Il-kowċ il-ġdid tat-tim nazzjonali Malti Emilio De Leo ħabbar skwadra proviżorja ta’ 37 plejer bi tħejjija għall-partiti mill-fażi ta’ kwalifikazzjoni għat-Tazza tad-Dinja aktar tard dan ix-xahar.
It-tim Malti se jibda l-esperjenza tiegħu fi Grupp G bl-ewwel impenn ikun kontra l-Finlandja fil-21 ta’ Marz, imbagħad tlett ijiem wara jilgħab barra l-pajjiż kontra l-Polonja.
De Leo għażel taħlita ta’ plejers b’esperjenza u oħrajn iżgħar kemm mill-Malta Premier u anke miċ-Challenge League.
L-iskwadra proviżorja:
Goalkeepers: Rashed Al Tumi (FC Sheriff Tiraspol), Henry Bonello (Ħamrun Spartans FC), Matthew Grech (Birkirkara FC).
Difensuri: Myles Beerman (Sliema Wanderers FC), Jean Borg (Sliema Wanderers FC), Steve Borg (Ħamrun Spartans FC), Ryan Camenzuli (Ħamrun Spartans FC), James Lee Carragher (Wigan Athletic FC), Juan Carlos Corbalan (Marsaxlokk FC), Mattias Ellul (Ħamrun Spartans FC), Aleandro Garzia (Floriana FC), Adam Magri Overend (Sliema Wanderers FC), Neil Micallef (Birkirkara FC), Zach Muscat (Sanliurfaspor), Enrico Pepe (Gżira United FC), Sven Xerri (Ħamrun Spartans FC), Carlo Zammit Lonardelli (Floriana FC), Kurt Shaw (Hibernians FC).
Midfielders: Jake Azzopardi (Valletta FC), Andrew Borg (Gżira United FC), Jake Grech (Floriana FC), Matthew Guillaumier (FKS Stal Mielec Spolka Akcyjna), Bjorn Kristensen (Hibernians FC), Brandon Diego Paiber (Valletta FC), Steven Pisani (Sliema Wanderers FC), Alexander Satariano (Birkirkara FC), Teddy Teuma (Stade de Reims FC), Dunstan Vella (Floriana FC).
Attakkanti: Joseph E. Mbong (Ħamrun Spartans FC), Paul Mbong (Birkirkara FC), Luke Montebello (Ħamrun Spartans FC), Kyrian Nwoko (Sliema Wanderers FC), Basil Tenywa Tuma (Reading U21), Mattia Veselji (FK Smederevo 1924), Trent Anthony Buhagiar (Kapaz P.F.K.), Chouaref Ilyas (FC Sion), Isaiah Chukunyere (Hibernians FC).
