Our prediction for this Nations League match:
Romania
Match Time & Date:
15/11/2020
02:45 PM
Prediction: 1-2
Norway
Romania and Norway face each other in a highly-anticipated game at Arena National in the Nations League round 5. Led by Erling Haland, Norway recorded their previous three group games in style, and they are now on a quest to overtake Austria in top position in the standings. The Scandinavians are likely to stick to their attacking style of play, and seeing that Romania have little to play for in Sunday’s clash, away win should definitely be considered.
Fit-again Bournemouth attacker Joshua King should be deployed up front, alongside aforementioned Bundesliga ace Erling Haland. The Tricolori, on the other hand, have collected only four points from possible 12 in the process, and seeing that they have slim chances of securing promotion to League A, we are tempted to put our money on the in-form Norwegians. When the two teams met in Oslo earlier in the process Norway crushed Romania 4-0, with Haland scoring a hat-trick.
Highlighted Player (Ciprian Tatarusanu):
Anton Ciprian Tatarusanu is one of Romania’s most famous goalkeeper at the moment, and he has surprisingly spent the majority of his career up to date in his native country. The highly rated shot-stopper joined the most famous club on domestic stage Steaua via Juventus Bucuresti and Gloria Bistrita and he would go on to spend next seven years in the capital, making over 130 league appearances and featuring in over 40 matches in European competitions.
The big club move finally materialised in the summer of 2014 as he waited his contract to expire before signing for Fiorentina, and he quickly established himself as the number one goalkeeper at Artemio Franchi.
When it comes to international stage, Tatarusanu has spent much of his career competing with Costel Pantilimon for the starting berth in the national team, and he has emerged a winner, making 30 odd appearances for the Tricolorii since 2010. Bar any surprises, Tatarusanu will make his debut appearance at major tournaments at the Euro 2016 finals.
Highlighted Team (Norway):
Norway are a Nordic side that participated three times at the FIFA World Cup finals (1938, 1994 and 1998). The Norwegians were producing fine performances at the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, with the team setting up a meeting with Italy in the last 16 of the showpiece tournament thanks to a 2-1 win over Brazil in their last group match.
However, the Azzurri proved to be a big catch for Norway and thanks to Bobo Vieri’s goal the Italians made it to the quarter-finals. Norway only once qualified for the European Championship finals, with the team suffering elimination in the group stages of the 2000 tournament in Belgium and Netherlands. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is the most famous Norwegian player and it is well known that he helped Manchester United beat Bayern Munich in the 1999 Champions League final.
The “Baby-faced” striker scored the winner for the Red Devils in the dying seconds of the match. Norway play their home games at Ullevaal Stadion, which was opened in September, 1926. The capacity of the venue is 28.000.
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