Article by Alexandru Tomuțiu – Published Sunday, November 16, 2025, 5:54 p.m. / Updated Sunday, November 16, 2025, 6:03 p.m.
Adrian Mutu (46 years old) criticized the way Ianis Hagi (27, offensive midfielder) presented himself in the match between Romania and Bosnia, lost by Mircea Lucescu's students with a score of 1-3.
Adrian Mutu, the former “decar” of the national team, had higher expectations from Ianis Hagi, the one who took over the number on his shirt. Romania's all-time top scorer, with 35 goals, tied with Gică Hagi, declared himself disappointed that Ianis did not pose more problems to the Bosnian defenders.
“The Brilliant” had a similar opinion about Vlad Dragomir. Instead, he liked how Marius Marin, Bîrligea and Mihăilă moved.
Adrian Mutu, about Ianis Hagi: “Absent, he didn't play a good game”
“There were marking and positioning mistakes in the goals. In addition to the second goal, which was a very nice execution, the first one, by Dzeko, was lucky. Racovițan had nothing to do there, he hit the ball behind him. In the third goal, they could have done much more, it was a mistake by both central defenders… They did not communicate, they did not speak. Racovițan only looked at the ball and lost his opponent.
As far as goals and defense, I think the midfield was a little absentt. Here I mean Ianis and Dragomir, who were absent from the team's game even in the first half. They didn't go on the ramp at all, they didn't have any dangerous forays.
I don't want to judge only Ianis… It seemed to me that Ianis was absent, he didn't play a good game. Even in the first half, when the Romanian team was good, Ianis didn't stand out, I didn't see him with a shot, a pass, and these are his qualities. Yesterday he did not enter the team's game, he was not dangerous at all.
Marius Marin did his job. He's a number 6, a closer, run! Further, Ianis and Dragomir needed to bring more offensive support to the team. On the other hand, I liked Bîrligea and Mihăilă in the first half. Bîrligea scored a superb goal, and Mihăilă made some very nice forays. And Man proved to be dangerous in several phases, but it's too little”, said Adrian Mutu, according to fanatik.ro.
