Daniel Pancu, the Romanian U21 coach, held today the last press conference before the debut at the European Championship. In a confident tone, “Pancone” spoke about the challenges waiting for him at the first major tournament as the head of the U21 national coach.
Romania U21 will play the first match of the group against Italy, one of the favorites of the competition, tomorrow, from 10:00 pm. The match can be watched in LiveText format on GSP.ro and live on TV on PRO TV.
Pancu emphasizes the differences in training between Romania and Italy, highlighting the importance of maximum effort and strategic adaptation. He attacked the selection from the Great national team, reproaching the fact that outside Louis Munteanu, who took very few minutes under the command of Edi Iordănescu, no other player involved in the U21 gear was tested at the first representative.
He also spoke about the gap of the selection of Italy Carini Nunzata, who confused on “Pancone” with a player, having a brief speech about artificial intelligence, in the sense that the western teams are superficially dealing with the parties, the analysis of the opponents being made with AI help.
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To ensure a complete coverage of the event, a team of four reporters of the Sports Gazette is present in Slovakia. The journalists transmit in real time the most important information on the spot, from the latest news in the team cantonment to the atmosphere around the stadium and the reactions of the fans.
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“We can't play the Italian football, they practice it as small. I asked the Nunzata, after the match in Arad, if he trains. He told me that no, that in many moments he trains as a club team. When, at least on paper, the differences are very large, the possession will be on their side more than it will be on our side tomorrow.
Only, in football … you know very well, being such an acyclic sport, favorite on paper matters less, in my opinion. I would have had more emotions if I started as favorites tomorrow. Our mood is suitable for a competition of this level.
We deserve to be here and we only have to, by our way of presenting ourselves on the ground, because we represent a nation that lives a lot through these events, more than our politicians do, as,, Whether we will finish this tournament over a week or 28, let's be proud of the way we showed up“, Daniel Pancu said at the press conference before the party with Italy.
He also commented on the Gafa of the Italian coach, who did not know who his counterpart is. Confused on “Pancone” with a player.
“To respect yourself and know what your name is, you have to beat them. But now, with analysts and artificial intelligence … I also faced her in the last two weeks and realized that what I had done in six months made me a computer in 30 secondswith a margin of 10 seconds. And I go back to analysts: that's how they approach the games. The way the Belgian national is preparing the matches … There are some pictures.
This explains the fact that, in the first two leagues in the Top 5 championships, there are 30 years and some years. A few years ago it was impossible at this level. That's why I say of artificial intelligence. But (no – the selection of Italy) should have known Louis Munteanu ”, added the representative of the U21 representative.
It's a law of compensation in which I believe. I missed about three final tournaments and the last World Cup in which Romania participated. It's the first of the selection position. Who knows … if we keep going on the law of compensation, I will also participate in a world championship with the national team.
Many people insist on the importance of this game, but we have to be at our highest level, I mean here at kilometers traveled, the speed reached and the thought. We will have to be at most all these parameters to succeed in what has been achieved in 2019.
Only the parallels are slightly inappropriate. Then I was talking about 7 players who were compared to the big national team. Now we only talk about Louis Munteanu, who took a few minutes under the command of Edi Iordănescu, in the match with Belarus. I think there should have been more players trying. Switzerland, which I beat without the right to appeal, had four players at the last friendly.
– Daniel Pancu, selector Romania U21
