Article by Andrei Crăiţoiu, Maria Olteanu – published on Saturday, June 07, 2025, 20:28 / Updated on Saturday, 07 June 2025 20:28
Mircea Lucescu (79 years old) immediately went to check the condition of the lawn on the Vienna stadium, about two hours before the first start whistle of the match against Austria, from the preliminaries of the World Championship 2026. He has shown his concern about the playing surface since Friday evening.
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Austria – Romania is played on Saturday, June 7, from 9:45 pm, on the “Ernst Happel” stadium. The match will be LiveText on GSP.ro and live on TV on Antena 1, with real -time details from GSP reporters in Vienna.
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GSP journalists Ovidiu Ioanițoaia, Ionuț Iordache, Andrei Crăițoiu, Remus Dinu and Cezar Titor transmit all the information that matters.
Mircea Lucescu analyzed the playing surface
Mircea Lucescu was crying last night after training of the very soft lawn. Today it rained for more than four hours in Vienna, and the rain has not stopped now, less than two hours before the start of the match.
The first thing the coach did when he arrived at the stadium was to see what the lawn looks like with his seconds, Jerry Gane and Florin Constantinovici.
The players also came out on the ground later, when the public began to chant “Romania, Romania!”.
Since Friday evening, after the official training, Lucescu knew that the playing area would not be presented in the best conditions. Although the organizers have worked in the last days to maintain the playing surface, several furrows broke out when our players performed the running at the edge of the field.
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Romania's start team for tonight's match: Horațiu Moldovan – Andrei Rațiu, Mihai Popescu, Andrei Burcă, Nicușor Bancu – Răzvan Marin, Vlad Chiricheș, Nicolae Stanciu – Dennis Man, Daniel Bîrliga, Denis Drăguș
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