It is two days left until Alexandru Curteian will make his debut as the coach of the national football team of Moldova. On October 9, Moldova meets Austria at the Zimbru stadium, IPN reports.

“Moldova hasn’t produced surprises for a long time. I’m confident that we can achieve a positive result. Earning qualification for the 2016 European Championship is the objective set by the Moldovan Football Federation. We will make effort to achieve this goal,” Alexandru Curteian told a news conference.

Moldova and Austria will meet the third time. Until now, the two national squads have won by a victory. On September 7, 2002, Moldova lost in Vienna by 0-2. It took revenge in Tiraspol on June 7, 2003. Then Moldova won by 1-0 owing to the goal scored by the current Veris striker Viorel Frunza.

The October 9 encounter will be refereed by Manuel de Souza of Portugal. Two months ago, he refereed the match between Sheriff and Rijeka of the Europa League playoff round. Then the team from Tiraspol lost by 0-3.