Article by David Marinescu – published on Wednesday, October 08, 2025, 17:24 / updated Wednesday, October 08, 20:27
GSP presents you how the national team will look on Thursday evening, in the friendly match against the representative of the Republic of Moldova. The coach Mircea Lucescu (80 years old) wants to see the beginners and players with few appearances at the lot, so that ordinary holders will be used for the official match on Sunday, with Austria, in the World Championship preliminaries.
Mircea Lucescu suggestedat the press conference today, that the Start formula against Moldova will be an experimental one: “We will play with a team … No player has played with the other, never!”.
During the dialogue with the press, the coach has repeated this idea: “Why was this match made, if not to give the new players the opportunity to play? To introduce them directly with Austria? It cannot be done so! ”.
Indeed, Lucescu intends to hold the new faces in the lot, as well as the players returned to the first representative after significant absences. Two names have already pronounced them at the conference: Ianis Hagiwho will even be a captain, and the central defender Lisav Eissatborn in Israel from the Israeli father and Romanian mother, at the first call.
GSP has found out how Mircea Lucescu wants to play against Moldova: Radu, Ciubotaru, Cîrjan and Dragomir Holders!
Authorized sources of the newspaper have also found other names that will be in the start formula of Romania.
There are players that the coach wants to see at work before throwing in battle in the official matchwith stake, against Austria: the left -handed defender Kevin Ciubotarumidfielders Vlad Dragomir and Cătălin Cîrjanextreme Ștefan Baiaramthe striker Louis Munteanu.
In the gate, perhaps surprising, will be Ionuț Raduthe holder of the Spanish team Celta Vigo. That's because Radu is at the first summons of Mircea Lucescu's mandate, who wants to test it under playing conditions before deciding who will defend the gate against the Austrians. The other goalkeepers in the lot are Stefan Târnovanu and Răzvan Sava.
So, here How could the first “11” tricolor against Moldova look like: Ionuț Radu – Manea, Eissat, Racovițan, K. Ciubotaru – Dragomir, I. Hagi, Cîrjan, – Dobre, Louis Munteanu, Baiaram.
Four players could start at the first representative
This means that we could see 4 players at the beginning (Ciubotaru, Eissat, Cîrjan, Baiaram) and two (Louis Munteanu, Vlad Dragomir) only in their second game for the national team.
And other players who will enter (Radu, Racovițan, Dobre) have a limited experience under the tricolor, the 3 having 4 selections of each!
Lucescu has already announced that “I have to put aside five to six players, to be fresh for the match with Austria, which matters enormously!”. Among the housewives will be sure Andrei Rațiu, Andrei Burcă, Marius and Răzvan Marin.
“We cannot start from the idea that we enter the field and win the match. And in two days we have to do this, to bring them to think in the same direction, to speak the same language, to support, to enhance its qualities here,” Lucescu said before the friendly.
Ciprian Marica warned: “It would be a mistake to use completely different teams with Moldova and Austria!”
Today, in an intervention at GSP Live, former international Ciprian Marica, a student of Mircea Lucescu in Shakhtior, said that the team that will play against Austria should appear in Thursday night's friend – at least for a half. The information in the entourage of the representative suggests that it will not be the case.
Asked if they expect to see different linings in the two parties, Marica replied in this way:
“I think it would be a mistake to do this. Even if there are 3 days between matches, you have to see at least one half the team that will play with Austria. I think so.
These boys are rarely seen. When they are together you have to play, gain game relationships, build things on the field. You can't do this only at workout. On the “stage”, there is important. “
