FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

Romania vs Poland, 2018 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage

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Romania
    FT
    0 - 3
    Poland
    • 11': Kamil Grosicki
    • 82': Robert Lewandowski
    • 90'+1': Robert Lewandowski (P)

    Robert Lewandowski guides Poland to win in Romania

    Robert Lewandowski scored twice for Poland but he is likely to remember the 3-0 World Cup qualifying win in Romania for a different reason.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 2': Attempt blocked. Nicolae Stanciu (Romania) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexandru Chipciu.
    • 2': Foul by Razvan Marin (Romania).
    • 2': Grzegorz Krychowiak (Poland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 4': Bogdan Stancu (Romania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 4': Foul by Artur Jedrzejczyk (Poland).
    • 5': Foul by Alexandru Chipciu (Romania).
    • 5': Jakub Blaszczykowski (Poland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 6': Attempt missed. Robert Lewandowski (Poland) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.
    • 7': Foul by Ovidiu Hoban (Romania).
    • 7': Jakub Blaszczykowski (Poland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 10': Attempt saved. Kamil Grosicki (Poland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 11': Goal! Romania 0, Poland 1. Kamil Grosicki (Poland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Artur Jedrzejczyk.
    • 13': Attempt blocked. Piotr Zielinski (Poland) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Robert Lewandowski with a headed pass.
    • 13': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Vlad Chiriches.
    • 16': Attempt blocked. Piotr Zielinski (Poland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Artur Jedrzejczyk.
    • 16': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Ovidiu Hoban.
    • 16': Attempt blocked. Robert Lewandowski (Poland) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kamil Grosicki with a cross.
    • 16': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Vlad Chiriches.
    • 19': Foul by Dragos Grigore (Romania).
    • 19': Robert Lewandowski (Poland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 20': Attempt blocked. Robert Lewandowski (Poland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 21': Foul by Alexandru Chipciu (Romania).
    • 21': Lukasz Piszczek (Poland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 22': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Vlad Chiriches.
    • 22': Adrian Popa (Romania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 22': Foul by Piotr Zielinski (Poland).
    • 23': Adrian Popa (Romania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 23': Foul by Artur Jedrzejczyk (Poland).
    • 24': Corner, Romania. Conceded by Michal Pazdan.
    • 25': Adrian Popa (Romania) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 25': Foul by Artur Jedrzejczyk (Poland).
    • 27': Foul by Bogdan Stancu (Romania).
    • 27': Grzegorz Krychowiak (Poland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 28': Foul by Vlad Chiriches (Romania).
    • 28': Robert Lewandowski (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 31': Alexandru Chipciu (Romania) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 31': Foul by Kamil Glik (Poland).
    • 32': Attempt saved. Vlad Chiriches (Romania) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Nicolae Stanciu with a cross.
    • 32': Corner, Romania. Conceded by Artur Jedrzejczyk.
    • 34': Foul by Alexandru Chipciu (Romania).
    • 34': Lukasz Piszczek (Poland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 34': Alin Tosca (Romania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 34': Foul by Robert Lewandowski (Poland).
    • 37': Attempt saved. Jakub Blaszczykowski (Poland) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Robert Lewandowski.
    • 40': Foul by Ovidiu Hoban (Romania).
    • 40': Piotr Zielinski (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 41': Corner, Romania. Conceded by Lukasz Piszczek.
    • 41': Foul by Dragos Grigore (Romania).
    • 41': Robert Lewandowski (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 42': Delay in match (Poland).
    • 43': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 44': Attempt blocked. Kamil Grosicki (Poland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 44': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Ovidiu Hoban.
    • 45': Alexandru Chipciu (Romania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45': Foul by Robert Lewandowski (Poland).
    • 45'+1': Attempt saved. Jakub Blaszczykowski (Poland) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
    • 45'+1': First Half ends, Romania 0, Poland 1.
    • 0': Match ends, Romania 0, Poland 3.
    • 45': Second Half begins Romania 0, Poland 1.
    • 45': Substitution, Romania. Andrei Prepelita replaces Ovidiu Hoban.
    • 45': Substitution, Romania. Florin Andone replaces Adrian Popa.
    • 47': Dangerous play by Grzegorz Krychowiak (Poland).
    • 47': Florin Andone (Romania) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 48': Corner, Romania. Conceded by Piotr Zielinski.
    • 49': Attempt blocked. Nicolae Stanciu (Romania) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Florin Andone.
    • 52': Foul by Romario Benzar (Romania).
    • 52': Kamil Grosicki (Poland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 52': Romario Benzar (Romania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 53': Attempt missed. Robert Lewandowski (Poland) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
    • 54': Attempt blocked. Florin Andone (Romania) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 54': Corner, Romania. Conceded by Michal Pazdan.
    • 54': Delay in match Robert Lewandowski (Poland) because of an injury.
    • 58': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 61': Artur Jedrzejczyk (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 61': Foul by Nicolae Stanciu (Romania).
    • 62': Foul by Karol Linetty (Poland).
    • 62': Razvan Marin (Romania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 66': Foul by Florin Andone (Romania).
    • 66': Kamil Glik (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 67': Attempt saved. Florin Andone (Romania) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrei Prepelita.
    • 67': Corner, Romania. Conceded by Lukasz Fabianski.
    • 67': Attempt blocked. Florin Andone (Romania) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Razvan Marin with a cross.
    • 67': Corner, Romania. Conceded by Robert Lewandowski.
    • 68': Cristian Sapunaru (Romania) is shown the yellow card.
    • 70': Substitution, Poland. Krzysztof Maczynski replaces Karol Linetty.
    • 70': Attempt missed. Piotr Zielinski (Poland) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
    • 73': Artur Jedrzejczyk (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 73': Foul by Bogdan Stancu (Romania).
    • 73': Attempt blocked. Razvan Marin (Romania) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexandru Chipciu.
    • 74': Foul by Andrei Prepelita (Romania).
    • 74': Piotr Zielinski (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 76': Attempt saved. Kamil Grosicki (Poland) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Krzysztof Maczynski.
    • 76': Attempt blocked. Grzegorz Krychowiak (Poland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Artur Jedrzejczyk.
    • 77': Attempt missed. Andrei Prepelita (Romania) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
    • 78': Foul by Florin Andone (Romania).
    • 78': Robert Lewandowski (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 78': Florin Andone (Romania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 80': Substitution, Poland. Lukasz Teodorczyk replaces Piotr Zielinski.
    • 82': Substitution, Romania. Claudiu Keseru replaces Nicolae Stanciu.
    • 82': Goal! Romania 0, Poland 2. Robert Lewandowski (Poland) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Lukasz Teodorczyk.
    • 84': Claudiu Keseru (Romania) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 84': Foul by Krzysztof Maczynski (Poland).
    • 87': Attempt missed. Jakub Blaszczykowski (Poland) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Artur Jedrzejczyk.
    • 89': Attempt missed. Bogdan Stancu (Romania) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Dragos Grigore.
    • 89': Substitution, Poland. Slawomir Peszko replaces Kamil Grosicki.
    • 90': Penalty Poland. Robert Lewandowski draws a foul in the penalty area.
    • 90': Penalty conceded by Dragos Grigore (Romania) after a foul in the penalty area.
    • 90'+1': Goal! Romania 0, Poland 3. Robert Lewandowski (Poland) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
    • 90'+2': Andrei Prepelita (Romania) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Lukasz Teodorczyk (Poland).
    • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Razvan Marin (Romania) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alexandru Chipciu.
    • 90'+3': Corner, Romania. Conceded by Lukasz Fabianski.
    • 90'+4': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Vlad Chiriches.
    • 90'+5': Claudiu Keseru (Romania) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90'+5': Foul by Michal Pazdan (Poland).
    • 90'+6': Foul by Alexandru Chipciu (Romania).
    • 90'+6': Jakub Blaszczykowski (Poland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Romania 0, Poland 3.

