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Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Pippin Christen during the 3rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Everett Hertz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lucrețiu Zăraşcu, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. In the 11th minute of the game Pavel Alexandru made a throw-in which Andrei Borăscu played forward. Switzerland's Everett Hertz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Toader Gurlui in the 12th minute of play. In the 13th minute Pippin Christen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tiberiu Grindeanu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Switzerland getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Torin Waller hit a great ball. When the match had gone on for 17 minutes, Lucrețiu Zăraşcu put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Everett Hertz. 21 minutes into the match, Switzerland's goal looked a bit too open when Toader Gurlui came free, but Everett Hertz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pavel Alexandru scored 0-2 in the 24th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Everett Hertz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Everett Hertz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lucrețiu Zăraşcu, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Andrei Borăscu in the 28th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Everett Hertz prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pippin Christen in the 31st minute of play forced Romania's goalkeeper Tiberiu Grindeanu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Everett Hertz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Toader Gurlui, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. After some careless play in the Switzerland defense, Pavel Alexandru kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Everett Hertz. The Switzerland fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Everett Hertz should have stopped the shot. Everett Hertz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Toader Gurlui, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Pavel Alexandru in the 42nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Everett Hertz prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 43 minutes, Philippe-Arnaud Van Der Kuijlen mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Switzerland and the Romania players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Romania booed when Switzerland was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Philippe-Arnaud Van Der Kuijlen didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

In the 52nd minute Toader Gurlui shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Everett Hertz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Everett Hertz didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Romania's Andrei Borăscu shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-4 in the ordered_time% minute. 57 minutes into the game, Romania's Toader Gurlui nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Everett Hertz made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-5. After some careless play in the Switzerland defense, Andrei Borăscu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Everett Hertz. The Switzerland fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Everett Hertz should have stopped the shot. With a little luck, Switzerland's Everett Hertz got control of the ball when Marian Cismarescu tried to sneak it across the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jules Megnet during the 70th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Switzerland getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Jules Megnet hit a great ball. Lucrețiu Zăraşcu received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Everett Hertz came out and tried to block the shot, but Lucrețiu Zăraşcu slotted it home off the left post making it 0-7 in the 73rd minute. Daniele Lafranchi made in the 76th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Romania's Marian Cismarescu. Switzerland's Everett Hertz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save Switzerland from getting a goal against them. In the 89th match minute, Switzerland was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jules Megnet to maneuver through the defense. Romania's Nicu Bujor shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 90th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Everett Hertz but with some difficulty. When the final whistle sounded Romania left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Switzerland.