National U-19 team loses to Russia

Moldova's Under-19 national squad was beaten by Russia's similar team by 3-1 in the 2011 European Championship qualifiers, Info-Prim Neo reports. Russia scored the three goals in the first half of the game. Dumitru Vornisel scored the goal of honor for Moldova in the middle of the second half. After the match, coach Sergiu Chirilov said he was dissatisfied with the score, but praised his pupils for their play. “The score is not satisfactory, but my players had a good performance, especially in the second half,” Chirilov said. Sergiu Chirilov selected the following players for the game: Copelciuc, Clonin (Dedov, 44), Caraulan, Bogdan, Slivca, Ionita, Vornisel, Berbinschi, Bondarciuc (Patras, 46), Sidorenco (Caraus, 72), A.Grosu. In another qualifying match, Romania defeated the Faeroe Islands by 3-0. Group rankings: 1. Russia – 15 points (6 matches played), 2. Romania – 15 (6), 3. Latvia – 9 (5), 4. Moldova – 7 (5), 5. Faeroe Islands – 4 (6), 6. Andorra – 0 (6). The next encounters fixed for November are: Moldova – Russia, Romania – Latvia (14 November), Latvia - Faeroe Islands (November 18), Andorra – Faeroe Islands (21 November).