I have to say, this Romania team looks like a really solid unit. I mean Ukraine have obviously played better games, but the likes of Mudryk and Sudakov were dribbling past 3 or 4 players at times, but there was always another Romanian covering. They'd have like 2 or 3 players pressuring and marking 1 Ukrainian at other times as well. It was almost impossible for Ukraine to find a way through the middle of the Romanian defence and when Ukraine got down the flanks to put crosses in, the Romanian defence excellently cleared the ball. Their defence was even blocking shots, they hardly gave Ukraine any space in the final 3rd of the pitch.
Ukraine had 72% possession, 8 corners, 13 shots and a passing accuracy of 87%. But all that counted for nothing, because Romania's defence was as strong as a fortress.
Even looking at the goals, the 1st goal was caused by a poor clearance, but that finish by Stanciu was unstoppable. The 2nd goal started when the ball broke to the onrushing Razvan Marin who lined up the shot and struck the ball 1st time, hard, low and and into the corner of the net. One could say Lunin could have done better, because the ball went in under his dive in his attempt to save the ball. But that shot was struck with a lot of venom and accuracy, as well as the fact it was swerving into the corner of the net as it went in. So yeah, a top class keeper like Lunin will have wanted to save that, but it was sweetly struck. For the 3rd goal, Dennis Man went on a run into the area, skipped past Shaparenko's poor tackle effort too easily and then crossed for Dragus to tap the ball into the net.
Romania were solid and efficient. If they replicate this formula and performance against Belgium, I agree, they could shock the Belgians as well. The pressure is on Belgium and Ukraine in their next matches, not so much Romania and Slovakia.
For Ukraine, I'd like to see Brazhko or Malinovskyi start next to Stepanenko as midfield enforcers. Or even have both start and have Stepanenko on the bench. Either way, there probably needs to be 2 strong robust ball winners behind Mudryk, Sudakov, Tsyhankov and Dovbyk. Shaparenko is best suited to a more attacking role in midfield. Both Brazhko and Malinovskyi played relatively well when they came on at different moments of the 2nd half. It would also be good to see Mykolenko back at left back, if he recovers in time from his injury for the next match.