Romania vs. Tunisia

WORLD CUP UPDATE

      ROMANIA            1
      TUNISIA            1   FINAL

      SCORING: ROM: VIOREL MOLDOVAN (2) IN THE 72ND MINUTE
               TUN: SKANDER SOUAYAH (1) IN THE 10TH MINUTE
                                                                        

Extended Box

WORLD CUP - BOXSCORE

    ROMANIA 1                         TUNISIA 1

G   BOGDAN STELEA                 G   CHOKRI EL OAUER
D   DAN PETRESCU                  D   SAMI TRABELSI
D   CRISTIAN DULCA                D   MOUNIR BOUKADIDA
D    GHEORGHE POPESCU (32ND)      D   FERID CHOUCHANE
D   ANTON DOBOS                   D   ZOUBEIR BAYA
D   LIVIU CIOBOTARIU              M   KAIES GODHBANE
M   CONSTANTIN GALCA              M    TAREK THABET (83RD)
M   DORINEL MUNTEANU              M   RIADH BOUAZIZI
M   GHEORGHE HAGI                 M   SIRAJEDDINE CHIHI
M   LUCIAN MARINESCU              M   SKANDER SOUAYAH
F   ILIE DUMITRESCU               M    IMED BEN YOUNES (92ND)
F    VIOREL MOLDOVAN (67TH)       F   ADEL SELLIMI
F   MARIUS LACATUS                F   MEHDI BEN SLIMANE
F    ADRIAN ILIE (46TH)           F    RIADH JELASSI (55TH)

                     ROM               TUN

SHOTS                 14                10
FOULS                 10                18
OFFSIDES               8                 5
CORNER KICKS           6                 2

      SCORING: ROM: VIOREL MOLDOVAN (2) IN THE 72ND MINUTE
               TUN: SKANDER SOUAYAH (1) IN THE 10TH MINUTE

REFEREE: EDWARD LENNIE (AUSTRALIA)

CAUTIONS: ROM: NONE
          TUN: ZOUBEIR BAYA (28TH)
               SKANDER SOUAYAH (57TH)

EJECTIONS: ROM: NONE
           TUN: NONE

ATTENDANCE: 00,000
                                                                        

Game Story

A goal from substitute forward Viorel Moldovan in the 72nd
lifted Romania into a 1-1 tie with Tunisia in Saint-Denis and
the top spot in Group G of the World Cup.

The Romanian team (2-0-1 in Group G), sporting a bleach-blonde
hairdo, played a sub-par match and were fortunate to come away
with the point, which became needed for the Group G title after
England's 2-0 victory over Colombia. Romania had a plus-2 goal
differential, while England built a plus-3 in its three matches.

Moldovan scored his second goal of the tournament and 15th in 30
international appearances five minutes after he entered the game
for Ilie Dumitrescu.  Adrian Ilie, "The Cobra", assisted on the
goal with a nice pass, flicked back from the right side before
being headed by a Tunisian defender to Moldovan.

Tunisia (0-2-1) showed character in a much-improved performance
after loses to England and Colombia.  Midfielder Skander Souayah
converted a penalty kick in the 10th minute, beating goalkeeper
Bogdan Stelea to the right.  Defender Constantin Galca took
forward Adel Sellini down in the penalty area for the
infraction.

Souayah scored his first and only goal for Tunisia in France,
his seventh international tally.  But with the point, Tunisia
pushed the United States, which lost all three of its matches
and scored only one goal, to the bottom of the 32-team field.

Despite poor play, Romania outshot Tunisia 14-10, but only six
were on target to Tunisia's seven.  Romania also benefited from
six corner kicks to two.  Australian referee Edward Lennie
issued yellow cards to Souayah and Zoubeir Baya of Tunisia.

Tunisia was the first African country to win a World Cup match,
recording a 3-1 victory over Mexico in 1978.