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The fun never stops. Just under an hour to go until the late kick-offs in Group F. Our MBMs are live.
Group winners Romania will play Slovenia or the Netherlands in the round of 16, but that too has yet to be decided.
Not a great look for the tournament.
Nine of the last ten matches were 0-0, 1-0 or 1-1
— Barney Ronay (@barneyronay) June 26, 2024
And in the other match of this group it is full time! Ukraine ends 0-0 Belgium!
This means Ukraine is out despite having four points and Belgium will face France in the Round of 16! Yeeeeeesh.
Slovakia will face either England or Spain. This is yet to be decided.
Final score: Romania 1-1 Slovakia
Both sides have gone through and both sets of players are celebrating wildly on the pitch!
90+2 min.: Unsurprisingly, both sides are showing little attacking flair. This game ends as a draw, which suits both sides.
| More ▼ Slovakia Subs: Norbert Gomber and Matus Bero replace Ondrej Duda and Peter Pekarik. Duda received a yellow card shortly before this change.
90 minutes: Three minutes added here.
I am happy to say that Marek Hamsik, now retired of course, is still part of the Slovakia squad as part of the backroom staff. However, he lost the mohawk.
88 minutes: Yellow card for Puskas for a high boot on Skriniar. The forward is lucky he didn’t make better contact with the central line of the PSG defender.
86 minutes: Romania’s top scorer Razvan Marin has been recalled for Rus, who is a central defender. I think that gives an indication of how enterprising he is Romania plan to be for the closing stages. However, they do have a corner kick… that shoots over anyone in the middle and goes in for a goal.
84 minutes: The game is… delayed. Remember that a tie means both sides pass.
82 minutes: Hanko, who conceded the penalty earlier remember, enjoys a good finish to this match, relaxing the shoulder to win another set for Slovakia after a clumsy challenge from Marius Marin. But it’s a wasteful delivery.
80 minutes: Hanko was perhaps a little unlucky not to be awarded a free-kick after hitting Ratiu on the line. Romania gave the Slovakian left-back a slight nudge, but not enough for the referee to cut it off.
78 minutes: Slovakia substitution – Duris replaces Ivan Schrantz, who would have become only the ninth player to score in all three group games had he scored today.
76 minutes: The first sign of time wasting as Romania goalkeeper Nita takes his sweet time with a goal kick. Remember, Romania is top of this group as it stands. But so much can change in the final 15 minutes of both games. Slovakia is also set to rank as one of the best third-ranked teams. But the goal for Ukraine changes everything.
By the way, it’s still Ukraine 0-0 Belgium. The Belgians will play France in the round of 16 if things stay like this.
74 minutes: Skriniar is the more prominent centre-back in Slovakia’s backline and the PSG man did well today, but his partner Vavro was also outstanding. He plays for FC Copenhagen.
72 minutes: The rain is easing. We should now be able to play football properly. Now I’ll shut up about the weather.
70 minutes: Slovakia respond with two changes of their own. Tomas Suslov and Robert Bojenik replace David Strelets and Lukas Haraslin. The latter made a real impression in this second half.
The ball has already begun to stick to the surface. I can easily imagine a game-changing error coming from the conditions or the terrain.
68 minutes: Romania make a double change: George Puskas and Denis Mann replace Janis Hagi and Denis Dragus. I think it’s a shame for Hagi to go out. Puskas, formerly of Reading, of course.
66 minutes: The terrain resembles something like a slide. It was already wobbly, now it’s soaked.
64 minutes: Two great chances for Slovakia! Strelets finds some space in Romania’s area and sends a low shot through the legs of Dragushin and towards the near post. All of Nita’s momentum goes in the wrong direction, but the keeper dangles a leg to keep it out.
Come back Slovakia! Next up is Haraslin, who poses the threat by charging down the left wing and sending his shot wide. Romania post So close again.
62 minutes: Out of nowhere it started to rain in Frankfurt! The players are completely drenched and the wind is blowing the rain towards the fans in the stands.
59 minutes: Come back to Romania! Hagi beats his keeper on the edge of the Slovakia penalty area, lays the ball to Razvan Marin, who hits a howitzer with almost no rebound. Dubravka saves and the rebound falls to Dragus who finds half a yard and fires just over the bar! A yard up!
57 minutes: Romania made the first change: Coman instead of Sorescu.
55 minutes: Lobotka continues to pull the strings in the middle of the field Slovakiawho look most likely to win this match.
53 minutes: Hagi is punished for a duel in the air with Hanko, of which Slovakia defender performs worse. Iordanescu, the Romania manager, was shown a yellow card by the referee for protesting the decision.
51 minutes: Haraslin, so quiet in the first half Slovakia, prevailed over Ratiu on his way to the Romanian copyright row. Haraslin checks back inside with his right foot and ignores the options in the middle instead of firing through a crowd of players. Nita is once again her equal. Slovakia is certainly the better side in these early stages.
49 minutes: A miscue allows Hanko to break free on the left for Slovakia, he hooks a rather loose cross into the middle where Romania make a mess of their clearance. The ball ballooned into the area and looked set to bounce just under the crossbar before Nita cleared it off Strelets’ head with a perfectly timed shot that the Romanian keeper celebrated as a goal.
Peeeeeeeep! We are in Frankfurt again.
Reading for half an hour:
Half time: Slovakia 1-1 Romania
We are all fair, but no one can say that neither party has done it.
“Wow, atmosphere, go, great game to watch,” email from Paper Roses.
45 minutes: Three minutes have been added.
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