Romania vs Poland 2-1

Romania beat Poland 2-1 in Bucharest, with Alexandru Cicâldău and Dennis Man scoring after the break and Marcel Regula replying late for the visitors. A VAR check also wiped out a Romania goal at 60 minutes, and the home side held on.

It was goalless at half-time after a first half full of bookings but no goals. Radu Drăguşin was booked in the 2nd minute, Marcel Regula in the 34th, Tudor Băluță in the 49th, Jakub Kiwior in the 51st, Ianis Hagi in the 57th and Andrei Rațiu in the 61st, before the interval arrived at 0-0.

Romania made two changes on 67 minutes, and the breakthrough came soon after. Cicâldău opened the scoring in the 68th minute, then Dennis Man, set up by Daniel Birligea, who had come on in the 67th minute, made it 2-0 on 72 minutes. Poland made two changes on 70 minutes and pulled one back through Regula in the 82nd minute, before Romania made two more changes on 81 minutes and saw out the final stages. Poland had one last double change on 90+1 minutes, but could not find another equaliser.

The numbers showed a close game that Poland shaded for possession and volume. Poland had 55% of the ball, 400 passes and 15 shots to Romania's 45%, 337 passes and 11 shots, but Romania had more shots on target, 4-3, and more corners, 4-7. Poland also led xG 1.63 to 0.92, while Romania had 2 saves to Poland's 2, and both sides committed plenty of fouls, with Romania on 21 and Poland on 16.

Romania were booked five times, with Drăgușin, Băluță, Hagi, Rațiu and Lisav Naif Eissat shown yellow cards. Poland were booked twice, for Regula and Kiwior. There were no red cards.