ta’ Qali national stadium.
Back in the squad is Kalloni goalkeeper Andrew Hogg, formerly of Valletta, but missing tomorrow’s match will be defenders Luke Dimech and Alex Muscat – both suspended. Sliema’s Mark Scerri, who made his debut in last month’s friendly against Azerbaijan, has not been named by Ghedin.
Also missing are Daniel Bogdanovic, Glenn Zammit and Sean Bajada – they had all been named in the provisional squad last week.
The squad is the following:
Goalkeepers: Henry Bonello, Justin Haber, Andrew Hogg.
Defenders: Andrei Agius, Jacob Borg, Ryan Camilleri, Jonathan Caruana, Clayton Failla, Clifford Gatt Baldacchino, Justin Grioli.
Midfielders: Roderick Briffa, Paul Fenech, Ryan Fenech, Edward Herrera, John Mintoff, Rowen Muscat, Gareth Sciberras.
Strikers: Andrew Cohen, Andre Schembri, Michael Mifsud and Terence Vella.
The match tomorrow kicks off at 8pm and it is also being screened live by TVM 2.
Meanwhile Denmark have also revealed the squad of players making the trip to Malta.
The group includes well known players Daniel Agger of Liverpool, Christian Eriken of Ajax and Martin Braithwaite of Toulouse, among others.
A good number of Danish supporters are expected to watch the match at Ta’ Qali.
Next Tuesday, it will be Bulgaria who will provide the opposition to the Maltese national team.
For these two matches National Stadium Gates and Ticket Booths will be open at 6.30pm and West C, Millennium D and F and South Stands will be used for the local fans, while Sector West A (Upper) will be reserved for the visiting fans. Millennium E will be reserved for corporate clients.
In order to show its appreciation for the high turnout of the local fans for the Italy game, and also to encourage the public to attend at Ta’ Qali and support the local heroes for the upcoming double home fixture, and as a follow-up of the great result obtained in Yerevan last month, the Malta Football Association has for this double-fixture come up with yet another offer to the local fans - a two-match Loyalty Discount Ticket by means of which fans can save as much as 25% on the single match ticket rates.
Single match tickets for these two matches have been out on sale for some weeks and will be available on match day from the stadium ticket booths.
This however does not apply for the two-match Loyalty Discount Tickets as the sale of these will end today and therefore such tickets will not be available from the stadium ticket booths.