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Moldova meets Austria in first official match this year


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The national football team of Moldova plays the first official match this year, against the squad of Austria, in Vienna in the evening of March 24. The game forms part of the 2018 UEFA World Cup qualifying competition, IPN reports.

Both of the teams didn’t show remarkable results in the first four matches. Austria, which competed in the previous qualifying round, has only four points and one win. Moldova scored only one point, on the field of Georgia.

Moldova cannot count on halfback Gheorghe Andronic, who suffered an injury in the friendly with San Marino. The match at the Vienna stadium “Ernst Happel” starts at 9:45pm, Moldova’s time, and will be controlled by Hungarian referee Istvan Vad.