Parc des Princes, Paris
Romania 1-1 Switzerland
Bogdan Stancu (18’) pen. Admir Mehmedi (57’)
Switzerland keeps their ‘Round of 16’ advancement alive, with a 1-1 draw against Romania.
Shirt tucking right in front of the referee gave away a penalty to Romania. Bogdan Stancu made no mistakes about it and converted the spot kick. Romania was up 1-0 in the 18th minute.
Switzerland found the equalizer in the 57th minute from a corner kick. Ricardo Rodriguez’s corner kick bounced back in position for Admir Mehmet to volley home an equalizer.
A point was good enough for the Swiss. They came into the match with a win to their name. Getting points from their first two matches was very important, as their next match is against the host nation, France.
Romania’s starting line-up on Wednesday was their oldest-ever at the EUROs (29 years, 305 days). #ROUSUI #EURO2016 pic.twitter.com/AZkyOyc5iA
— UEFA EURO 2016 (@UEFAEURO) June 16, 2016
This was Romania’s first point in two matches, and that is might not be good enough if they don’t find a win against Albania in their last Group A match. Albania is a debutant looking for their first point in European Competition. This should be a cracking match.
Switzerland sits temporarily as the leaders in Group A
| Group A | |||||||
| Team | Played | Win | Loss | Draw | GF | GA | Points |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| France | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Romania | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Albania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
