Mircea Lucescu is preparing a totally unexpected start team for the match with Cyprus »again, without FCSB players in the first” 11 “
Article by Justin Gafiuc, Cristi Preda (photo) – published Tuesday, September 09, 2025, 00:17 / Updated on Tuesday, September 9, 2025:32
After the official training on Monday evening, Mircea Lucescu would have decided on the gasket with which he will attack the match with Cyprus on GSP Arena. Horațiu Moldovan will remain a holder. And it is tempted to use a team from which the players of the FCSB champion will miss, as in the match with Canada.
- Cyprus – Romania takes place on Tuesday evening, from 21:45, on Prima TV. The match will be livetext on gsp.ro.
- The special reporter Justin Gafiuc and the photojournalist Cristi Preda are the merger of the Sports Gazette in Cyprus, from where the most important information about the national of Romania
Romania faces Tuesday evening, from 9:45 pm, in Nicosia, representative of Cyprus in a match in which the tricolors have only one variant: Victoria! Any other result throws us out of realistic calculations for qualifying at the CM through the classic preliminaries, after the start with Bosnia (0-1) and Austria (1-2).
And the great dilemma is with which team will start Mircea Lucescu, Four days after the Russian 0-3 of the friendly with Canada.
Also on Horațiu Moldovan's hand
GSP sources claim that the coach is preparing a big surprise in the sense that he will use the same holders from the defeat suffered on the national arena.
And the most unexpected choice, although already suggested by Lucescu in a few statements, is that he will rely on Horațiu Moldovan. This is despite the memorable gifts committed with Canada, a goal collected on a silly dribbling attempt.
Rațiu and Bancu will remain the lateral defenders, and the stops will continue to be Ghiță – Burcă. The first one could actually become Drăgușin's future partner, when Tottenham's defender will stand on his feet and return to the lawn.
Dobre all holder, Baiaram enters the second half
Alexandru Dobre will keep with Cyprus the position of holder obtained in Romania – Canada Photo: Ionuț Iordache (GSP)
In the middle – the two marines, Răzvan and Marius, along with Stanciu, among the few who breathed with Canada. And in front, the peak solution, Drăguș, is clear, in the absence of the injuries Bîrliga and Louis Munteanu.
Variant B of striker, in case of damage, becomes Miculescu, as Lucescu himself stated at the press conference prior to the match.
On bands in outposts – Man and Dobre. The last one will take place in the second half of Baiaram, to whom Lucescu prepares his national debut in Nicosia. Of course, it is a plan that will depend on the match, and the evolution of the score, but the Craiova striker has very high chances to enter and gather his first selection to the great representative.
Rely on the appetite for revenge after humiliation with Canada
What would be the reason after which Lucescu would keep the gasket that stumbled with Canada? It relies on the appetite of those who lost in the friendly, immediately giving them the opportunity of a victory in a vital match, on points this time.
Mircea Lucescu considers Kastanos the most dangerous opponent in Nicosia. Photo: Imago
In the conference before the official training he searched and predicts the opponent's strengths: “Cyprus has a high-value player, Kastanos. It will be a match in which they attack, push, create a state of imbalance. Our do not relax. The individual duels will be decisive. We have a higher quality. What will happen on Tuesday. ”
And he concluded: “I bet the players from the internal championship, they have only 3-4 outside. It means a lot, and I want this, to bring players to the national team 1. But not just me depends.”
Romania's probable team for the match in Cyprus: Moldovan – Rațiu, Ghiță, Burcă, Bancu – M. Marin, R. Marin, Stanciu – Man, Drăguș, Dobre
