Three changes required in the starting team for the match with Cyprus, immediately after Austria

Ashley Davis08/06/2025

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Article by Maria Olteanu – published on Sunday, June 08, 2025, 10:55 / Updated Sunday, June 8, 2025 10:59

Austria – Romania 2-1. Immediately after the failure in Vienna, on Saturday evening, former Romanian international Gică Popescu (57 years old) Heard the coach Mircea Lucescu (79 years old) Offering the first reactions and was surprised to see that he seemed satisfied with what he saw at his players. At the same time, Gică Popescu claimed that at least three changes should be made for the next match, with Cyprus.

Romania – Cyprus is played on Tuesday, June 10, from 9:45 pm, on the National Arena. The match will be LiveText on GSP.ro and on TV on Prima TV

After the confrontation lost by “tricolors”, Lucescu did not argue his students, claiming that they gave everything they had in the match, but that the difference of value was obvious and reflected in the result. Gică Popescu said he does not fully understand this statement, but that he senses that the coach does not want to demoralize his players before the next match.

Also, the president of the Lighthouse emphasized the need for changes in the starting team, so that Lucescu will rely on players who have matches on the club team and offered even three examples: Alex Mitriță, Adrian Şut and David Miculescu.

Gică Popescu asks for three changes in Lucescu's team

“I was surprised by the statement of him that he is satisfied with this game. He probably does not want to have negative statements considering that in 3 days we have another match.

Will do a more aggressive analysis after the second match. He is right that Austria has players in important teams, and ours does not play for club teams, but we have players who play at the club.

Instead of saying that some of them do not play, better to put those who play and some of them constantly in their club teams, Mitriţă from Craiova, Şut from Steaua (no FCSB), Miculescu. Play at the club and in the European cups and have the necessary pace. I am a little surprised by his statement, “said Gică Popescu, on Saturday evening, at Antena 1.

Adrian Şut (FCSB) entered the place of Răzvan Marin, Alexandru Mitriță (Craiova University) instead of Denis Drăguș and David Miculescu (FCSB) instead of Dennis Man, all in the second part of the match;
How Lucescu started the match with Austria: Moldovan – Rațiu, M. Popescu, Burcă, Bancu – Man, R. Marin, Chiricheș, Stanciu – Bîrliga, Drăguș