Ghedin eyes strong performance against Azerbaijan

Malta national coach Pietro Ghedin has set his sights on picking some points from tomorrow's Euro 2016 Group H match against Azerbaijan at the National Stadium (kick-off: 6pm). In midweek, the national team were at the wrong end of a 1-0 defeat to Italy in Florence but the gutsy performance from the Maltese players against the Azzurri drew a lot of praise and Ghedin said it’s about time the team finally starts to reap points from their performances. “We are coming from a very encouraging performance against Italy,” Ghedin told reporters yesterday. “But despite our efforts we returned home with no points in the bag and I hope things will finally change against Azerbaijan. We are determined to bring to an end our recent run of defeats and I hope to deliver a strong performance tomorrow. “Azerbaijan will be no easy opponents. They have grown a lot as a team in the past year. They have changed their coach and the players seemed to have gelled well with his playing philosophy and that is mirrored in their recent results which saw them earn prestigious draws against Norway and Croatia besides beating us in Baku last year. “Our plan is very clear. We will try to play a more offensive...