Article by Adrian Duţă – published Tuesday, September 9, 2025 23:57 / Updated Wednesday, September 10, 2025 00:00
Cyprus – Romania 2-2. Former International Basarab Panduru has hardly refrained after the national failure. He criticized the changes made by Mircea Lucescu, trying not to “get rid of” to the coach.
Romania has reached 7 points in 5 matches in the preliminary group. Austria has 12 points in 4 matches. Basically, almost void chances for “tricolors” will reach the first place.
And for second place 2 takes a few minutes. Bosnia also has 12 points, but in 5 matches. There are only 3 games in which the difference of 5 points between us and Bosnians can be melted.
Basarab Panduru: “When do I see these meaningless changes … Do you wonder what this football is? I don't understand? I see otherwise football”
After the failure with Cyprus, who still beats one nail in the national coffin, Basarab Panduru criticized the changes made by Lucescu, who at 2-2 sent Sorescu and shot, in the 80th minute, leaving Mitriță, Baiaram or Tanase on the bench. The last one finally entered the place of Şut, who was injured after 5 minutes.
“It's bad. You're struggling, you're trying to be balanced. But how did the damn mother get so weak, in such a short time? We were very lucky that we didn't lose. We didn't do anything, we just tried some counterattacks. They played.
And we looked at them. Then what's with these changes? However, it is Mircea Lucescu a selector, but at least to explain what is with these changes. I don't understand anything of them.
When I see this football I have never seen, I can wonder what this is. When I see these meaningless changes … you wonder what this football is. I don't understand? I see football differently, “said Basarab Panduru, on Prima TV.
The ranking in the Romanian group
