“I think Drăguș will play “peak””


Article by Adrian Duţă – Published Friday, November 14, 2025, 07:17 / Updated Friday, November 14, 2025 07:27
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Bosnia – Romania, in the penultimate stage of the World Championship preliminaries group, will be played on November 15, from 21:45. The match will be liveTEXT on GSP.ro, with details from the spot, and broadcast on Prima TV.
The former Dinamo player expects a victory for Mircea Lucescu's students. Gică Mihali relies on Denis Drăguș in the attack, although the Eyupsspor player has not been on the field since September 27, due to an injury. Daniel Bîrligea and Louis Munteanu are the other two forwards in the squad.
The member of the “Golden Generation” believes that Virgil Ghiță should be a fixed point in the defensive center, given the absences of Drăgușin, Burcă (suspended) and Mihai Popescu. Next to him, Bogdan Racovițan, the stopper from Rakow, would start.
Gică Mihali: “I think Drăguș will play “top”. In defense, I think Ghiță and Racovițan”
“I expect us to win, to take 2nd place, as the whole country expects, the whole breath of Romanian football. I understand that the Bosnians have some problems, Demirovici, who plays in the Bundesliga, is injured. So this is a plus for us. Passionate, fanatical supporters are not allowed in the stadium.
Everything goes with us. I hope we will also be in top form at game time. I am optimistic. The truth is that we suffer a little in the area of central defenders. But it's going to be a choice between, we can't start without centre-backs.
I think Ghita will be safe. Then, my opinion is that the choice will be between Racovitan and Rus. But I think it will be Racovitan. His physicality also helps, he has good physicality for an away game and can fight with Dzeko.
In Poland I understood that he plays very well. He plays as a starter, he's also in the Conference. Otherwise, there are no problems. In the attack, I expect the same ones who played against Austria”, said Gică Mihali, for GSP.ro.
I think he will play “top” Cute. He is a good player, he presses, he has speed, he can speculate the spaces. He is a good player. Now, he had good periods in the national team, but in the club teams he didn't break the bank. He was also injured. It also depends on how you prepare. Today, the job of a footballer is not what it was 25 years ago. You start the day at 8 and finish at 8 in the evening.
– Gică Mihali, for GSP.ro.
Mircea Lucescu's squad for the matches with Bosnia and San Marino
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Goalkeepers: Ionuț RADU (Celta de Vigo | Spain, 6/0), Ștefan TâRNOVANU (FCSB, 3/0), Marian AIOANI (FC Rapid 1923, 0/0);
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defense: Andrei RAțIU (Rayo Vallecano | Spain, 34/1), Deian SORESCU (Gaziantep FK | Turkey, 23/0), Virgil GHIȚĂ (Hannover 96 | Germany, 6/1), Bogdan RACOVIȚAN (Raków | Poland, 4/0), Adrian RUS (Universitatea Craiova, 22/1), Lisav EISSAT (Maccabi Haifa | Israel, 1/0), Nicușor BANCU (Universitatea Craiova, 49/2), Alexandru CHIPCIU (Cluj University, 48/6)
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midfielders: Marius MARIN (Pisa | Italy, 34/0), Vladimir SCRECIU (Universitatea Craiova, 5/0), Răzvan MARIN (AEK Athens | Greece, 70/12), Vlad DRAGOMIR (Paphos | Cyprus, 3/0), Ianis HAGI (Alanyaspor | Turkey, 49/7), Florin TĂNASE (FCSB, 24/5), Darius OLARU (FCSB, 26/0), Dennis MAN (PSV | Netherlands, 41/10), David MICULESCU (FCSB, 5/0), Valentin MIHĂILĂ (Caykur Rizespor | Turkey, 32/5), Ștefan BAIARAM (Universitatea Craiova, 1/0), Claudiu PETRILA (FC Rapid 1923, 1/0);
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Strikers: Denis DRĂGUȘ (Eyüpspor | Turkey, 26/7), Daniel BÎRLIGEA (FCSB, 5/1), Louis MUNTEANU (CFR Cluj, 3/1).




