Defeat Switzerland In The Final Qualification Match, Romania Becomes Group I Champion

JAKARTA - Romania emerged victorious in the fight for Group I winners with Switzerland. In the final group match at the Euro 2024 qualifying at the National Arena, Wednesday, November 22 in the morning WIB, Romania won 1-0 over Switzerland.

Romania and Switzerland have actually made sure to qualify for the Euro 2024 finals. Romania qualified after beating Israel 2-1 in the previous match.

They returned to the European Cup after being forced to miss the last title despite Romania being one of the 11 hosts of Euro 2020.

Meanwhile, Switzerland, which drew 1-1 against Kosovo, was enough to pocket tickets to Germany.

The final match of the qualifying round, which coincidentally brought the two teams together to fight for their final position. The victory over Switzerland made Romania finish qualifying with an unbeaten record. Hagi et al are the winners of the group after pocketing 22.

Meanwhile, Switzerland finally had to rank second with 17 points.

In third place is Israel who gets point 15. Israel can still qualify for Germany with the playoffs. They will start the fight in that round against the top four.

In the match that was not decisive but it was hot, Switzerland instead lost the mainstay player. Ya defender Manuel Akanji was injured and had to undergo treatment after the match.

If Akanji needed time to recover the injury, this would be a blow to Manchester City because it would lose a mainstay defender.

Moreover, Man City will face a tough match against Liverpool in the English Premier League competition on Saturday. Ironic that Akanji was injured in an undetermined match.

In that match, Denis Alibec scored his only Romanian goal in the 50th minute. Alibec's goal to break the deadlock was created by a close-range shot.

The 1-0 score for Romania lasted until the end of the match because no more goals were scored.