    Statistics

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    9 Fouls 16
    0 Yellow Cards 3
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 0
    5 Corner Kicks 7
    2 Saves 4
    55 Possession 45
    14 SHOTS 8
    5 ON GOAL 2
    0.4 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    257 Accurate Passes 177
    338 Passes 266
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
    2 Accurate Crosses 3
    11 Crosses 20
    0.2 Cross % 0.2
    55 Long Balls 53
    20 Accurate Long Balls 18
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.3
    6 Blocked Shots 5
    12 Effective Tackles 7
    17 Tackles 11
    0.7 Tackle % 0.6
    0 Interceptions 0
    23 Effective Clearances 15
    23 Clearances 15

    Game Information

    Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

    Venue: National Arena
    Location: Bucuresti, Romania
    Attendance: 48,531

    WCQ - UEFA Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
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    2 Türkiye 6 +5 13
    3 Georgia 6 -8 3
    4 Bulgaria 6 -16 3
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    Line-Ups

    ROU Romania (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    12 Ciprian Tatarusanu (GK)
    21 Dragos Grigore
    6 Vlad Chiriches
    3 Alin Tosca
    2 Romario Benzar Yellow Card
    23 Nicolae Stanciu
    5 Ovidiu Hoban
    15 Razvan Marin
    19 Bogdan Stancu
    7 Alexandru Chipciu
    8 Adrian Popa
    Romania Substitutes:
    Cristian Sapunaru, Claudiu Keserü, Cosmin Moti, Iasmin Latovlevici, Eric Bicfalvi, Andrei Ivan, Silviu Lung Jr., Alexandru Maxim, Costel Pantilimon, Gabriel Enache, Florin Andone, Andrei Prepelita.

    POL Poland (4-1-4-1)

    No. Name
    22 Lukasz Fabianski (GK)
    2 Michal Pazdan
    15 Kamil Glik
    10 Grzegorz Krychowiak
    3 Artur Jedrzejczyk
    20 Lukasz Piszczek
    8 Karol Linetty
    19 Piotr Zielinski
    11 Kamil Grosicki
    16 Jakub Blaszczykowski
    9 Robert Lewandowski
    Poland Substitutes:
    Artur Boruc, Kamil Wilczek, Igor Lewczuk, Lukasz Teodorczyk, Pawel Wszolek, Jacek Góralski, Krzysztof Maczynski, Slawomir Peszko, Maciej Sadlok, Wojciech Szczesny, Bartosz Bereszynski, Tomasz Jodlowiec.

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