Good news before the tie with Turkey » Nicolae Stanciu, the first goal since returning to China

This success comes less than 2 weeks before the semi-finals of the World Championship qualifier this summer, and Nicolae Stanciu is on the preliminary list of foreigners called by the selector Mircea Lucescu.

• Turkey – Romania will be played on March 26, from 19:00, match broadcast by Prima TV. If we win, we play the qualification final against Slovakia/Kosovo on March 31, 2026.

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Nicolae Stanciu, goal in China

In the extra time of the first half of the duel between the two previously mentioned teams, at the score of 2-1 for the hosts, the Romanian team benefited from a penalty kick.

The Romanian took the ball and assumed the responsibility to execute. He shot strongly, at the top of the goal, and the opposing goalkeeper could not intervene, so Stanciu scored, establishing the score with which he entered the locker room, 1-2.

Stanciu, penalty goal!! pic.twitter.com/bNO9m1QOSa

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After the break, things did not go well for the team of the Romanian international. His team scored 2 more goals, and Dalian Yingbo lost the game, score 1-4. After the first 2 games played in the first league of China, Nicolae Stanciu's team recorded 2 defeats.

Following this result, the team is in 7th place, considering that several teams were penalized at the beginning of the season, due to the acts of corruption in which they participated.

Ranking in China

The ranking from China, Dalian Yingbo is in 7th place / photo: flashscore.ro

Variant for the national team

Nicolae Stanciu is on the preliminary list of foreigners summoned by Mircea Lucescu in view of the dam with Turkey. Given his experience in the national team shirt, Nicolae Stanciu can be useful on the way to the World Championship in the United States of America, Canada and Mexico.

• porter: Ionuț RADU (Celta de Vigo | Spain, 7/0)

• defense: Andrei RAțIU (Rayo Vallecano | Spain, 36/2), Deian SORESCU (Gaziantep FK | Turkey, 23/0), Radu DRĂGUȘIN (Tottenham | England, 27/1), Virgil GHIȚA (Hannover 96 | Germany, 8/1), Bogdan RACOVIțAN (Raków | Poland, 5/0), Andrei BURCĂ (Yunnan Yukun | China, 44/1), Lisav EISSAT (Maccabi Haifa | Israel, 2/0)

• midfielders: Marius MARIN (Pisa | Italy, 35/0), Răzvan MARIN (AEK Athens | Greece, 72/12), Vlad DRAGOMIR (Paphos | Cyprus, 5/0), Nicolae STANCIU (Dalian Yingbo | China, 84/15)Adrian ȘUT (Al Ain | UAE, 8/0), Ianis HAGI (Alanyaspor | Turkey, 51/8), Marius CORBU (Ferencváros | Hungary, 0/0), Valentin MIHĂILĂ (Caykur Rizespor | Turkey, 33/5), Dennis MAN (PSV | Netherlands, 43/11)

• Strikers: Louis MUNTEANU (DC United | USA, 4/2), Denis DRĂGUȘ (Gaziantep FK | Turkey, 27/7), Ioan VERMEȘAN (Hellas Verona | Italy, 0/0).