Romania – Austria, decisive match for the 2026 World Championship. “Tricolorii” registered in the last phase of the match
The national team of Romania Photo: facebook.com
Romania-Austria ended with a score of 1-0, after a goal scored in the last phase of the match, in extensions, by Virgil Ghiță. Victoria was a crucial one for tricolors to hope to secure her 2nd place in the group for the World Football Championship 2026.
Romania won the match with Austria with 1-0, with a goal scored at the last phase of the match, in the last seconds.
The match started. Follow the most important moments of the Romania-Austria match on Golazo.ro.
Start team has been announced
Romania – Austria is about to start in two hours, on the National Arena. Meanwhile, coach Mircea Lucescu announced the start team.
The Start team of Romania: I Radu – Rațiu, M Popescu, Burcă, Chipciu – V. Dragomir, M. Marin – Man, Hagi, Mihăilă – Bîrligaa
Golazo.ro writes that Lucescu offered a surprise by his selection. Bet on Vlad Dragomir in the middle of the field, near Marius Marin! Pafos's midfielder has only two selections at the Great National of Romania.
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Mircea Lucescu's team needs a victory in front of the Austrian team, to hope for 2nd place in the group, reports Golazo.ro. And this, while Romania's chances of obtaining the 2nd place in the group believed after the equal between Bosnia and Cyprus, score 2-2.
Group ranking:
- Austria – 15 points (5 games)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina-13 points (6 games)
- Romania – 7 points (5 games)
- Cyprus – 5 points (6 games)
- San Marino – no point (6 games)
Today, the H and San Marino – Cyprus match takes place. On November 15, the confrontations will be played Cyprus – Austria and Bosnia – Romania, and on November 18, the matches will take place Austria – Bosnia and Romania – San Marino.
Romania – Austria, who sends the match
The Romania-Austria match can be watched live on Antena 1, starting at 21.45. The match is played on the National Arena, and the day before the start of the FRF match announced that over 35,000 tickets have been sold.
Surprises in the Romanian group. The official announcement before the match with Austria
The coach Mircea Lucescu announced on Sunday, and the players who are part of the Romanian group for the match with Austria.
Six players who were part of Romania's lot for the friendly match with the Republic of Moldova, score 2-1, are no longer part of the selector plan for the match with Austria.
Cristi Manea, Alex Dobre, David Miculescu, Raul Opruț, Bogdan Racovițan and Cătălin Cîrjan, writes Golazo.ro are no longer part.
The Romania-Austria party will be arbitrated by the Italian Davide Massa.
What Mircea Lucescu said before the match Romania – Austria
In the press conference organized one day before the Romania-Austria match, the team Mircea Lucescu said that “we can hope for a good result”.
“We have to anticipate everything they know how to do and at the same time take advantage of their weaknesses, because if you bring eight players in attack, it means that you leave two players, one against one.
If we know how to make such moments, because we have very fast players, and if we defend ourselves well, then we can hope for a good result. “
He also said that Austria is “a team that bases its game on long steps, it only builds the game until it takes 5 players in attack on opponents.”
