The national Under 19 football team of Moldova was beaten 1-0 by the similar squad of Lithuania and thus ranked last in the qualifying competition of the European Championship held in Portugal, IPN reports.

Earlier, the team trained by Ghenadie Pusca was defeated by Portugal (1-0) and Greece (2-1). Portugal became the winner of the qualifying mini-tournament after scoring victories in all the played matches.

The following players of the national team travelled to Portugal: Nicolae Cebotari, Emil Timbur - goalkeepers; Emil Chenyi, Petru Costin, Dan Gustiuc, Ivan Voropai, Vladimir Bobrov, Fiodor Andruhin, Cristian Jalba – fullbacks; Vladimir Bejenari, Mihai Apostol, Dumitru Mandrichenco, Oleg Turea, Dorin Suhan, Ivan Urvantsev – halfbacks; Andrei Cobet, Marin Caruntu, Nicolae Matei, Alexandru Boiciuc – strikers.