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Highlights: Romania 0-0 Icelandin FIFA World Cup Qualifiers 2022
Dividing units
Con el empate sin goles entre Rumania (14) e Islandia, Macedonia del Norte (15) depende de sí misma para estar en el repechaje. Última fecha, Macedonia vs Islandia (ya no se juega nada) en Skopje. — Pepe Del Bosque (@PepedelBosque) November 11, 2021
93'
It's over! Romania and Iceland do not hurt each other and split units.
88'
Maxim made a short run, but Olafsson again got his hands on the ball.
87'
Change of Romania. Cicaldau is replaced by Puscas.
84'
Hagi took a shot, but the ball ended up crashing into the far post.
81'
The cross ends up in Olafsson's hands without any problem.
78'
Gretarsson's header, but the ball goes wide.
76'
Change of Romania. Maxim replaces Tanase.
74'
Change from Iceland. Pordarson is replaced by Helgason.
70'
Great save by Olafsson, preventing Ivan from reaching the goal.
68'
Bancu and Morutan are replaced by Alin Tosca and Stanciu.
60'
Chiriches fails to control the ball well and Romania's first chance goes begging.
56'
Gudmunsson was in danger, but Marin intervened and prevented him from shooting at goal.
53'
Tanase received the ball, but Iceland's defense intervened correctly.
50'
Marin shoots at goal, but Olafsson keeps the ball safely.
45'
Action resumes.
45'
At the end of the first half, the scoreboard is still unopened in Romania.
41'
The ball is very tight in the midfield, Iceland is looking to take control of the ball.
37'
Marin's shot, but the ball stays in Olafsson's hands.
32'
Porarinsson's cross, but the ball is blocked by the defense.
27'
Good pass to Ratiu, but the winger fails to reach the ball and misses a clear chance.
21'
Tosca's header, but the ball ends up going over the goal.
14'
Forced change of Iceland. Porarinsson comes in for Skulason who leaves injured.
8'
Good defensive cut, preventing Rumania from shooting at goal.
0'
The match kicks off in Romania.
Iceland: LineUp
E. Olafsson; A. Sampsted, B. Bjarnason, D. Gretarsson, B. Bjarnason, S. Pordarson, S. Gudjohnsen, J. Porsteinsson, A. Skulason.
Rumania: LineUp
F. Nita; A. Ratiu, V. Chiriches, I. Nedelcearu, A. Tosca, A. Cicaldau, R. Marín, N. Stanciu, I. Hagi.
To warm up
Both Romania and Iceland have arrived at the stadium and will take to the field looking for a victory to get off on the right foot in these qualifiers.
Present are
Iceland is also already in Steaua, in this match they will go all out to get out of the bottom of Group J.
They arrived
Romania is already at its stadium where it will seek, with the support of its people, to win three points and climb positions.
It does not go
Viðar Örn Kjartansson will not be with the Icelandic team for these Qualifiers, the player did not recover from his injury and caused low, in his place no one was called.
"If we are so determined to win, we will do it without fail."
Romania defender Vlad Chiricheș spoke in conference, "If we are so focused, so determined to win this game, we will do it without fail. In the Iceland game in September, we played like that with our sword over our head, because we had to win and we showed tremendous determination and I think that's what won us the game. In Thursday's game, we have to think about our game, not the Icelanders' game, not the teams that play without a bet. We have to think that we, we have to win the match, we have to be focused and strong in every duel."
Seeking to improve
Iceland has 15 goals against and only 11 for; in this match they will be looking for more goals in their favor.
What a casualty
Valentin Mihaila ended up leaving the final roster after a discussion with Mirel Radoi and the Parma coaching staff. In addition to this, the player has been unavailable due to injury, so it was agreed to keep him in his team.
What numbers
Romania has scored 11 goals in these matches and conceded only 8.
Last duels
There are four occasions in which these teams have faced each other; three of these duels have been won by Romania and one by Iceland.
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Romania's statements
Mirel Rădoi, Romanian coach, spoke ahead of the match against Iceland: "I don't think there will be any problems with the grass at the Ghencea, especially since it won't rain today or tomorrow, and I have assurances from the people in charge of the turf that it will be very good, as it was in the match against Armenia. At this point, we would have much more to lose than Iceland, and that would be important for us to finish this campaign in second place. We have an advantage, Iceland though on a theoretical level would have a chance for 2nd place, and right now, they can be a dangerous team because they have nothing to lose. That doesn't mean we're not prepared for tomorrow night's game."
"Honestly, I expected there to be spectators in the stands. Many times I have preferred not to talk about these things, about politics in general, or all these measures that are being taken, but I find something incredible, I mean we are vaccinated to go to the Mall, where it is a closed space and we are not welcomed in the stadiums in an open space. I think the best vaccination campaign is for people to come to this game".
Climbing the table
Iceland is in second-to-last place, just above Liechenstein with eight points; in their last match they beat Liechenstein four goals to nil.
Looking for the lead
Romania comes into this match after losing to Germany and is in second place only behind the team it faced last time. The Romanians will be looking for three points this afternoon against Iceland.
The match will be played at the Steaua Stadium.
Romania vs Iceland will be played at Steaua Stadium, located in Bucharest, Romania. The capacity of the stadium is 31,254 people.
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