France Draws 1-1 With Romania In World Cup Qualifier

France’ Thierry Henry opened score in the 48th minute, but his team-mate Julien Escude evened it out with an own-goal in the 56th minute.

France: Hugo Lloris; Bakary Sagna, Julien Escude, William Gallas, Patrice Evra; Jeremy Toulalan, Lassana Diarra, Yoann Gourcuff; Nicolas Anelka, Thierry Henry, Andre-Pierre Gignac (Franck Ribery, 57).

Romania: Danut Coman; Vasile Maftei, Razvan Rat, Iulian Apostol, Christian Chivu; Mirel Radoi, Tiberiu Ghioane, Maximilian Nucu (Gheorghe Bucur, 76), Bogdan Mara (Mihai Roman, 61), Romeo Surdu; Ciprian Marica.

Yellow cards: Sagna , 79 / Apostol, 75.

Romania played with black armbands in memory of Romanian player Alexandru Iatan who died earlier this week during training with his team, Dunarea Giurgiu.

About 78,209 fans went to the game in Paris, including a group of 800 Romanian fans.