“Mommy, you raised a gangster!”

• Reporter Adrian Jitea and photojournalist Ionuț Iordache are in Rotterdam with the Romanian national team and transmit all the information and images that matter.

Alicia Gogîrlă is the only left-handed player from the 9-meter line of Romania at the current World Championship. He didn't get on the scoresheet in all the games, but against Senegal he came in with a lot of enthusiasm. He scored twice with long shots, then delivered an exuberant statement.

Alicia Gogîrlă: “Mommy, you raised a gangster!”

“As always, it's a pride to listen to the anthem. My biggest pride! I feel like I'm following in my mom's footsteps. Hi mom! I feel like I'm following in her footsteps and starting to do things better and better,” Alicia said in the clip posted on the national team's social media accounts.

He continued with a message addressed to Simona Gogîrlă: “I love you and thank you for being close. Know that you didn't raise a whiner. You raised a gangster!”

For Alicia Gogîrlă, this year's final tournament is the third in her career. He made his debut at the 2023 World Cup and had encouraging developments at Euro 2024.

Alicia Gogîrlă, in action // photo source: Instagram @ aliciagogirla, IHF/Sasha Pahic Szabo/Kolektiff

In the matches in Rotterdam, the right winger registered at SCM Craiova collected 40 minutes and 42 seconds. He scored three times.

Simona Gogîrlă, a huge name in Romanian handball

Simona Gogîrlă participated in three editions of the World Championship, 2001, 2003 and 2005, being world youth champion in 1995.

Simona Gogîrlă in the final of the 2005 World Championship Photo Cristi Preda

In 2005, when her mother won the world senior silver medal, Alicia was only two years old. He continued to grow in handball halls. Simona retired from playing as a player in 2008, continuing as a coach.

The updated standings of the main group I from the Women's Handball World Championship:

Romania's schedule and results in the main group:

Romania's results in the preliminary group: