Mircea Lucescu started shouting in the conference: “I have never seen something like this in my entire career!” » And he continued: “I speak, not you!”

Lucescu harshly criticized the conditions in Zenica, but also the reprehensible behavior of the home fans, who shouted “Gypsies, gypsies!” during the entire game. The Bosnians fought back, disturbed when the Romanian coach said that the “tricolors” were better in 3 out of 4 straight halves.

Mircea Lucescu argued with Bosnian journalists in the press conference

Asked by a Bosnian about the lack of success in this campaign and whether it makes sense to continue, Lucescu said: “What are we talking about? Today's game? In both games we were clearly superior. They only had one half when they came in with incredible aggression. It's not normal for a referee from England to be at this game. He interpreted the game completely differently.

Bosnia had no shot, no corner, and we had 3-4 clear situations. In the second half, they came on really strong. I came out at a disadvantage. One with his ear cut off, another unfairly eliminated. Cute didn't even touch it or see it.

Katic came and poked his head in. The referee took two steps and took out the red card. He didn't even look at VAR, and during the phase with Marin he didn't want to go to VAR. It should have been yellow, not to unbalance the game”.

Lucescu: “This stadium is not made for football. There is a lack of hospitality”

He then continued: “We didn't deserve to lose this game, after the first half where we were very good. Two crosses and a great shot put us in this situation. They didn't deserve this! But we'll see. I'm happy with the first half and the game in the round, where we had 70% possession. I'm happy with how the team is growing. We're also playing in the play-off and we'll see what happens.

A Bosnian journalist asked: “Your fans challenged us, you said we didn't deserve the win, but we scored four goals and you scored one. Don't we deserve at least a little respect?”

I'm interested in what happened here. I have never seen such a lack of hospitality in my career. I sat on a one and a half meter aisle, there was no seat. And the players had a very small space of 4×4. This stadium is not made for football. There is a lack of hospitality. Shouts and boos at the anthem. We in Bucharest received them very nicely, in a proper stadium. I have never seen anything like this in my career. I didn't hear the anthem because of the boos

– Mircea Lucescu

Then another Bosnian journalist intervened: “You weren't here three years ago.”

Lucescu's answer: “I don't care. I'm talking about why it was now. Maybe it was the same. I'm talking about today. But that's your hospitality. The crowd is fantastic, I understand why Bosnia play here, but the conditions are miserable.”

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Later, disturbed by another intervention, Lucescu began to shout: “We talk, not you! I talk! What do you want? I'm nervous. That's what I saw here. I appreciate the fans, but not the word they used. It's about respect. We didn't do that in Bucharest, when we lost because we didn't get a clear penalty”.

May God grant that we play with you again at the dam! It will be like in Bucharest, they will play for 10 minutes. With Austria and in the first half today we played at the highest level. Let's go from here. And we'll have some guys coming back that we're missing, especially the center backs, the guys did well today, but it's their first time playing together. I have nothing to complain about, maybe only with the first goal, if Racovițan was more attentive and used his body better…

– Mircea Lucescu, Romania selector

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