Romania vs Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-4

Bosnia and Herzegovina beat Romania 4-2 at Arena Națională after racing into a 3-1 lead by half-time and adding a fourth early in the second half. Romania pulled one back on 62 minutes, but the visitors had already built enough of a cushion.

Armin Gigovic opened the scoring in the 12th minute from Esmir Bajraktarević’s pass to make it 1-0, before Tarik Muharemovic doubled the lead in the 19th minute with an assist from Ivan Bašić. Daniel Birligea reduced the gap in the 28th minute from Lisav Naif Eissat’s pass, and Haris Tabaković restored Bosnia and Herzegovina’s two-goal advantage on 40 minutes. The sides went in at 1-3.

Romania made two changes at half-time, with Louis Munteanu replacing Valentin Mihăilă and Alexandru Cicâldău coming on for Darius Olaru. Cicâldău, who had come on in the 45th minute, scored on 62 minutes to make it 2-4. Bosnia and Herzegovina responded with two changes on 63 minutes, then two more on 81 minutes, after Ermin Mahmić had made it 4-1 on 55 minutes from a second assist of the night by Bajraktarević. Romania also made two changes on 65 minutes, and that was as close as they got.

Romania had 56% of the possession and 589 passes to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s 462, while also winning 4 corners to 3. Bosnia and Herzegovina were sharper in front of goal, with 15 shots and 7 on target compared with Romania’s 13 and 4, and they also had fewer fouls, 9 to 15. Romania were caught offside 3 times, Bosnia and Herzegovina once, while the saves count was 3 for Romania and 2 for Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Ermin Mahmić was booked in the 16th minute and Tarik Muharemovic in the 80th minute for Bosnia and Herzegovina. There were no red cards.