Show of the Romania in Munich. The national team led by Edward Iordanescu gives itself a fairytale debut at Euro 2024, beating Serhij Rebrov’s Ukraine 3-0 at the Allianz Arena in the first match of E groupcompleted by Belgium And Slovakia.
Unlocks a captain spell Nicolae Stanciuright from the edge under the intersection, who then comes close to scoring a personal brace by hitting the crossbar directly from a corner, the ‘Cagliaritan’ completes the work in the second half Răzvan Marin And Denis Drăguș. The star of also shines Dennis Manthe Parma talent is the first Romanian player to provide at least 2 assists in a single match of a major international tournament (European or World Cup) since Gheorghe Hagi against Colombia at the 1994 World Cup.
Romania is putting itself in a good situation, while Ukraine’s chances of accessing the direct elimination phase are becoming more complicated.
THE SCORESHEET
Romania-Ukraine 3-0
MARKERS: 29′ Stanciu (R), 53′ R. Marin (R), 57′ Dragus (R).
ROMANIA (4-3-3): Nița; Rațiu, Drăgușin, Burcă, Bancu; Răzvan Marin, Marius Marin (from 75′ Rus), Stanciu (from 86′ Racovitan); Man (from 62′ Hagi), Drăguș (from 75′ Puscas), Coman (from 62′ Mihaila). Ct: Iordănescu.
UKRAINE (4-4-1-1): Lunin; Konoplia (from 72′ Tymchyk), Zabarnyi, Matviyenko, Zinchenko; Tsygankov (Yarmolenko from 63′), Stepanenko (Brazhko from 62′), Shaparenko (Yaremchuk from 63′), Mudryk; Sudakov (from 83′ Malinovskyi); Dovbyk. Coach: Rebrov.
REFEREE: Glenn Nyberg (SWE).
WARNED: 67′ Konoplia (U), 79′ R. Marin (R).
GOALS AND HIGHLIGHTS
77′– Good initiative by Sudakov who frees himself and shoots from the edge, Nita forced to make his first real intervention of the match.
69′ – Stanciu tries again on a free kick, the ball goes out.
57′ – ROMANIA GOAL! Man enters the area and serves Dragus who makes it 3-0 from two steps.
56′ – Romania is dangerous again, Ratiu enters the area and kicks violently with his right foot to the near post, this time Lunin manages to block it.
53′ – ROMANIA GOAL! The second goal arrives with another shot from outside, this time from Razvan Marin: the Cagliari-owned midfielder kicks hard from first after the rebound between Man and a Ukrainian defender, the ball passes under the hands of a terrible Lunin and enters the net for 2-0.
39′ – Stanciu risks another Eurogoal: he tries directly from a corner, surprising Lunin, but the ball hits the crossbar.
38′ – Romania close to doubling the lead: Man with a left-footed shot from the edge of the area, Stepanenko’s deflection was providential with the ball coming out, touching the post to Lunin’s right.
37′ – Mudryk volleys a strong cross into the area, Shaparenko doesn’t find a difficult deflection on goal.
29′ – ROMANIA GOAL! Ukraine loses the ball badly in defense with Lunin’s bad clearance, Man places the ball on the edge of the area for Stanciu who doesn’t think twice and kicks first with his right foot, sending the ball into the top corner, 1-0 .
22′ – Dovbyk kicks hard with his left foot from a good position, but the ball goes high.
8′ – Romania’s immediate response with Coman at the end of a counterattack, a conclusion easily blocked by Lunin.
7′ – Test Tsygankov after an exchange with Dovbyk, blocks Romania’s defense.
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