BUCUREşTI. Romania beats Armenia 1-0 after A. Mitrita scored just 1 goal (26′). Romania took advantage of its superior ball possession (59%).
C. Caparros received a red card (69′). This red card was one of the reason why Armenia lost the match.
The match was played at the Stadionul Steaua stadium in Bucureşti on Monday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Orsato who was helped by Alessandro Giallatini and Giorgio Peretti. The 4th official was Luca Pairetto.
Match Statistics
Romania was in firm control of the ball 59% while Armenia was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Romania was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Romania won the match.
Romania shot 15 times, 4 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Armenia shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Romania received 2 yellow cards (V. Mihaila and A. Cicaldau). On the other side, Armenia received 5 yellow cards (V. Haroyan, E. Spertsyan, T. Barseghyan, T. Voskanyan and S. Adamyan).
Also, Armenia didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after C. Caparros (Armenia) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (69′).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
After playing this match, Romania will have 13 points to stay in the 2nd place. On the other side, Armenia will stay with 12 points like North Macedonia to stay in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the WC Qualification Europe, Romania will host Iceland on the 11th of November with a 1-1 head to head.
Armenia will host North Macedonia on the 11th of November with a 2-1 head to head in favor of North Macedonia (2 draws).
Romania – Formation
Romania started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Mirel Matei Radoi decided to play with the following team: Florin Niță , Andrei Rațiu , Vlad Chiricheş , Ionuț Nedelcearu , Nicușor Bancu , Alexandru Cicâldău , Răzvan Marin , Nicolae Stanciu , Ianis Hagi , Claudiu Keșerü and Alexandru Mitriță .
The home team had on the bench: Alin Toșca, Olimpiu Moruțan , Andrei Cordea, Dragoș Nedelcu , Horațiu Moldovan, Andrei Vlad, Valentin Mihăilă , Alexandru Albu, Andrei Ivan , Alexandru Maxim, Adrian Rus and Cristian Manea .
Substitutions
Romania made 5 changes: A. Mitrita for O. Morutan (62′), C. Keseru for A. Ivan (62′), A. Ratiu for C. Manea (66′), I. Hagi for V. Mihaila (81′) and N. Stanciu for D. Nedelcu (81′).
Best player: Răzvan Marin
The player that probably impressed the most for Romania was Răzvan Marin even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 68 passes (95% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 4 crosses.
Armenia – Formation
Armenia started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
On the other side, Joaquín de Jesús Caparrós Camino played with: David Yurchenko , David Terteryan , Varazdat Haroyan , Taron Voskanyan , Kamo Hovhannisyan , Khoren Bayramyan , Artak Grigoryan , Solomon Udo , Henrikh Mkhitaryan , Tigran Barseghyan and Eduard Spertsyan .
They had on the bench: Hrayr Mkoyan, Karen Muradyan, Lucas Zelarayán , Alik Arakelyan, Anatoly Ayvazov, Erik Vardanyan , Sargis Adamyan , Jordy Ararat, Stanislav Buchnev, Zhirayr Margaryan, Alexander Karapetyan and Ishkhan Geloyan .
Substitutions
Armenia made 5 changes: K. Bayramyan for S. Adamyan (46′), A. Grigoryan for I. Geloyan (46′), T. Barseghyan for L. Zelarayan (46′), E. Spertsyan for E. Vardanyan (77′) and S. Udo for A. Karapetyan (82′).
Best player: Lucas Zelarayán
The player that probably impressed the most for Armenia was Lucas Zelarayán.
His rating is with 11 passes (63% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 5 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Europe.
- Romania – Armenia – 1-0
- North Macedonia – Germany – 0-4
- Iceland – Liechtenstein – 4-0
- Slovenia – Russia – 1-2
- Cyprus – Malta – 2-2
- Croatia – Slovakia – 2-2
- Norway – Montenegro – 2-0
- Netherlands – Gibraltar – 6-0
- Latvia – Turkey – 1-2
- Estonia – Wales – 0-1
- Belarus – Czech Republic – 0-2