Moldova’s Under-19 fails to qualify for European Championship

The national Under-19 squad of Moldova was defeated by Latvia 0-1 on October 7. It thus lost any chance to qualify for the 2009 European Championship final, Info-Prim Neo reports. Armands Petersons scored for Latvia in the 22nd minute of the game, profiting from the mistake of Moldova’s defense. Suffering two defeats in the qualifiers, the national team took the last position in the general rankings of the sixth group. At the end of the match, Moldova coach Vlad Goian said that Latvia deserved the victory. “We had two wonderful opportunities that we did not take, while our opponents scored with the first occasion,” he said. [Final rankings] Russia 9 points Latvia 4 points Italy 2 points Moldova 1 points