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Moldova loses friendly to Switzerland


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The national football team of Moldova lost 2-1 the friendly match against the similar team of Switzerland in Lugano. At the break, the score was 1-0 after Dzemaili’s kick in the 12th minute hit the transversal bar and the ball ricocheted from Stanislav Namashko into the goal, IPN reports.

The Swiss players had four big occasions for scoring after the break, but in counterattack Radu Gansari tied with a superb shot from 20 meters. The joy of the ‘tricolors’ lasted for 65 minutes only. New entrant Mehmedi scored for 2-1.”I’m glad that my team reacted swiftly after the tie. I liked the game in the second half,” the coach of Switzerland Vladimir Petkovic told a news conference.

Moldova plays the next march against Wales away on September 5. This will be the first game of the qualification competition of the 2018 World Cup.