Moldova's Under-19 squad was beaten by [Turkey] 1-0 in the first match of the European Under-19 Football Championship preliminaries, Info-Prim Neo reports. The only goal of the encounter was scored by Oltan Karakullukcu in the middle of the second half. The match was very tough. English referee Stuart Attwell showed eight yellow cards and one red card. Moldova's Iurie Sinitskih was sent off in the 77th minute. Moldova coach Vlad Goian used the following players: Stajila, Boghiu, Truhanov (Onofrei, 46), Sinitskih, Scripcenco, Costandachi, Gheorghiev, Mandrachenko, G. Andronic, Gansari (Paseciniuc, 70), Haceaturov. In the other match of the group, [Germany] won easily against Luxemburg by 3-0. On Friday, October 9, Moldova will play Germany, while Turkey will face Luxemburg, which is the host of the mini-tournament. The first two teams in each preliminary group and the best two third-ranked teams will qualify for the major round that will take place next spring, Info-Prim Neo informs.