Romania Draws 1-1 With Austria In World Cup Qualifier

Romania’s national football team held Austria to a 1-1 draw in a home match Wednesday evening, in group seven of the World Cup qualifiers.

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Romania, which is out of the competition for the finals, opened score in the 55th minute through forward Gheorghe Bucur. Visitors evened the score in the 82nd minute through defender Franz Schiemer.

Romania: 1-Danut Coman; 2-Cristian Sapunaru, 3-Razvan Rat, 4-Mihai Roman, 5-Cristian Chivu, 6-Mirel Radoi, 7-Tiberiu Ghioane, 8-Paul Codrea (Costin Lazar, 72), 9-Ciprian Marica (Ionut Mazilu, 78), 10-Adrian Cristea (Romeo Surdu, 86), 11-Gheorghe Bucur.

Austria: 1-Helge Payer; 2-Aleksandar Dragovic, 3-Franz Schiemer, 5-Christian Fuchs, 6-Yasin Pehlivan, 8-Daniel Beichler (Roman Wallner, 73), 9-Erwin Hoffer (Stefan Maierhofer, 46), 10-Jakob Jantscher (Christopher Trimmel, 62), 13-Andreas Hoelzl, 16-Paul Scharner, 17-Julian Baumgartlinger.

Yellow cards: Chivu, 72; Bucur, 79 / Scharner, 61; Fuchs, 84; Pehlivan, 88.

Referee: Martin Atkinson (England).

Nearly 7,000 fans attended the game in Bucharest, including about 100 Austrian fans.

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