The national U21 of Romania lost in front of Italy, score 0-1, In the first match played by “tricolors” at the European Championship in Slovakia. Trnava did not take good luck to Pancu's team, now forced to win with Spain (Saturday, 7:00 pm) to stay in the qualification books.
- The European U21 Championship was held in Slovakia, between 11 and 28 June, and the Sports Gazette moved a team of five reporters on the spot.
- Romania U21 is distributed in Group A, along with Spain and Italy, two of the favorites winning the tournament, plus the host country Slovakia.
The beginning of the youth representative at Euro 2025 generated who knows what interest, proof that only 2,400 supporters attended the disputed confrontation, in a friendly match. GSP reporters present at the “Anton Malatinský” stadium present a selection of the most unique things spent and after the game against the Italians.
1. The former colleagues from Fiorentina consoled Louis Munteanu
Louis Munteanu, one of the key characters of last night's match, the striker washing a penalty before the break, at 0-1, He maintained at the end of the match with Michael Kayode, the right -handed defender. The two were teammates in the Tuscan group in season 2021-2022.
Munteanu had stated in the pre -match that he was determined to show to the Fiorentina that they did wrong when they decided to give up his services: “I am ready to do anything to make a big match tomorrow. I have shown that I am a good player, I will show them that they made an error when they chose to transfer me to the CFR.”
Louis Munteanu greeted Michael Kayode after the match / photo: Ionuț Iordache (GSP)
Subsequently, the midfielder Alessandro Bianco, currently borrowed by Fiorentina at Monza, came to dialogue with Louis Munteanu, taking the former colleague from the Viola group.
2. do not care about the Italians?
The Italian supporters were not interested in the match of the U21 team of “Squadrei Azzurra”, the stadium in Trnava being predominantly populated by Romanians or locals.
The press in Italy does not seem so interested in the Youth Competition in Slovakia. Eloquent are the hypostases caught by GSP journalists in the mixed area.
Only three Italian reporters were present at the mixed area for interviews dedicated to Squadrei / PHOTO footballers: GSP
While the goalkeeper of Romania, Răzvan Sava, was assaulted by an “army” of Romanian reporters, One of the footballers of Italy Dialoga, on a hall next, with only three reporters in the peninsula. At the conference of the selection of Carmine Nunzata, he had assisted a single Italian journalist! At the table table, all the journalists in Romania were predominant.
3. Burleanu has better digested failure than in Vienna
Unlike the hardened mine displayed after the Austria – Romania 2-1 match, played in Vienna at the end of last week, Răzvan Burleanu left the impression that he tolerates the failure suffered by small “tricolors” at the debut at the European Championship.
GSP photoreporter Ionuț Iordache surprised him smiling at the end of the match he watched with the other federals, plus coach Mircea Lucescu. They appeared in Slovakia on Wednesday, 12 hours after the great national defeated Cyprus in Bucharest, score 2-0.
Răzvan Burleanu, smiling at the end of Italy – Romania 1-0 / Photo: Ionuț Iordache (GSP)
4. Costin Curelea started the job
Costin Curelea, Pancu's successor at the U21 national, has already entered the role, the current coach of the U20 representative to take over after the final tournament. Curelea watched the match with Italy near Pancu, and before he was delegated to watch the Slovakia – Spain duel, played in Bratislava, 50 minutes from Trnava.
Costin Curelea, a row higher than Stoichiță / Photo: Ionuț Iordache (GSP)
5. The Italians came with the nutritionist at the match
The Talians came to the stadium with an extended staff, visibly larger than that of Romania. Mary Luisa Cravana, Nutritionist of the U21 national of Italy was also part of himwho went out on the lawn with the people of the team of the Veduata Selector
Italy came with the nutritionist at the match against Romania. Who is Maria Luisa Cravana
6. Scandal for prematurely missing ultra -missing
The 45 Romanian ultras present in Trnava repeated the gesture made one night before, at the match with Cyprus from the preliminaries, and during the match they reminded the supporters from the Romanian lawns who have ceased in the last months: “The ultras never die!”heard from the sector occupied by fans from Romania, in the count in which several gallery supporters died over the last few months.
The Romanian ultra presents present at Trnava / Photo: Ionuț Iordache (GSP)
The complete program of the matches in the “tricolor” group:
- Wednesday, June 11th: Italy-Romania 1-0
- Saturday, June 14: Spain – Romania (Bratislava, 7:00 pm)
- Tuesday, June 17: Romania – Slovakia (Bratislava, 22:00)
The lot convened by Daniel Pancu for Euro 2025
- porter: Răzvan Sava (Udinese / Italy), Otto Hindrich (CFR Cluj), Vlad Răfăilă (Lecce / Italy)
- defense: Dan Sîrbu (Constanța Lighthouse), Tony Strata (AC Ajaccio / France), Cristian Ignat (FC Rapid 1923), Matteo Duțu (AC Milan / Italy), ümit Akdağ (Toulouse FC / France), Matei Ilie (CFR Cluj), Andrei Borza (FC Rapid 1923), Costin Amzar (Al Nasr / Emirates))
- midfielders: Cătălin Vultura (FC Rapid 1923), Ovidiu Perianu (Unirea Slobozia), Marius Corbu (Apoel Nicosia / Cyprus), Cristian Mihai (Dinamo), Constantin Grameni (FC Rapid 1923), Rareș Ilie (US Catanzaro / Italy), Octavian Popescu (FCSB), Ianis Stoica (FC Hermannnstadt), Zoran) Mitrov (FC Botosani)
- Attackers: Louis Munteanu (CFR Cluj), Vladislav Blănuță (Cluj University), Rareș Burnete (US Lecce / Italy)
