Romania beat Cyprus 2-0. The winner had to work for it: 2 from 19 shots. Best on the pitch was Dennis Man, rated 8.2.

1. 0'
   ⚽Kick-off
   World Cup Qualifiers — UEFA
   ROU 4-2-3-1·4-2-3-1 CYP
   Coach: Mircea Lucescu · Apostolos MantziosReferee: D. Rumsas📍 Arena Nationala
2. 1. First half
   2. 24'
      CYP
      Yellow card
      Grigoris Kastanos
   3. 26'
      

      ROU
      Yellow card
      Florin Tănase
   4. 39'
      CYP
      VAR review
      J. Mall
   5. 43'
      

      ROU
      GOOOAL!Florin TănaseAssist: D. Man
   6. 45'
      

      ROU
      GOOOAL!Dennis ManAssist: D. Dragus
3. 1. Second half
   2. 46'
      CYP
      Substitution
      ▲C. Charalampous▼I. Kosti
   3. 46'
      CYP
      Substitution
      ▲M. Ilia▼L. Loizou
   4. 46'
      CYP
      Substitution
      ▲N. Koutsakos▼Andronikos Kakoullis
   5. 56'
      

      ROU
      Substitution
      ▲Răzvan Marin▼V. Chiriches
   6. 56'
      

      ROU
      Substitution
      ▲Alexandru Mitriță▼Valentin Mihăilă
   7. 62'
      CYP
      Substitution
      ▲Marinos Tzionis▼Anderson Correia
   8. 64'
      CYP
      Yellow card
      G. Satsias
   9. 73'
      

      ROU
      Substitution
      ▲V. Ghita▼Andrei Burcă
   10. 73'
       

       ROU
       Substitution
       ▲Denis Alibec▼Florin Tănase
   11. 81'
       CYP
       Substitution
       ▲Kostakis Artymatas▼C. Kyriakou
   12. 82'
       

       ROU
       Substitution
       ▲D. Miculescu▼Dennis Man