Turkish A National Team, coached by Fatih Terim, took an important victory by 2-0 against Romania at away in 2014 FIFA World Cup road.
The match was played in National Arena, Bucharest, Romania and Turkey grabbed the win by Burak Yılmaz's (Min. 22) and Mevlüt Erdinç's (Min. 90+5) goals in their eighth game of 2014 FIFA World Cup European Qualification Group D.
In the day's other matches of the group, Hungary defeated Estonia 5-1 while, Netherlands beat Andorra 2-0 at away.
Stadium: National Arena
Referees: Svein Oddvar Moen, Kim Haglund, Frank Andas, Ken Henry Johnsen (Norway)
Romania: Ciprian Tataruşanu, Alexandru Matel, Razvan Rat, Vlad Chiricheş (C), Mihai Doru Pintilii, Ciprian Marica (Min. 46 Alexandru Maxim), Cristian Tanase (Min. 78 Gheorghe Bucur), Gabriel Torje (Min. 46 Adrian Popa), Dorin Goian, Ovidiu Hoban, Bogdan Stancu
Turkey: Volkan Demirel, Gökhan Gönül, Semih Kaya, Ömer Toprak, Caner Erkin, Mehmet Topal, Selçuk İnan, Gökhan Töre (Min. 84 Mevlüt Erdinç), Arda Turan (C), Umut Bulut (Min. 90 Ersan Gülüm), Burak Yılmaz (Min. 72 Olcay Şahan).
Goals: Min. 22 Burak Yılmaz, Min. 90+5 Mevlüt Erdinç (Turkey)
Yellow Cards: Min. 1 Semih Kaya, Min. 65 Volkan Demirel, Min. 70 Arda Turan (Turkey), Min. 40 Razvan Rat (Romania)
2014 FIFA World Cup European Qualifications Group D Standings:
Teams |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
1.NETHERLANDS |
8 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
24 |
4 |
22 |
2.HUNGARY |
8 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
18 |
12 |
14 |
3.TURKEY |
8 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
14 |
7 |
13 |
4.ROMANIA |
8 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
13 |
12 |
13 |
5.ESTONIA |
8 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
16 |
7 |
6.ANDORRA |
8 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
24 |
0 |