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FT Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Romania WWDWL 2
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Armenia DWWWW 3
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Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium · ESPN3

Match Report

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Late show delights fans as Armenia stun Romania

Armenia struck two goals inside the final four minutes for a 3-2 victory over Romania in Yerevan on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
10
4
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
6
5
Saves
5
65.9
Possession
34.1
14
SHOTS
16
7
ON GOAL
8
0.5
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
450
Accurate Passes
192
529
Passes
256
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
8
11
Crosses
23
0.3
Cross %
0.3
47
Long Balls
54
21
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
3
10
Effective Tackles
9
15
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
7
Interceptions
15
16
Effective Clearances
12
16
Clearances
12

Head to Head

ROU leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

ARM · 4-4-2

  1. 1David YurchenkoG
  2. 2André CalisirCD-L
  3. 3Varazdat HaroyanCD-R
  4. 13Kamo HovhannisyanLB
  5. 19Hovhannes HambardzumyanRB
  6. 8Karen MuradyanCM-L
  7. 5Artak GrigoryanCM-R
  8. 7Khoren BayramyanLM
  9. 11Tigran BarseghyanRM
  10. 14Norberto BriascoCF-L
  11. 20Alexander KarapetyanCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Vahan BichakhchyanSUB
  2. 12Anatoly AyvazovSUB
  3. 17Solomon UdoSUB
  4. 22Sargis AdamyanSUB
  5. 6Wbeymar AnguloSUB
  6. 16Arsen BeglaryanSUB
  7. 15Eduard SpertsyanSUB
  8. 4Taron VoskanyanSUB
  9. 21Serob GrigoryanSUB
  10. 10Hakob HakobyanSUB
  11. 9Edgar BabayanSUB
  12. 18Zhirayr ShaghoyanSUB

ROU · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Florin NitaG
  2. 3Alin ToscaCD-L
  3. 6Vlad ChirichesCD-R
  4. 11Nicusor BancuLB
  5. 2Vasile MogosRB
  6. 8Alexandru CicaldauAM
  7. 18Razvan MarinLM
  8. 7Nicolae StanciuRM
  9. 9George PuscasF
  10. 10Alexandru MaximAM-L
  11. 20Dennis ManAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 12David LazarSUB
  2. 15Andrei BurcaSUB
  3. 13Claudiu KeserüSUB
  4. 5Ionut NedelcearuSUB
  5. 21Valentin MihailaSUB
  6. 23Alexandru CretuSUB
  7. 19Florin TanaseSUB
  8. 4Ovidiu PopescuSUB
  9. 17Eric BicfalviSUB
  10. 22Mário CamoraSUB
  11. 14Ianis HagiSUB
  12. 16Andrei RaduSUB

Timeline

  1. 22' Tigran Barseghyan (Armenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 24' Vasile Mogos (Romania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 28' Khoren Bayramyan (Armenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 40' Varazdat Haroyan (Armenia) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 40' George Puscas (Romania) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 45' Substitution, Armenia. Sargis Adamyan replaces Norberto Briasco.
  7. 45' Substitution, Armenia. Zhirayr Shaghoyan replaces Aleksandre Karapetian.
  8. 45' Substitution, Armenia. Eduard Spertsyan replaces Karen Muradyan.
  9. 56' Goal! Armenia 1, Romania 0. Eduard Spertsyan (Armenia) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Khoren Bayramyan.
  10. 59' Alexandru Maxim (Romania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 62' Goal! Armenia 1, Romania 1. Alexandru Cicaldau (Romania) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  12. 66' Nicusor Bancu (Romania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 72' Goal! Armenia 1, Romania 2. Alexandru Cicaldau (Romania) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicusor Bancu with a cross.
  14. 73' Substitution, Romania. Florin Tanase replaces Nicolae Claudiu Stanciu.
  15. 73' Substitution, Romania. Claudiu Keseru replaces Alexandru Maxim.
  16. 78' George Puscas (Romania) is shown the red card.
  17. 81' Substitution, Romania. Alexandru Cretu replaces Alexandru Cicaldau.
  18. 81' Substitution, Romania. Mihai Valentin Mihaila replaces Dennis Man.
  19. 86' Goal! Armenia 2, Romania 2. Varazdat Haroyan (Armenia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Tigran Barseghyan with a cross.
  20. 89' Goal! Armenia 3, Romania 2. Tigran Barseghyan (Armenia) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  21. 90'+2' Substitution, Armenia. Solomon Ime Udo replaces Tigran Barseghyan.

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