Moldova’s national football team lost by 0-2 (0-1) the friendly match against Romania’s national football team that was played on the Municipal Stadium in Bacau. The first goal was scored in the 8th minute by Claudiu Niculescu (Dinamo Bucuresti), who seized the opportunity of a grave mistake of the captain of Moldova’s national team, Valeriu Catansus. The second goal was scored in the 57th minute by Nicolae Dica (Steaua Bucuresti), when the entire Moldovan footballers’ defensive made a mistake.

During the entire match Moldovan footballers didn’t have any clear phase of scoring goals. Viktor Pasulko, the coach of the Moldovan team, convoked for this game the following football players: Denis Romanenco, Eduard Valuta, Sergiu Lascencov, Nicolae Josan (60' Adrian Cucovei), Valeriu Catansus, Victor Golovatenco, Vladimir Tanurcov (67' Sergiu Pogreban), Andrei Burcovschi (78' Alexandru Stadiciuc), Viorel Frunza (83' Gheorghe Boghiu), Victor Barisev (41' Eugen Boicenco), Denis Calincov (68' Eduard Grosu).

The meeting’s referee Marian Salomir from Romania showed a single yellow card (Valeriu Catansus was warned in the 90th minute). The match was a stage of preparing the national teams for the preliminaries of the World Championship-2006. On 4 June, Moldova’s national team will play in Glasgow with Scotia, and Romania will play in Rotterdam with the Netherlands.