Article by Aurelian Botezatu – published on Thursday, September 11, 2025, 12:04 / Updated Thursday, September 11, 2025 12:08
Former Romanian international Marcel Răducanu (70 years) spoke for the Sports Gazette about the situation of the national team of Romania, after the failure with Canada (0-3) and the draw in Cyprus (2-2).
And Marcel Răducanu believes that Mircea Lucescu made mistakes in Cyprus. “I do not understand why I insist with Răzvan Marin and Marius Marin. At least, he would be better than a model at this time. He is very careful with his hair, he always places it. With football, less.
And Dennis Man was cabbage after missing that opportunity in the situation alone with the goalkeeper. He had to be replaced in the first place, it was clear that he had a psychic and did nothing to keep him in the game, “commented the former great player of the Star in the 1970s.
Marcel Răducanu: “Alex Mitriță could be a solution at the end. Dennis Man was cabbage after missing”
But the biggest disappointment of the former international, established in Dortmund, in Germany, is that Lucescu did not appeal at all at Mitriță: “He is a player who can solve you a match. Even Mircea said this. I think Mitriță would have been the most appropriate.
He is a very technical player, he could destabilize the defense. No having China an amazing championship, but there he plays and scores constantly, compared to others who rub the bank at modest clubs in Europe”.
On the other hand, Răducanu does not see what would help the departure of Mircea Lucescu from the national team. “And on Pep Guardiola if you bring it, it has no way to transform this team, because it is about players. It must be admitted that the players are weak. This is their level,” says the ex-students.
Marcel Răducanu // Photo: Imago Images
Marcel Răducanu: “In vain we talk about changing the coach. The truth is that we have no quality players”
Gică Hagi? For Marcel Răducanu, things are clear: “What to do Hagi? I repeat, the players have no quality. I do not think it will accept to take over the national, even if it is free. As so many times, it will find a reason to refuse the post, because they are afraid to make it laugh. At least I think. From now on we should win all the matches, to get to the dam, but how we play everyone.
Canada served us a football lesson in that friendly. There were two classes over us. Tactic, dynamic, will. All the chapters beat us a team against which we normally had to win.
And in this preliminary group, at what opponents we had to go out by whistling in 2nd place. We are still talking about the coach, about his change when things do not go, but I see that no one wants to tell the truth. And the truth is that we have no quality players. “
