HAMBURG. Germany was able to turn the table against Romania to win 2-1. It was Romania to strike first with an early goal of I. Hagi at the 9′. Then it was a goal in the 52′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, T. Muller gave the win to Germany in the 81′ minute with a goal. Its vastly superior ball possession (77%) was among the key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Volksparkstadion stadium in Hamburg on Friday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Cüneyt Çakιr with the assistance of Bahattin Duran and Tarık Ongun. The 4th official was Alper Ulusoy. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11.3 degrees Celsius or 52.39 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 96%.
Match Statistics
Germany was in firm control of the ball 77% while Romania was struggling with a 23% ball possession.
Germany was more aggressive with 91 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Germany won the match.
Germany shot 23 times, 8 on target, 15 off target. On the opposite side, Romania shot 10 times, 2 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Germany received 1 yellow card (T. Kehrer). On the opposite side, Romania received 3 yellow cards (A. Ratiu, N. Stanciu and G. Puscas).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
After this encounter, Germany will have 18 points to stay in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Romania will stay with 10 points to stay in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the WC Qualification Europe, Germany will play away with North Macedonia on the 11th of October with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of North Macedonia (0 draws).
Romania will host Armenia on the 11th of October with a 4-1 head to head stats in favor of Romania (1 draw).
Germany – Formation
Germany
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Germany started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Hans-Dieter Flick decided to play with the following team: Marc-André ter Stegen , Jonas Hofmann , Niklas Süle , Antonio Rüdiger , Thilo Kehrer , Leon Goretzka , Joshua Kimmich , Serge Gnabry , Marco Reus , Leroy Sané and Timo Werner .
The home team had on the bench: David Raum, Thomas Müller , Karim Adeyemi, Bernd Leno, Florian Wirtz, Kai Havertz , Lukas Klostermann , Nico Schlotterbeck, Jamal Musiala, Florian Neuhaus and Matthias Ginter.
Substitutions
Germany made 4 changes: M. Reus for K. Havertz (67′), T. Werner for T. Muller (67′), J. Hofmann for L. Klostermann (85′) and L. Sane for K. Adeyemi (89′).
Best player: Joshua Kimmich
The player that probably impressed the most for Germany was Joshua Kimmich even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 143 passes (90% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 8. He performed 7 crosses.
Romania – Formation
Romania
Romania started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
On the opposite side, Mirel Matei Radoi played with: Florin Niță , Andrei Rațiu , Adrian Rus , Vlad Chiricheş , Andrei Burcă , Alin Toșca , Ianis Hagi , Răzvan Marin , Nicolae Stanciu , Valentin Mihăilă and George Pușcaș .
They had on the bench: Nicușor Bancu, Andrei Cordea, Mihai Aioani, Alexandru Mitriță , Alexandru Albu , Andrei Vlad, Alexandru Maxim , Alexandru Cicâldău, Claudiu Keșerü, Andrei Ivan , Olimpiu Moruțan and Cristian Manea .
Romania could not rely on the presence of C. Manea (injured).
Substitutions
Romania made 5 changes: A. Burca for C. Manea (50′), I. Hagi for A. Maxim (60′), V. Mihaila for A. Ivan (60′), G. Puscas for A. Mitrita (82′) and N. Stanciu for C. Albu (82′).
Best player: Ianis Hagi
The player that probably impressed the most for Romania was Ianis Hagi.
His rating is with 1 goal, 12 passes (58% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Europe.
- Liechtenstein – North Macedonia – 0-4
- Iceland – Armenia – 1-1
- Germany – Romania – 2-1
- Russia – Slovakia – 1-0
- Malta – Slovenia – 0-4
- Cyprus – Croatia – 0-3
- Turkey – Norway – 1-1
- Gibraltar – Montenegro – 0-3
- Latvia – Netherlands – 0-1
- Estonia – Belarus – 2-0
- Czech Republic – Wales – 2-2
