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Romania's women's national football team ended in a draw with Switzerland's strong team, 1-1 (1-0), on Friday, at the "Triumph Arch" Stadium in Bucharest, in a Group G match of the 2023 World Cup qualifiers.
The tricolors managed a remarkable result, in their first match played in Bucharest, against a team ranked 19th in the world, in front of over 1,000 spectators, who encouraged our players.
Romania played a very good game and were not far from a historic victory.
The team coached by Cristian Dulca, ranked 42nd in the world, managed to open the score after a corner, through Maria Ficzay, with a head strike, following a cross provided by Mihaela Ciolacu, after a corner.
Switzerland controlled the game most of the time and created many scoring opportunities, with 18 shots on goal, compared to 6 shots of the tricolors, Agerpres.ro informs.
The visiting team equalized in the min. 77, by Rahel Kiwic, at the first touch after entering the field, at a successful cross by Maritz.
Romania suffered a major blow in the min. 68, when Terchoun seriously injured Teodora Meluta, who could not continue playing.
Laura Rus had a good opportunity to score the score leveling in the min. 79, but Swiss goalkeeper Thalmann made a save.
In another match, Croatia defeated Moldova 1-0 away. The Italy-Lithuania match also takes place on Friday.
Switzerland remain in first place with 19 points (7 matches), followed by Italy, 15 points (6 matches), Romania, 10 points (6 matches), Croatia, 7 points (7 matches), Lithuania, 1 point (5 matches), Moldova, 0 p (5 matches).
Romania will play next on April 12, against Croatia, at Velika Gorica. The matches Switzerland - Italy and the Republic of Moldova - Lithuania will also be played on Tuesday.
The winners of the 9 preliminary groups will qualify directly for the final tournament in Australia and New Zealand. The runners-up will play in a play-off in October 2022, which will send two more teams to the World Cup and another to the playoff with a national team from another confederation.
