Foot & Soccer Soccer Match Reports, Football News
Romania and Slovakia earned a point apiece which was enough for both teams to progress from Group E in Frankfurt.
A draw was enough to send both sides through to the last 16 but despite that fact the encounter was hugely competitive throughout, with both sides seeking to try and top the group and send the other home.
Ondrej Duda’s fine downward header gave Slovakia the lead against the run of play on 24 minutes but Razvan Marin’s emphatic penalty, awarded by VAR, levelled before the break.
Slovakia ahead via Duda header ⚽️#EURO2024 | #SVKROU pic.twitter.com/4sOBvesm4S
— UEFA EURO 2024 (@EURO2024) June 26, 2024
Group E winners Romania will play the Slovenia or the Netherlands while runners-up Belgium face France and third-placed Slovakia will advance to play Spain or England.
Romania are through to their second European Championship knockout stage while Slovakia are in the knockout phase of a third major tournament.
Slovakia cause early problems
Romania looked suspect from high balls into the box from the get-go and keeper Florin Nita held a tame header from Juraj Kucka from an early corner and David Hancko volleyed well over the bar from another set piece inside 10 minutes.
At the other end Martin Dubravka palmed away a curling strike from the left of the box from Andrei Ratju, while Ianis Hagi lashed the rebound high and wide.
Romania’s Razvan Marin fizzed a free-kick wide of the upright from 30 yards while Stanciu swung an effort from outside the box straight at Dubravka.
The deadlock was broken at the other end on 24 minutes when a looping cross from deep on the right by Kucka was met by the head of Duda who expertly guided the ball down and back across goal past the despairing dive of Nita.
Ratju fired a long-range blast down the middle at Dubravka as the Romanians sought a reply but they were handed a lifeline from the penalty spot after a VAR intervention as Hagi was brought down by Hancko’s trailing leg on the edge of the box,…
Source link : https://www.101greatgoals.com/news/euro-2024-slovakia-1-1-romania/
Author : Alex Hoad
Publish date : 2024-06-26 17:54:13
Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
