Article by Alexandru Stanciu – published Monday, October 13, 2025, 23:14 / Updated Monday, October 13, 2025 23:14
Aurel Țicleanu (66 years old), former Romanian international, praised on Dennis Man (27 years), one of the protagonists of Victoria successful by the national team of Romania, 1-0 with Austriain the preliminary campaign of the 2026 World Championship.
The legendary player of the University of Craiova made a parallel with Man's evolution in the draw with Cyprus, score 2-2, highlighting that now the Romanian international “made a complete match”, as opposed to the match in Nicosia, where he was “suffocated”.
Aurel Țicleanu praised Dennis Man: “He made a complete match”
“Man from Nicosia with yesterday has no connection than the name on the shirt and the fact that I played in yellow. Man in Nicosia could not, he was suffocated all the time.
Yesterday I saw him, he put on materials, he came back all the time, he recovered, he went in front, he shot, he focused, he made a full match. Another man. He became confidence, he gained his status as a holder, he grew from the match to the match”, Said Aurel Țicleanu, according to primasport.ro.
Dennis Man regained his form with the transfer to PSV Eindhoven this summer, after the Eredivisie en-tite champion paid 8.5 million euros to Parma in exchange for the Romanian international.
Man impressed the last match of the Netherlands championship, when he managed a goal and a decisive pass in the 80 minutes in the victory obtained by PSV Eindhoven away with Zwolle, score 4-0.
In the previous stage, Dennis Man was introduced on the field in the second half and was decisive in the victory obtained by PSV with Excelsior, score 2-1. The Romanian international entered the 70th minute, and only in two minutes, he eats decisively to Ishmael Saibari, who scored the goal of Victoria.
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