Ovidiu Mihăilă (52 years old), the national women's handball coach, spoke at the end of the game with Switzerland, the last of this year's World Championship, clearly won, score 36-24, about the players he decided to leave at home for this final tournament, including the situation of Bianca Bazaliu (28 years old), Romania's most important name who was absent from this competition.
The coach from SCM Craiova decided not to count on Bianca Bazaliu for the matches in Holland, and, staying at home, the player surprised the other days when she published an indirect message, showing on her personal Instagram account that she was watching the match between Brazil and South Korea, while at the same time Romania was facing Hungary, in a decisive match.
The selector then reacted, seeing what the player left at home is doing, while Bazaliu later explained the situation and the fact that he did not miss a single match of the “tricolors” in this final tournament. On Sunday evening, during the interview at the end of the game with Switzerland, Mihăilă was asked about the selection and the players left at home, implicitly addressing the “Bazaliu subject”.
VIDEO. Ovidiu Mihăilă's reaction at the end of the match with Switzerland
“I think at the moment it's fair to the girls who have been here, who have given themselves every day, who have sacrificed their time to the detriment of their professional careers, we will look at these things at home. I have always said that the door to the national team is open as long as I am here. Now it was my decision and that of the staff in front of the girls who were here.
I haven't read any kind of social media since I came here, but I saw a speech opposite Bianca, who I respect a lot. The context was completely different, it was exposed differently, but there are things that I personally will have the power to discuss with Bianca and the other girls from the list of 35.
We certainly have to be careful, because in sports all kinds of moments can appear and we have to have solutions all the time to come and keep this balance and this upward trend of the national team”, said Ovidiu Mihăilă, in the mixed zone, at the end of the game with Switzerland, on Sunday evening.
Bianca Bazaliu, praise for Lorena Ostase during the match with Switzerland
Bianca Bazaliu's message, during the match Romania – Switzerland / photo: Instagram capture
During the game on Sunday evening, from Rotterdam, Bianca Bazaliu republished in the “Insta Story” section on Instagram, a goal phase of Romania, in the foreground with Lorena Ostasefrom the start of the game, the 2-0 goal.
Bazaliu tagged her colleague from the club team, showing her support for her.
VIDEO with Lorena Ostase's goal, which attracted the attention of the International Federation
Romania's results in the main group
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December 3 » Hungary – Romania 34-29
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December 5 » Romania – Senegal 37-17
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December 7 » Switzerland – Romania 24-36
