UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Thursday, September 5, 2019
Spain WWWWW 2
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Romania WLWDW 1
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ESP112
ROU011
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Match Report

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Spain survive Romania onslaught to secure win

Spain made it five wins out of five in their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign by earning a scrappy 2-1 victory in Romania on Thursday.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
8
3
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
12
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
8
74.1
Possession
25.9
21
SHOTS
10
10
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
695
Accurate Passes
200
760
Passes
251
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
5
19
Crosses
14
0.2
Cross %
0.4
58
Long Balls
32
40
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.7
Long Balls %
0.7
5
Blocked Shots
1
7
Effective Tackles
5
14
Tackles
9
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
10
Interceptions
7
13
Effective Clearances
20
13
Clearances
20

Head to Head

ROU leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

ROU · 5-3-2

  1. 12Ciprian TatarusanuG
  2. 6Vlad ChirichesCD
  3. 21Dragos GrigoreCD-L
  4. 5Ionut NedelcearuCD-R
  5. 3Alin ToscaLB
  6. 2Romario BenzarRB
  7. 18Razvan MarinCM
  8. 8Nicolae StanciuCM-L
  9. 17Ciprian DeacCM-R
  10. 13Claudiu KeserüCF-L
  11. 9George PuscasCF-R

ESP · 4-3-3

  1. 13Kepa ArrizabalagaG
  2. 15Sergio RamosCD-L
  3. 3Diego LlorenteCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 22Jesús NavasRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 8Saúl ÑíguezLM
  8. 17Fabián RuizRM
  9. 9Paco AlcácerF
  10. 6Dani CeballosLF
  11. 19RodrigoRF

Timeline

  1. 29' Goal! Romania 0, Spain 1. Sergio Ramos (Spain) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  2. 29' Sergio Ramos (Spain) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  3. 31' Razvan Marin (Romania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 47' Goal! Romania 0, Spain 2. Paco Alcácer (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
  5. 56' Substitution, Romania. Florin Andone replaces Claudiu Keseru.
  6. 59' Goal! Romania 1, Spain 2. Florin Andone (Romania) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by George Puscas with a headed pass.
  7. 63' Substitution, Romania. Ianis Hagi replaces Nicolae Stanciu.
  8. 71' Substitution, Spain. Mikel Oyarzabal replaces Rodrigo Moreno.
  9. 72' Substitution, Romania. Alexandru Maxim replaces Ciprian Deac.
  10. 76' Saúl Ñíguez (Spain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 77' Substitution, Spain. Pablo Sarabia replaces Dani Ceballos.
  12. 79' Diego Llorente (Spain) is shown the red card.
  13. 85' Substitution, Spain. Mario Hermoso replaces Paco Alcácer.
  14. 90'+2' Kepa Arrizabalaga (Spain) is shown the yellow card.

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