Article by Romeo Ene – Published on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 16:05 / Updated Tuesday, October 14, 2025 4:14
Former international Gică Craioveanu (57 years old) in “charged” Mircea Lucescu (80 years old), the Romanian coach, for one of the statements he made at the end of the match with Austriawon by “tricolors”, score 1-0, in the preliminaries of the World Championship.
Virgil Ghiță (27 years old) scored Victoria's goal at the last phase, and “Il Luce” has completely assumed the success, at the conference: “First, my victory! That I have prepared the match properly. Then there is their victory. Nothing is accidental on the field.”
The technician's statement irritated Gică Craioveanu, who wanted to contradict him.
Craioveanu saw what Lucescu said and remained perplexed: “I did not hear that I lost two points with Cyprus”
The legend of Craiova reminded the semi-enemy of Romania from Cyprus, score 2-2. With two additional points, the national team would have located much better in the group in the World Championship preliminaries.
“I saw that he said he won the match. He is the first coach who see that he wins the match alone. When is her victory and when is she a defeat? No, we are all here. I'm more warrior now.
I did not hear to say that I lost two points with Cyprus. I respect him and I greatly appreciate Mircea, but we must say things by name. You do the technical meeting you do but the match wins your team”, Said Craioveanu, according to digisport.ro.
We at 2-0 in Cyprus in the 18th minute, did I still need a coach? When you have 2-0 away, you have to show personality. Do I have to tell me the coach to hold the ball?
– Florin Pruneapresent in the studio
In November, Romania will play in Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively at home with San Marino. With two victories, the second place would be largely insured. It would ensure, in theory, a more accessible path at the dam for the World Championship, possibly even the status of the series head to draw for the semi -final of the dam.
The ranking in the Romanian group
