Nicolae Stanciu came out in front and presented his apologies: “The result is a shameful one”
Article by Tudor Belivaca – published on Friday, September 5, 2025 23:39 / Updated on Friday, September 5, 2025 23:53
Nicolae Stanciu, the captain of the national team, commented on the defeat of Romania in front of Canada, score 0-3, in a friendly match in Bucharest.
The captain of Romania considers the “shameful” failure, but he hopes that he and his teammates take revenge on the supporters through a success in Cyprus. Stanciu says that “tricolors” do not give up the fight for qualification.
Nicolae Stanciu commented on Romania – Canada 0-3: “We could not have intensity and aggression at the beginning of the match”
“I think the result is a shameful one and I would like to start by presenting my supporters and all Romanians for the way we presented ourselves today. We did not rise to the intensity and aggression they had. It is unpleasant, even if it is a friendly match.
It hurts me very hard. It is more painful to lose in the national team's shirt than in the club team shirt.
Football gives you a second chance and ours is in a few days in Cyprus where we will play on points and to stay in the race for qualification.
Everyone today is well prepared physically. They didn't surprise us. I had sessions over sessions and watched. We were unable to have intensity and aggression at the beginning of the match. I also got a quick goal. We have to be better in a few days and we have to wash our sins.
We have no excuses. We don't have Alibi, they beat us on the ground. At 0-3 what else to talk about? We apologize to the fans and get back well and win the match with Cyprus.
It is quite difficult at this moment with the morale, but the mind changes and we will start on Sunday night to analyze Cyprus and focus on it, this failure will pass.
That is what we want the most, to qualify directly. We do not give up the fight, but I have to be realistic because I have already lost two matches in this campaign. Maybe quite hard, if not impossible, finish on the first place. We don't just depend on us. We will give everything to get this qualification, whether it is from the preliminary group or from the dam ”, said Nicolae Stanciu at the Flash-Interviul from Digisport.
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The Cyprus – Romania match in the World Championship preliminaries was scheduled on Tuesday, from 9:45 pm, on GSP Stadium in Nicosia. Romania is in 3rd place in the qualification group with 4 matches played: 2 defeats and 2 victories.
