He is on the verge of relegation, but Mircea Lucescu calls him for “double” with Austria and Cyprus “” Well, the world I understood nothing! “

Mircea Lucescu (79 years old) has revealed exclusively for the Sports Gazette at “Ovidiu's friends” that Louis Munteanu will be in the national team for the match with Austria (June 7, from Vienna), and that Vlad Chiricheș returns to the first representative, as a central midfielder.

George Pușcaș at a relegation step in Turkey, but on the list for Austria and Cyprus!

During the show, Ovidiu Ioanițoaia asked the selector who is looking for George Pușcaș on the list for matches with Austria and Cyprus.

Mircea Lucescu replied immediately and told the GSP director: “Wait a little, but it's not about summoning there. Well, the world didn't understand anything! There is the wide lot! Absolutely all our players who work abroad and play or are present in the respective teams are on the list”.

He then explained the reasons why Pușcaș (29 years old, currently in Bodrum, Turkey) will even take the final list of calls for the “double” of the first representative on June 7 and 10.

“Given that I have no three players, I have to call Pușcaș! I have no other player in the Romanian championship, a peak of attack … I'm talking about the third player, not the holders. It is also Bîrligea, Louis Munteanu, Drăguș … ”, said the coach.

Who left to understand that the attacker of the Romanian champion, Daniel Bîrligea will start the match as the holderas it happened in the confrontation with Cyprus (4-1), on November 18, 2024.

• Bodrum is in a retrograde place directly from the first league in Turkey. It's on the 16th place out of 19 teams, with 36 points and two more matches to play (with Kayserispor and Besiktaș)

550 daysThey passed from the last match that George Pușcaș at the beginning as a holder in the national team. On November 18, 2023, he entered the first minute in the victory of Romania 2-1 in Israel, when he scored in the 10th minute

The first serious problems for Mircea Lucescu on the national team! “I have to change something!”

Mircea Lucescu explained to “Ovidiu's friends” and the strategy he adopts for the two matches that can be decisive for qualifying the national team at next year's World Championship, USA, Canada and Mexico.

“I have to think very seriously to change something because I relied a lot on a group of extremely homogeneous players. Players who have had a constantly good and good evolution in the European preliminary, in the European Championship, in the League of Nations and where you cannot make some changes, ”said Lucescu.

He added that “a national team cannot build it from day to day.” Speaking in the dialogue with Ioanițoaia about “other aspects beyond the rhythm of their presence in a competition”.

“Their desire to come, the physical ability they are developing during this very short period. Their value, for sure. Sure for this match I have to keep in mind to build a team according to their yield”, Stated the coach of the national team.

I will make the lot of players on the achievements that had the Star during this period. Steaua will participate with most players in the national team, considering their state of preparation because they have played very well in the last matches. Excellent! I can talk about the enthusiasm they have at that time. They really want to come to the national team too

Mircea Lucescu, the national team coach

List of Preliminary Conditions for Players abroad

The coach Mircea Lucescu announced on Friday, May 16, the preliminary list of players from abroad that he considers for the possible summons to these two games.

• porter: Florin Niță, Horațiu Moldovan, Ionuț Radu
• defense: Andrei Rațiu, Deian Sorescu, Virgil Ghiță, Adrian Rus, Andrei Burcă, Ionuț Nedelcearu
• midfielders: Marius Marin, Răzvan Marin, Nicolae Stanciu, Vlad Dragomir, Dennis Man, Olimpiu Moruțan, Valentin Mihăilă, Florinel Coman
• Attackers: Denis Drăguș, George Pușcaș