ALL Square in opening matches

Both opening matches in the European Qualifying Group for the 7th FIFA Women's World Cup to be held in Canada in 2015, ended up in a draw. Malta's women's team opened their commitments with a match against Albania, which ended in a 1-1 draw.  After a goalless first half , the visitors took the lead against the run of play in the 76th minute, with the locals replying four minutes later directly from a corner taken by Dorianne Theuma. In the second match of the tournament Luxembourg and Latvia shared the spoils in a goalless draw.   FIFA Women's World Cup   Preliminary round (Group A)   Albania vs Malta FT 1-1 (HT 0-0)   Scorers: E. Curo 76' (ALB), D. Thuema 80' (MLT)   Venue: Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali   Date: 4th April2013, Time: 16:00 Hrs.        Albania Malta 1Gjyli Pellumbesha (Gk)1Costantino Sharon (Gk) 2Proto Denisa2Zahra Gabriella 3Lulaj Cyme5D'Agostino Rebecca (C) 4Govori Fitore6Theuma Dorianne (Y 73' G 80') 5Rrahmani Albina7Carabott Ylenia 6Memedov Dafina8Cuschieri Rachael (sub out 91') 7Jashari Suada (sub out 81')9Buttigieg Nicole Imelda (sub out 85') 8Seranaj Aurora (C) (Y 70')11Sammut Antoinette 9Robeli Arbnora (sub out 59')15Farrugia Stephania 10Velaj Furtuna16Zammit Charlene 11Curo Ellvana (G 76')18Xuereb Emma (sub out 63')       Substitutes   12Elandra Basha (Gk)12Demicoli Keoney (Gk) 13Baro Ana3Chircop Rebecca 14Preci Xhulja4Pace Natasha (sub in 91') 15Veliu Advie (sub in 59')10Borg Brenda (sub in 63', Y 83') 16Selmani Nora (sub in 81')13Grech Amber (sub in 85') 17Bajrakurtaj Erida14Feasey Kirsty 18Berisha Xhemile17Agius Kelly Grace       Coach    Altin Rraklli Pierre Brincat       Referee   Petra Chudá (SVK)   Assistant referees   Maria Lisická (SVK) & Liliya Karimova (KAZ)   Fourth Official   Yuliya Medvedeva-Keldyusheva (KAZ)      FIFA Women's World Cup    Preliminary round (Group A)    Luxembourg vs. Latvia FT 0-0 (HT 0-0)    Venue: Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali    Date: 4th April2013, Time: 18:30 Hrs.         Luxembourg Latvia 1Thill Nathalie (Gk)12Vaivode Enija Anna (Gk) 2Birkel Jessica2Matīsa Olga 4Settanni Rose (C)3Tīle Rebeka 5Frising Pascale4Spruntule Elīza 6Gruber Romy (sub out 83')5Giržda Kristīne (sub out 58') 7Charlet Mandy (sub out 46')7Propošina Anna (Y 57', Y 68', R 68') 8De Lemos Gabriela (sub out 71')9Vulāne Skaidrīte (sub out 67') 9Hansen Jeanine10Ročāne Anastasija (Y 42') 11Maurer Sophie14Ivanova Olga 14Dick Anne-Lyse15Bidermane Ieva (C) 17Leuchter Joelle16Āboliņa Guna (Y 25')       Substitutes   12Bei Lynn (Gk)1Maksimova Ņina (Gk) 3Bourg Anne (sub in 71')6Greiere Sintija (sub in 67') 10Thompson Amy8Fedotova  Renāte (sub in 58', Y 87') 13Chenut Sarah11Upesjure Dita 15Elias Sarah13Beļavska Laura 16Have Catherine (sub out 83')17Tamsone Džuljeta 18Schmitz Bianca (2ub out 46')18Lūse Karīna       Coach    Raymond Pye  Didzis Matīss       Referee    Floarea Ionescu (ROU)    Assistant referees    Andra Hiticas (ROU) & Albert Borg Cardona (MLT)  Fourth Official    Farrugia Cann Trustin (MLT)