Lilian Popescu, 51 years old, the coach of the first representative of Moldova, commented friendly defeat with Romania1-2. Finally, Mircea Lucescu entered the room, waiting for his own conference, and the Romanian coach was used by that opportunity to congratulate his counterpart.
Lilian Popescu was installed a coach of the Republic of Moldova 3 weeks ago. His first match in this role was in Bucharest, against Romania, won by “tricolors” by 2-1. Here's how he reacted after this duel, at the press conference.
“First of all, I want to thank the supporters of Romania and Moldova, especially the Moldovans. It was a high intensity match, with a lot of struggle. It is clear that we have many aspects to improve, but I liked the determination of the boys. We will do an analysis, they all put the bone to the beat.
I also burned young players, they debuted 3-4. I'm glad they went through this test and they gave themselves. Otherwise, I hope things will change for the better. I want Victoria to come, which has not been coming to us for a long time.
Unfortunately, we could not change things in such a short time, but it is important to recover, an interesting match with Estonia awaits us. Their last results showed that they are organized. We try to display another quality in the offensive plane ”, said Popescu.
Lilian Popescu, the Moldovan coach: “Much bad with Austria, God help to qualify!”
Regarding the Romanian team, he said that “he was more at the match with Austria than to us.”
“Even though it was a match between the brothers, they fought a lot … It's a friendship, but in football there are pride, personalities. I want to wish them a lot in the match with Austria, it's a crucial match, God help to qualify, and we win with Estonia.
I do not know what are the reasons why there were more people, maybe it was the bad time. It doesn't matter, after all, “he added.
Popescu was lost during the match on Nichita Moțpan, seriously injured, taken off the lawn.
“Do you think I told Ianis Hagi to my feet? Or Mr. Lucescu to tell someone to hit Moțpan, to go out? It's a football game, it's not a ballet, I don't think it was an intentional. I don't think there were some dirty moments, that's my opinion,” he reacted, later asked about the way he inscribed his teamafter a suspicious phase phase in attack:
“Does it matter if he was a foul in attack? Does it matter how I marked?”.
There are a lot of talented children in Moldova, I activated at U19 until I came to the big national, I hope that, maybe not in a year-two, but in the future, to give players (no – in the top championship Europe). I am convinced we have talented children, I hope we will get there.
– Lilian Popescu
VIDEO. Moment with Mircea Lucescu: “Very good team, bravo!”
As long as Popescu still dialogue with the press, answering one of the questions, Mircea Lucescu entered the room, waiting for his own conference. Lucescu waited a few tens of seconds, then his counterpart got up, and the two had maintained themselves near the room.
“Bravo, Bravo! I saw a very good team! Bravo. A team that made 3-2 with Poland, equal to the Czech Republic, 1-1 with Austria (No – in 2023, in the Euro Qualifying Campaign). Good, aggressive team, very well organized. Bafta, and you the same! Why not? ”Lucescu told Lilian Popescu.
It was a good match for both teams, training. It was important for us to see how we prepare the match with Estonia, and the Romanian team with Austria.
We should not be that void. We have a problem, it is the third game in which we get empty from the fixed phase. We have to analyze, not to receive an hollow so easy and so fast, because it ruins our whole plan.
There were many beginners today in the Romanian national. Overall, the players who entered the course think they will enter with Austria. It can be seen that they have a very good quality. I wish them success in this way, I hope you qualify.
For us it was a good match, a very good training. We needed to understand what our new coach asks us, to put into practice. I hope to look much better with Estonia, to accumulate the 3 points. Something radical has not changed, there were only two days of training, but I had much more desire in this match, this was seen on the field.
– Vadim Rața, midfielder Moldova
