Turkey won the game as Turkish striker Burak Yilmaz scored a goal in the first half and Mevlut Erdinc scored in additional time in the second half.
To qualify, Turkey need to win the remaining two matches in group D.
Stadium: National Arena
Referees: Svein Oddvar Moen, Kim Haglund, Frank Andas (Norway)
Romania: Tatarusanu, Matel, Goian, Chiriches, Rat, Hoban, Pintilii, Torje (Min. 46 Popa), Stancu, Tanase (Min. 78 Bucur), Marica (Maxim)
Turkey: Volkan Demirel, Gokhan Gonul, Semih Kaya, Omer Toprak, Caner Erkin, Mehmet Topal, Selcuk Inan, Gokhan Tore (Min. 84 Mevlut Erdinc), Arda Turan, Umut Bulut (Min. 90 Ersan Adem Gulum), Burak Yilmaz (Min. 73 Olcay Sahan)
Goals: Min. 22 Burak Yilmaz, Min. 90+5 Mevlut Erdinc (Turkey)
Yellow Card: Min. 1 Semih Kaya, Min. 65 Volkan Demirel, Min. 70 Arda Turan (Turkey), Min. 40 Rat (Romania)
Group D
| Team | P | +/- | Pts | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 8 | 20 | 22 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Hungary | 8 | 6 | 14 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Turkey | 8 | 7 | 13 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Romania | 8 | 1 | 13 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Estonia | 8 | -10 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Andorra | 8 | -24 | 0 |
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