National coach Pietro Ghedin will be hoping that his players recover sufficiently from the jet lag caused by an extended journey when Malta take on Estonia in a friendly match at the Parnu Kalevi Stadium today. The squad touched down in Tallinn yesterday afternoon after spending the night in Amsterdam following the cancellation of their flight to Estonia on Monday. The extra complications in-evitably left a disruptive effect on the squad's preparations as the players were unable to practise on Monday evening. Malta midfielder Gareth Sciberras admitted that the unscheduled stopover in the Dutch capital had a negative impact but the mood remains upbeat. "It was beyond our control," Sciberras told Times of Malta. "This is not the best way to prepare for an international game but these things happen. "Now we are just looking forward to having a good training session in Parnu and, hopefully, we won't encounter the same hiccups on our way back home." Sciberras praised the Malta FA for the way they handled the situation after the Nordica flight to Tallinn was cancelled due to a technical fault. "The MFA did their best to remedy the situation," the Birkirkara captain said. "In the...
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