“I am worried. I felt from the heating”

Ashley Davis06/09/2025

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Article by Ovidiu Minea, Tudor Belivaca – published on Friday, September 5, 2025 21:29 / Updated on Friday, September 5, 202:38

Costin Curelea, Romanian coach U21reacted after his students obtained only an equal against the similar selection of Kosovo, score 0-0, on the “Emil Alexandrescu” stadium in Iași, in the Euro 2027 preliminaries.

The match with the selected from Kosovo was the debut for Costin Curelea and the first of the small “tricolors” in the Euro 2027 preliminaries. The selector complained about the physical form of the players and the limited area of selection. Curelea also accused the fact that the players felt a pressure at the beginning of these qualifications.

Costin Curelea drew the conclusions after Romania U21-Kosovo U21 0-0: “I felt” I felt “

“A match that did not take place as we wanted. I had left much more confident but it seems that the stake of the match … I have felt since I was very confident in my own forces.

I tried to get their pressure on my shoulders. I took it on me. Could be more. We have not been able to make a very good match, but I do not want to discourage, because it is a positive result. We can adjust things and that's what I hope to do further. It's just the beginning. The road is long. We had to win. You qualify when you win the matches you need to win.

We could have had a chance in the first half and to mark in one of the situations. Their goalkeeper managed to remove a few balls. We had a lot of fixed phases and we could not make the fruit of them even if we worked on it. I really stayed on them a lot because I knew their importance. I had many fixed phases. We managed to reach a few balls thrown into the box.

It was pressure because it was debut. I explained to them that it doesn't change anything. There was a U20 core with which I met much stronger teams.

I do not consider it a positive result, but we still managed to win a point. In the last campaign they started with a defeat and they managed to direct it along the way. I have to walk to their key, which I didn't find.

I didn't consider Kosovari weak. You have to respect any opponent. They have players raised in Switzerland, Germany. Have this school set up. When you are on the ground, it matters what you do. I was a bit off.

“I am worried about the physical condition of my players. Most have minutes in Liga 1. I expected to dominate in duels 1 to 1”

I am worried about the physical condition of my players. Most have minutes in Liga 1. I expected to dominate in duels 1 to 1. I don't want to blame anyone but I am worried about this situation. I think they were limited by the fear felt.

And we left with big thoughts. We are in the plan, we are not discouraged. I did not disappoint an individual player. As a group I could do more, braver. There are still players, but the selection area is limited. I tried to take the players for minutes, which are the best at the moment. Some of them played below their level. I am convinced of that. I know what I can do“, Costin Curelea said at the press conference after the match.

Costin Curelea's convened lot for this fall action: No FCSB player

The Romanian champion, FCSB, did not give any player at the U21 national.

Portari: Ștefan Lefter (Cluj University), Vlad Rafailă (Real Betis | Spain), Codruț Sandu (Corvinul Hunedoara);

Breasts: Tony Strate (Vitória Guimarães | Portugal), Matteo Duțu (AC Milan Țuțu (UTA Arad);

Midfielders: Eduard Radaslavescu (Constanța Lighthouse), Mihnea Rădulescu (Craiova University), Alexandru Musi (Dinamo), Rareș Pop (Rapid), Lorenzo Biliboc (CFR Cluj), Cristian Mihai (Dinamo), Cătălin Vulturar (Rapid), Alin Boțogan (Oil), Luca Szimiona