Article by Adrian Duţă – published on Friday, September 5, 2025 23:34 / Updated on Friday, September 5, 2025 23:41
Romania – Canada 0-3. Mircea Lucescu, the national team, analyzed the friendly from the National Arena and said that the result is too harsh.
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Romania will play the next match with Cyprus, in the preliminaries of the 2026 World Championship, on September 9 at 9:45 pm, away.
Lucescu criticized the positioning of the players in the first goal, scored by Jonathan David. It escaped from the mark and pointed out.
Then he had reproaches to Horațiu Moldovan, who was decisive in the second goal, scored by Ahmed. He wanted to dribble his opponent, but the Canadian was blocked in the empty gate.
Mircea Lucescu, after Romania – Canada 0-3: “A goalkeeper should not afford to do this in the central area”
“I was expecting it to be hard, the boys have not been seen for a long time. I endangered the opponent's gate. At the first goal it was a silver mark, it is about the players for the game indications. Then it was an incredible mistake. A goalkeeper should not afford to do this in the central area. Maybe only on the side. Too relaxed. Their thought is at Tuesday's match.
I met a more aggressive team. They were not ashamed to make uptakes. The report is net in their favor speaking of faults. I am not unhappy with the game practiced. Mistakes happen. Tuesday will not be that way.
What measures? These are all, we don't have more. A training match, I saw the players who returned long in the first formula.
I wanted to give others possibilities. I did not treat the match in which the result was conditioning everything we did. The result was misleading. Striker where to take? (No. asked by reporter) If you give me one, bring!“, Said Mircea Lucescu, then suddenly ended the Flash-Intervi from Antena 1.
