Claudiu Petrila, 25 years old, commented the victory achieved by Rapid with FC Argeșscore 2-0. On this occasion, he declared himself surprised by the fact that he was summoned to the first representative for this month's action.
Claudiu Petrila played only once in the jersey of the first national team and until Friday he had only two calls to active duty.
Yesterday, the selector Mircea Lucescu announced the team for this month's matches, and Petrila's name also appears on the list of summoned players.
The winger was pleasantly surprised by the choice of Mircea Lucescu.
Claudiu Petrila: “Honestly, I didn't expect to be summoned. I was surprised by the call”
“They were very nice days, with very good news for me. Yesterday the team called me to tell me that I was called, today I won and we are in first place with Rapid, I am in a very good situation at the moment.
I didn't expect it, honestly. When they called me I was a little surprised, but I'm happy and I'm going there with all my heart. Why didn't I expect it? I don't know, I probably wasn't at my best and when you're not, you don't really think about it much. But I'm happy.
With Bosnia it will be a very, very difficult match, we have to go there confident and win,” Petrila told PrimaSport.
Regarding the victory with FC Argeșthe cherry-white winger stated: “Tonight we were only interested in taking the points and going top. We controlled the game even though we didn't have many chances. Defensively we played a very good game, we scored twice and we go home happy.
We know within ourselves that we have to fight for the championshipthere is quite a lot of pressure to take a trophy this year. But we continue to enjoy football and we hope to keep it that way.”
17.11.2022it is the date of Petrila's only appearance in the shirt of the first national team, in a friendly 1-2 with Slovenia
What Marian Aioani said after Rapid – FC Argeș:
It is a beautiful evening, even magnificent! We managed to win and didn't concede a goal. Now it remains to focus on what we have to do in the future. There is still a long way to go, we have to keep the same pace. I am convinced that incendiary matches are to come.
Homogeneity plays a very important role in our game. Now we know each other better, we know how our colleagues stand out, and these are very important things. You can't build a team overnight, especially when 15-16 players came last season.
Am I ready to defend with Bosnia? Yes, of course. I can say that I feel very good, I am in very good shape. If Mr. Lucescu decides that I deserve to play, I will be there, present.
