National stadium
Spectators: 10301 (Terracing: 7726,
Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) 2 minutes into the match, Romania's Ştefan Dobay sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Zenon Erkovich narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Igor Lamashkevich in the 5th minute of play forced Romania's goalkeeper Emanuel Crețulescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 6 minutes into the match, Liavon Kuzmich notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Romania's Emanuel Crețulescu. Emanuel Crețulescu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 9 minutes into the match, Romania's goal looked a bit too open when Igor Lamashkevich came free, but Emanuel Crețulescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Emanuel Crețulescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aleksandr Yakovenko, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 19 minutes had been played when some careless play by Romania's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Pavel Kamenich was slow to take the kick. During this time Belarus's players had a chance to rest. Ştefan Dobay sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 22nd minute Ştefan Dobay shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zenon Erkovich saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 25th minute Liavon Kuzmich shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emanuel Crețulescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 29 minutes into the match, Belarus's goal looked a bit too open when Ştefan Dobay came free, but Zenon Erkovich reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Arkady Bulatav fell near the penalty area in the 30th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Belarus's protests and gave Arkady Bulatav a yellow card for diving instead. In the 30th minute, Arkady Bulatav hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 38 minutes into the game, Romania's Ştefan Dobay nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Zenon Erkovich made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. 45 minutes into the match, Belarus's goal looked a bit too open when Ştefan Dobay came free, but Zenon Erkovich reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.
Belarus made a substitution. Naum Bondarev replaced Mikita Afanasev. The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Igor Lamashkevich was the one to do the kick off. 56 minutes into the match, Romania's Ştefan Dobay sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Zenon Erkovich narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After some careless play in the Belarus defense, Ştefan Dobay kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zenon Erkovich. The Belarus fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zenon Erkovich should have stopped the shot. In the 62nd minute Ştefan Dobay shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zenon Erkovich saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Romania's Emanuel Crețulescu got control of the ball when Igor Lamashkevich tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ştefan Dobay might have been able to make a better finish in the 73rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Zenon Erkovich. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ştefan Dobay ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 73rd minute Ştefan Dobay shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zenon Erkovich saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 75 minutes into the match, Romania's Ştefan Dobay sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Zenon Erkovich narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Romania's Petre Scripcaru was substituted for Constantin Dănilă. Belarus's Vladimir Ramashko was substituted for Pavel Kamenich. Belarus's Juljan Demchenko was substituted for Vseslav Slipchanko. If Răzvan Pârvuță had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Răzvan Pârvuță in the 79th minute of play forced Belarus's goalkeeper Zenon Erkovich to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Robert Beniuc hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. With 84 minutes on the clock, Alexandru Urdoi commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. 83 minutes into the game, one of Romania:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Emanuel Crețulescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Liavon Kuzmich, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. After having played for 90 minutes, Petre Scripcaru managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Romania's supporters crossed their fingers, but Petre Scripcaru was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The attack was good, but when Avram Birișu in the 91st minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. In the 96th minute, Vladimir Ramashko reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Emanuel Crețulescu. The goal made the score 3-4.
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