Moldova managed to equalize Albania in the last minutes.

The 1-1 result in Chisinau brought the Reds and Blacks qualification to Euro 2024, but also kept alive the hopes of the Moldovans to realize their big dream. Serghei Clescenco’s team must win the Prague transfer against the Czech Republic (November 20) to join Albania in Germany 2024. The Moldova coach spoke after the match with the Reds and Blacks, where he said among other things:

“We didn’t win, but we played with incredible energy and gave our best on the field. This means that victory will come in the next game.

Of course, it became more difficult after Albania’s penalty, but in the second half we played much better than in the first. The boys gave everything they had, I am very grateful.

The team was determined to win, this was evident in the second half. Unfortunately, in the first we lacked verticals, we were not very active in attack. But, in the second half, the boys got free, started to attack and we managed to score. However, we have the question of qualification in our hands.

Albania? They didn’t create as much as we did in the second half. I admit, Albania put us in trouble with some quick counterattacks, but we had the cleanest chances. If we had had a little more luck, we would have scored the second goal as well.

We did not expect to ‘press’ the opposing team. The first half was not positive, but we always play better in the second half.There is regret that we did not win, despite the fact that I did not like the first half. But this is football, it happens to all teams that they play a good part of the game and another not so good. The second half clearly showed that we deserved the win. Now we have to go and win in the Czech Republic. We are in shape, we can make it,” declared the 51-year-old coach.