Moldova vs Andorra

Moldova host Andorra for this UEFA Nations League League D clash at Stadionul Zimbru in Chişinău, the capital of Moldova, early Wednesday morning Beijing time. This is the lowest group/level of this competition where the smallest European football countries go head to head. Indeed, winning competitive, international matches is pretty rare for both teams, but there is still a significant difference between these two teams. Moldova’s offensive player in particular are much more skilled and are capable of more creative attacking than the visitors’ strikers. Almost all of the hosts’ players play in bigger leagues than those of the visitors. Andorra are definitely one of the worst national teams in Europe. San Marino are of course by far the worst. Despite losing to Latvia, Moldova’s coach Serghei Clescenco is expected to keep changes small for this match. The only alteration that might be made may occur in midfield, with Motpan expected to be rewarded with place in the starting line-up after coming off the bench to score against Latvia. Nicolaescu is a player to watch here – he scored his second goal in this year’s Nations League last Friday, and the promising 23-year-old has a good chance to find the net again here against. The visitors do not have solid defense at all. Andorra will be without Marc Vales who missed the win Andorra took against a poor team Liechtenstein through injury – not a particularly convincing performance.. Vales limped off in the first half against Moldova on the 6th of June.

Indeed, the two teams met last week, and it was a goalless draw in Andorra. Moldova were, however, clearly better on the pitch and could easily have won despite Moldova’s striker Victor Stina being sent of in the 44th minute already. They had 64% ball possession and created much more scoring attempts and shots on target. They also recorded a lot bigger number of completed passes, attacks and dangerous attacks. If the manage to avoid a similar situation here they must be close to taking all three points - they are close to 70% favorites to win. They played a decent match against Latvia a few days ago despite the 2-4 loss. It was pretty balanced match and Latvia are of course a lot better than poor Andorra. I expect an energetic start from the hosts in front of their loud fans! A quick goal would not be a surprise.

北京时间周三凌晨，摩尔多瓦东道主安道尔将在摩尔多瓦首都基希讷乌的 Stadionul Zimbru 举行欧国联 D 级联赛。这是本次比赛中最小的欧洲足球国家并驾齐驱的最低组/级别。确实，两支球队都很少能赢得有竞争力的国际比赛，但这两支球队之间仍然存在显着差异。特别是摩尔多瓦的进攻球员比客队的前锋更有技巧，更有创造力的进攻。几乎所有东道主的球员都参加了比客队更大的联赛。安道尔绝对是欧洲最差的国家队之一。圣马力诺当然是最糟糕的。尽管输给了拉脱维亚，但摩尔多瓦的主教练塞尔盖·克莱森科预计将在这场比赛中保持较小的变化。唯一可能发生的改变可能发生在中场，莫特潘有望在首发阵容中获得一席之地在替补出场后对阵拉脱维亚得分。尼古拉斯库是这里值得关注的球员——他上周五在今年的国家联赛中打进了他的第二个进球，这位有前途的 23 岁球员有很好的机会再次在这里找到进球。客队根本没有稳固的防守。安道尔将没有马克瓦尔斯，他错过了安道尔因伤缺阵对阵一支糟糕的列支敦士登队的胜利——这并不是一场特别令人信服的表现。瓦尔斯在 6 月 6 日对阵摩尔多瓦的上半场一瘸一拐地下场。

事实上，两支球队上周相遇，这是在安道尔的一场无目标的平局。然而，摩尔多瓦在球场上的表现显然更好，尽管摩尔多瓦的前锋维克多·斯蒂纳已经在第 44 分钟被送出，但他本可以轻松获胜。他们拥有 64% 的控球率，并且创造了更多的得分尝试和射门机会。他们还记录了更多的完成传球、攻击和危险攻击。如果设法避免在这里发生类似情况，他们必须接近全取三分——他们接近 70% 的夺冠热门。尽管以 2-4 失利，但他们几天前与拉脱维亚的比赛还算不错。这是一场相当平衡的比赛，拉脱维亚当然比可怜的安道尔要好得多。我期待主队在球迷面前能有出色的发挥。