Excess of zeal and tensions upon arrival of the national team of Romania in Vienna »why it was to escalate the situation
Article by Remus Dinu, Cezar Titor – published on Thursday, June 5, 2025, 21:47 / Updated Thursday, June 5, 2025:47
The national of Romania arrived in Vienna this evening, 48 hours before the match with Austria from the World Championship preliminaries. In front of Mircea Lucescu, the tricolor delegation appeared at the hotel “Counced by Marriott Vienna Prater/Messe” around the local time 20:15. Unusually, there were some tensions upon arrival at the hotel, caused by an excess of zeal of the hosts.
- Austria – Romania is playing on Saturday, June 7, from 9:45 pm, in Vienna. The duel will be LiveText on GSP.ro and live on TV on Antena 1. A team of four reporters of the newspaper will transmit the most important information on the spot.
After a flight of about an hour and a half, the national team landed at the “Floghafen Wien-Schwechat” airport, from where it continued its route to the hotel by bus. Stanciu & co. They have not been waiting for a long time, making their appearance at the hotel at the appointed time, without delay and without having other unplanned events in traffic.
The “tricolors” felt that at least in the light of the large number of Romanian journalists present in front of the hotel, over 20 in number for the match on which the chances of qualifying for the World Cup depend.
In addition to the media representatives, they appeared at the hotel and 10 Romanian supporters, including some kindergarten children, dressed in yellow shirts and eager to get a selfie or souvenir from national footballers.
VIDEO. Excess of zeal? Tensions in front of the hotel at the arrival of the Romanian national in Austria
An unexpected situation has been in front of the hotel.
Unusual for such a moment, there were tensions at the arrival of the national team, caused by the hotel representatives, Which, unusual with the flow of journalists and cameramen present in front of the resort, brought some parava to not allow reporters to film. These were removed only after the intervention of the national press officer, and the spirits then calmed.
“Tricolorii” descended from the bus to the lead with coach Mircea Lucescu. They stopped to give autographs Florin Tanase, Nedelcearu and Chiricheș. Tase was generous, he stayed for minutes with the children.
Răzvan Burleanu arrived first, followed Gino Iorgulescu
Răzvan Burleanu arrived at the hotel about 10 minutes before the rest of the delegation, accompanied by Gabriel Bodescu. FRF president Na offered statements. He greeted him from a distance on the journalists, took his luggage from the trunk of the car that brought him to his destination, then being unseen in the hotel reception.
Later, at the hotel he appeared and a minibus from which officials from the federation, as well as Gino Iorgulescu, President of LPF.
“Tricolorii” prepare the match in a small paradise
From today until Sunday, Mircea Lucescu's footballers will be accommodated in a four-star resort in Austria, in the eastern part of the city, 10-15 minutes from the historical center of Vienna.
“Counced by Marriott Vienna Prater/Messe” is the hotel chosen by “tricolors” to prepare the match of capital importance in this campaign.
The complex in which national is accommodated Provides ideal conditions for athletes who pass the threshold, including a fitness center with non-stop program, sauna and state-of-the-art facilities for recoverye. The latest technical-tactical details will be developed by Lucescu in the conference rooms inside the hotel.
On Friday, training on “Ernst Happel”
On Friday afternoon, the first representative will support the official training around 7:45 pm (Romania time), the “tricolors” will walk for the first time on the “Ernst Happel” stadium.
The journalists of the newspaper, present throughout the week in Austria, entered on Wednesday, at noon, on the arena on which the match on Saturday evening will be played. The preparations were in full swing, the staff dealing with the aesthetics of the arena working at the lawn and at the hygiene of the stands.
The “Ernst Happel” stadium in Vienna, the largest in Austria, was inaugurated in 1931 under the name of “Praterstadion”. The stadium went through renovations in 1986 and, later, in 2008, when he hosted matches from the European Championship in which Romania also participated. Then, Piţurcă's “tricolors” played their group matches in Switzerland, not on Austrian soil.
