Romania – San Marino 7-1. Ianis Hagi (27 years old) entered the field in the 63rd minute and scored the 5th goal for the “tricolors”. In the end, he made a promise: Romania will pass the two hurdles in March and qualify for the World Championship.
The “Tricolori” finished in 3rd place in group H, with 13 points. Bosnia finishes 2nd with 17 and Austria goes to the World Championship with 19.
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At the end, Ianis Hagi stated that the national team did its job tonight. He is sorry that the national team did not qualify through these preliminaries, but he is convinced that Romania can reach the final tournament in the summer of 2026.
“We had to win, to do our duty to the fans, that they came to sit with us for 90 minutes in the rain. We are sorry that we did not manage to qualify for the World Cup in the USA through these qualifications. We won the right to go to the dam. As I said before, we are going with all our might in March and see you in the USA.
It doesn't matter. We are going there in March and we know that we qualify for the World Cup in the USA because that is what we want and we want to make a whole country happy“, Hagi said, according to as.ro.
A normal result, I don't think anyone had any emotions about the result, even though they had 1-0. It is commendable that we took the match seriously, despite an impassable turf.
The opposing team came to defend, it was very difficult to control the game, I saw many times the players who tried to go on the counterattack and the ball stopped in the water. A serious attitude and a result to match.
Let's not forget that we played against an amateur team!
– Gica Popescuafter Romania – San Marino 7-1
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