Moldavian Football

Chris Coleman has hailed his Wales side for grinding out a result in Chisinau on Tuesday night.

The Euro 2016 semi-finalists looked destined to settle for a 0-0 draw against Moldova in the World Cup qualifier but late goals from Hal Robson-Kanu and Aaron Ramsey sealed a hard-fought 2-0 win over their European counterparts.

Brazilian forward Neymar said that he is interested in winning the World Cup with Brazil.

He stated that it is high time that the Brazilian team wins this trophy again and that he will do everything he can to achieve it in the next World Cup in Russia.

The player who has recently moved from Barcelona to French side Paris Saint Germain said that the whole Brazilian population is behind the team and that they want to win this competition. He admitted that the team was disappointed after their last world cup and that they will be hoping that this time around it will be different.

Former Sydney FC, Western Sydney Wanderers, Adelaide United and Perth Glory defender Antony Golec has decided to move back to the A-League with Central Coast Mariners.

The 27-year-old has seen out the past year in Moldova, Iran and South Korea, one of his honours was the Moldovan National Division title won in the 2015-16 season.

The defender, who played under Mariners boss Paul Okon for the Olyroos, alleged the eight months just gone was a “nightmare”.

It was way back in March and the Austrians found themselves sweating it against the Moldovans in the early rounds of Europe’s World Cup qualifiers.

15 minutes from time and Marko Arnautiovic finally broke the deadlock before Harnik added one at the dead end to make it 2-0.

In about a year, the 2018 World Cup would kick off in Russia yet the excitement is yet to kick in. Compared to the hype and anticipation of previous versions of the World Cup, the forthcoming one is not sending a strong signal.

The excitement about the 2002 event in Korea/Japan was amazing as the Asians wanted to wow the world with its advanced technology and infrastructures. It was a decent build up after the 1998 World Cup in France, where football was played unadulterated. The 2006 event in Germany fit the hype as European sides wanted to impress. It ended in Zinedine Zidane’s poor exit and Italy’s sweet story.

When Brendan Rodgers moved to Celtic, many saw it as a poor move to a more relaxed sphere after his time at Anfield. A season later, Celtic did an unbeaten.

They are proud new owners of the ‘Invincibles’ tag.

The Scottish Premiership side won the title back in April but there was still serious pressure until the last game as other sides wanted to defeat them. Leigh Griffiths and Stuart Armstrong scored to seal a 2-0 victory over their opponents. The record books confirm the league record for 2016/17 as P38 W34 D4 L0.The L0 is the most significant here.

The Republic of Ireland manager Martin O’Neill has revealed that there are plans for a fitness camp for Championship players whose season has now ended.

O’Neill said the fitness programme would begin from the 23 to 25of May in Fota Island in Cork.

Ever since Moldova got their independence from the USSR on August of 1991, they have not been able to qualify for any FIFA World Cup and unfortunately for the supporters of the Moldovan national side, it does not appear like they will be able to qualify anytime soon.

National sides of all around the world are competing against each other in order to secure their qualification ticket for the upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup and things have not been going very well for Moldova as they are located in group D of the UEFA zone and are struggling in the bottom.

Turkey defeat Moldova 3-1 with young players taking the shine. Both nations played the friendly game on Monday during the international break in Eskisehir.

Turkey dominated the entire match, opening the scoring within the first 15 minutes.

John O’Shea is likely to get a starting role when Ireland clash with Wales, considering that Shane Duffy is injured. Duffy has been sidelined for the next six weeks due to an injury to his metatarsal.

The Brighton defender is devastated by the injury as he would have to watch from the stands as the club chases Newcastle United for a chance to win the Championship and promotion to the top flight.