{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_e6kwlrqfrpupciten3hq","title":"De Leo praises Malta’s character ahead of Liechtenstein friendly","title_en":null,"outlets":2,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/de-leo-hails-national-teams-character-ahead-of-liechtenstein-friendly-e6kwlrqfrp","count":2,"items":[{"id":"n_grpbz46movkjcahdxvjq","seq":217401,"kind":"article","title":"De Leo praises Malta’s character ahead of Liechtenstein friendly","url":"https://themalteseherald.com/2026/09/27/de-leo-praises-maltas-character-ahead-of-liechtenstein-friendly","summary":"Malta national team coach Emilio De Leo has praised his players’ determination following their 2-1 UEFA Nations League victory over Andorra, while insisting that his team must maintain the same intensity in Sunday’s international friendly against Liechtenstein. Speaking ahead of the encounter, De Leo acknowledged that Malta had faced considerable logistical difficulties during their trip […] The post De Leo praises Malta’s character ahead of Liechtenstein friendly appeared…","published":"2026-09-27T08:10:26Z","seen":"2026-09-27T09:11:00Z","lang":"en","country":"MT","source":{"id":"kite-themalteseherald-com-1669b8","name":"themalteseherald.com","domain":"themalteseherald.com"},"via":"kite-themalteseherald-com-1669b8","topics":["sports","liechstenstein","malta","uefa nations league"],"authors":["Gerald Fenech"],"entities":[{"id":"Q233","name":"Malta","type":"place"},{"id":"Q347","name":"Liechtenstein","type":"place"}],"story":"st_e6kwlrqfrpupciten3hq","category":"sport","category_p":0.7400000095367432,"sentiment":"positive","tone":0.6700000166893005,"political":0.10000000149011612},{"id":"n_e6kwlrqfrpupciten3hq","seq":215103,"kind":"article","title":"De Leo hails national team’s character ahead of Liechtenstein friendly","url":"https://sport.timesofmalta.com/2026/09/27/de-leo-hails-national-teams-character-ahead-of-liechtenstein-friendly","summary":"The Malta coach said that although he was delighted with the national team’s result, the performance was far from perfect, and said that although the team faced some logistical challenges, these could not be used as alibis for the team’s sloppy display in Andorra La Vella.","published":"2026-09-27T08:00:00Z","seen":"2026-09-27T08:46:28Z","lang":"en","country":"MT","source":{"id":"kite-sport-timesofmalta-com-ef56bb","name":"sport.timesofmalta.com","domain":"sport.timesofmalta.com"},"via":"kite-sport-timesofmalta-com-ef56bb","topics":["football","uefa nations league","featured"],"authors":["Valhmor Camilleri"],"story":"st_e6kwlrqfrpupciten3hq","category":"sport","category_p":0.9100000262260437,"sentiment":"positive","tone":0.6800000071525574,"political":0.029999999329447746}]}