English:
Canada Overpowers Romania in Bucharest Friendly
Canada secured a decisive victory over Romania in a friendly match held at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The international friendly saw Canada take the initiative early on. Jonathan David opened the scoring in the 11th minute, assisted by A. Ahmed. Ahmed himself extended Canada’s lead in the 22nd minute, without an assist.
The game became more physical, with yellow cards issued to L. De Fougerolles and D. Cornelius for Canada, and to N. Stanciu and F. Tanase for Romania. Finally, in the 77th minute, N. Sigur sealed the victory for Canada with a goal, assisted by T. Oluwaseyi.
While Romania maintained 60% possession, Canada was more effective in attack, with 15 total shots, 7 of which were on target. Romania, on the other hand, only managed 2 shots on target out of their 10 attempts. Belgian referee Lothar D’hondt officiated the match.
Substitutions romania: at minute 61 N. Bancu came in and A. Chipciu went out., at minute 61 A. Burca came in and M. Popescu went out., at minute 62 N. Stanciu came in and F. Tanase went out., at minute 74 D. Dragus came in and D. Miculescu went out., at minute 74 D. Man came in and A. Mitrita went out., at minute 85 A. Ratiu came in and D. Sorescu went out.
Substitutions canada: at minute 64 A. Ahmed came in and J. Nelson went out., at minute 64 I. Kone came in and N. Saliba went out., at minute 77 T. Buchanan came in and P. David went out., at minute 79 J. David came in and J. Hoilett went out., at minute 82 T. Oluwaseyi came in and Z. Bassong went out., at minute 82 L. De Fougerolles came in and J. Waterman went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Romania
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Canada
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