A big asset for the “tricolors” before Bosnia

In the national team, it seems that the days when players who did not get minutes in the club teams were called up are gone. Mircea Lucescu is now relying on a group of footballers who are constantly evolving, most of whom are even starters. And since the match with Austria (1-0, on October 12), the “tricolors” have collected many matches, both in the championship and in the European cups, which gives the selector an extra advantage.

• Bosnia – Romania, the penultimate match of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, will be played on Saturday, November 15, from 21:45.
• The Zenica duel will be liveTEXT on GSP.ro, with real-time information from Gazeta Sporturilor reporters present at the stadium, and live on Prima TV

Romanian footballers are getting more and more minutes in the club teams

Among the players with whom Lucescu is considering starting the match in Bosnia, only one has played very little. It is about Valentin Mihăilă, who comes after some medical problems and only got a few minutes at Rizespor. Nicușor Bancu didn't get many minutes in the domestic championship either, but he was a full-time player in the European cups. Rather, in the Superliga he was taken care of because of the busy schedule.

How much did the starters play in the last month for the match against Bosnia

• Ionut Radu – starter at Celta Vigo (La Liga). He has 4 matches in the championship and one in the Europa League. He started in the last game in Spain before the game against Bosnia.

• Andrei Ratiu – basic man for Rayo Vallecano. Integralist in the 4 matches in La Liga, he also got minutes in the Conference League.

• Virgil Ghita – full-time player in 4 matches in the 2. Bundesliga, in Hannover.

• Bogdan Racovitan – comes after 6 games played in full in Raków (4 in the championship, two in the Conference League).

• Nicusor Bancu – full-time player in two Conference League matches. In the championship, he missed one match due to a suspension, he was a full-time player in one, and in two others he entered the last 20 minutes.

• Marius Marin – has four matches at Pisa (Serie A). In two of them he played half an hour, in one only 10 minutes, and in one he entered the 70th minute.

• Vlad Dragomir – integral player in Pafos in the last two UCL matches and in the last three in the championship.

• Dennis Man – has two matches for PSV in the Champions League, with two goals scored. He was integral in one. In Holland he played at least 70 minutes in the last 4 stages, scoring one goal and providing two assists.
• Ianis Hagi – increasingly important at Alanyaspor. In the last 4 stages he played at least 80 minutes, scoring a goal in the last round.
• Valentin Mihaila – he has problems at Rizespor. In the championship he missed two matches due to an injury, and in the rest he played 9, 19 and 25 minutes. He also has 75 minutes in the Cup.
• Daniel Birligea – he has 4 matches and one goal in the championship, and in the Europa League he has two matches and one success. He was an integralist twice.

How are the rest of the “tricolors”

The player with the most problems is Denis Drăguș, who has not played at all since the end of September, due to an injury.

• Stefan Târnovanu – owner of the FCSB. He has 3 matches in the Super League and two in the Europa League, being eliminated in the last one. He was a reserve in Hermannstadt – FCSB, the last game before the call-up.
• Marian Aioani – holder at Rapid. He has 4 consecutive matches in the first league.
• Deian Sorescu – played three times in the Turkish championship and once in the Cup. He was never a full-time player at Gaziantep, with the most minutes being 65.
• Adrian Rus – has 3 games for the University of Craiova in the championship, being a reserve in the last stage. He also played 3 times in the Europa League, each time as an integral player.
• Liav Eissat – has two matches for Maccabi Haifa. Has not been used in the last two games.
• Alexandru Chipciu – played all the minutes in the last three Superliga matches. In another match he played only half an hour.

• Vladimir Screciu – got just 10 minutes in the Europa League, missing one game due to suspension. In the Superliga he was a full-time player in the last 4 rounds.

• Razvan Marin – has played at least 55 minutes in the last 6 games for AEK, two of them in the Conference League. He also scored a goal.

• Florin Tanase – full-time player at FCSB in three of the last 4 stages, and in the fourth he ticked off 85 minutes. In the Europa League he has 45 minutes with Bologna and 75 with Basel.

• Claudiu Petrila – holder at Rapid. He has a goal and an assist in his last 4 games. Once he was an integralist, and otherwise he came out towards the end, no earlier than the 70th minute.

• David Miculescu – has three league matches for FCSB and two in the Europa League. He also scored a goal. He was an integralist only once.

• Denis Dragus – the footballer with the biggest problems in the Romanian team. He has not played at all since the end of September due to injury.

How are the players left out of the squad?

Among the footballers who did not make the squad for the match against Bosnia, Louis Munteanu is the worst in terms of minutes played. He missed two games due to an injury and marked three games, of which he was a full-time player in only one.

Ștefan Baiaram, the winger of the University of Craiova, played 20 minutes in the Conference League, and in the championship he was the starter in four matches, but he never played until the end. Instead, Darius Olaru started twice in the Europa League, playing 86 and 75 minutes respectively, and in the Super League he started four times. In three of the cases he was changed at the end, once he played until the end

Bosnia – Romania, probable teams

Bosnia: Zlomislic – Dedic, Muharemovic, Katic, Karic – Basic, Tahirovic, – Memic, Gigovic, Alajbegovic – Dzeko
Reserves: Vasilj, Hadzikic, Kolasinac, Malic, Hadzikadunic, Radeljic, Burnic, Bajraktarevic, Hadziahmetovic, Tabakovic, Bazdar
Coach: Sergej Barbarez

Romania: I. Radu – Rațiu, Ghiță, Racovițan, Bancu – M. Marin, V. Dragomir – Man, I. Hagi, Mihăilă – Bîrligea
reserves: Târnovanu, Aioani, Sorescu, Rus, Eissat, Chipciu, Screciu, R. Marin, Fl. Tănase, Miculescu, Petrila, Drăguș
Selector: Mircea Lucescu