Article by Alexandru Stanciu – published on Sunday, June 08, 2025, 00:55 / Updated Sunday, June 08, 2025 01:04
Present at the “Ernst-Happel” stadium for the match between Austria and Romania, won by hosts with a score of 2-1the director of the Sports Gazette, Ovidiu Ioanițoaia, entered directly to the GSP LIVE show special to share the impressions.
The director of the Sports Gazette commented on the attitude of the Austrian supporters to the Romanians. They copiously whistled on the “tricolors” and interrupted including the anthem of Romania.
Ovidiu Ioanițoaia intervened live from Vienna: “The hosts were less elegant than I expected”
“I just came out of the short press conference of Mircea Lucescu, who seemed very marked by defeat and who, finally, accepted that Austria was the better team.
He justified by the fact that he had a pile of absences, invoking that of Mihăilă, who was announced. He stressed that Austrian players play in strong championships, especially in the Bundesliga.
It was a match in which the national team rose to a satisfactory level only in the first and last 10 minutes. If the rest you categorically dominate the opponent you can not pretend to win the match or at least finish it. When you say 2-1, you feel like it was a tight match. In fact, the head-to-tail was dominated.
They played better, it was anticipated, it was a much better team. I do not see that there were special problems, it was a victory achieved by the team that played better.
Now, Romania focuses on the match with Cyprus. The chances of reaching the World Cup qualifiers decreased considerably. We have to go further that we have nothing to do. This is the fabric, from this we make the costume.
I saw that they were a few, I lived with the impression that they were lit by the Austrians, after I clarified. In general, to my surprise, the Austrians were much more than I expected. The hosts were less elegant than I expected. Our players whistled copiously, they did not respect the time of the hymn.
I played with an opponent who needed to win. They whistled and made us much stronger than we expected, “said Ovidiu Ioanițoaia, in his intervention at GSP Live Special.
Photo gallery. What happened immediately after the final whistle in Austria – Romania: Cadre with Lucescu, Stanciu and Burleanu
For Romania now follows the match in the 4th preliminary stage, on Tuesday evening, on June 10, on the National Arena, in the company of Cyprus. The duel will be broadcast in LiveText format on GSP.ro and on TV on Prima TV.
The ranking in group H
