bölöni earns romanian reprieve against spain published: saturday 4 october 2003, 11.40cet
spain went in front through lobo carrasco's penalty midway through the first half but ladislau bölöni earned romania a share of the spoils.
romania and spain drew 1-1 in their opening group 2 fixture of the 1984 uefa european football championship.
it was spain who took the lead in saint-etienne midway through the opening period. nicolae ungureanu gave the ball away and juan antonio señor played a through ball into ricardo gallego's path. silviu lung felled the spanish no10 and lobo carrasco converted from the penalty spot.
romania channelled their attempts for an equaliser through the fair-haired ladislau bölöni, who duly obliged ten minutes prior to half-time when he drove in marcel coras's pull-back. coras later created a chance for mircea rednic and was himself denied by arconada. bölöni, ungureanu and michael klein all chanced their arm before full time but spain held firm for a point.
