U-21 team make bad start in CIS Cup

Moldova’s Under 21 national squad had an unsuccessful start in the Cup of the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Baltic Nations held in Saint Petersburg. On January 19, Alexandru Curteian’s team were beaten by Ukraine 0-1, Info-Prim Neo reports. The only goal of the encounter was scored by Shevchuk in the 15th minute. The referee has showed 14 yellow cards and one red card, to Moldova’s Alexandru Leu. Coach Alexandru Curteian used a number of new players in this game, including Ion Prodan, Eugen Golovko, Sergiu Matei (Zimbru Chisinau), Eugen Zasavitski, Adrian Apostol (Dacia-2 Buiucani Chisinau), and Igor Dima (Sheriff Tiraspol). Despite the defeat, Curteian said he was satisfied with the performance of his team. In the other match of group A, Latvia defeated Kyrgyzstan 3-2. On January 21, Moldova meet Latvia, while Ukraine face Kyrgyzstan.