Romania will look to clinch the second place spot in Group D of the UEFA World Cup qualifiers when it takes on Estonia on Tuesday.
Romania is locked in a race with Turkey for the playoff spot of the group, but has good fortune on its side heading into the match on Tuesday. First of all, the team will take on Estonia, one of the weaker teams in the group. Meanwhile Turkey will have to content with the mighty Netherlands team; the Dutch are coming off an 8-1 destruction of Hungary in the qualifiers. The Dutch are the favorites to top Turkey in that match, meaning that a Romanian win would give them second place. A victory is tantamount because Hungary could potentially leap-frog both Turkey and Romania with a win over Andorra combined with a loss to Turkey and a loss for Romania.
Romania trails Turkey by a goal differential of four and would be eliminated if the order in the standings remained the same. The team pulled off a 4-0 win in Andorra on Friday, but was unhappy with the scoreline.
"We wanted to win in Andorra by a much bigger margin, knowing how important this issue of goals scored and conceded will be at the end," said Romanian coach Victor Pițurcă according to UEFA. "We could have scored at least three or four more goals in Andorra, but such things happen when you miss big opportunities like we did. More than that, we are now starting to think about the goals we conceded too easily during the other qualifiers."
Prediction: Romania will win this game with facility but needs to score as many goals as possible at home. Expect a 4-0 win for Romania.
Start Time: Kick-off starts at 2 p.m. EST
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