Article by Maria Olteanu – Published on Tuesday, 17 March 2026, 08:53 / Updated on Tuesday, 17 March 2026 08:54
The Turkish Football Federation has decided that the matches in the 27th round of the first league, which were supposed to be played at the end of this week, will be rescheduled much sooner. They will be played in the middle of the week, in the form of an intermediate, so that there is more time available for the preparation of the tie with Romania.
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Turkey – Romania will be played on March 26, from 19:00, match broadcast by Prima TV. If we win, we play the World Cup qualification final against Slovakia/Kosovo on March 31, 2026.
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The decision of the forum on the shore of the Bosphorus was taken to give a helping hand to the selector Vincenzo Montella (51 years old), so that he could have the players from the domestic championship under his command much faster.
All duels have been scheduled from Tuesday, March 17 to Thursday, March 19. A similar decision was taken by the Romanian Football Federation, the matches of the teams that are going to give players to the lot being scheduled in the first part of the stage. However, in our country, round #2 of the ply-off, respectively play-out, will only start on Thursday, March 19.
How does the stage in Turkey look, before the tie with Romania
Considering also the European cup matches in the middle of this week, the Turkish FA decided to postpone the Galatasaray – Goztepe and Samsunspor – Rizespor matches, which are to be rescheduled to a later date, according to ajansspor.com.
The decision of the Turks to move the matches earlier or to cancel them also helps Mircea Lucescu. Thus, the three Romanian internationals who play in Turkey, Ianis Hagi (Alanyaspor), Valentin Mihăilă (Rizespor) and Deian Sorescu (Gaziantep), will be able to come to Mogoșoaia sooner, to start training for the team.
Tuesday, March 17
Wednesday, March 18
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Alanyaspor – Kocaelispor, 15:00
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Başakşehir – Antalyaspor, 19:00
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Eyupspor – Trabzonspor, 19:00
Thursday, March 19
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Kayserispor – Fatih Karagumruk, 15:00
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Beşiktaş – Kasimpaşa, 19:00
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Konyaspor – Genclerbirligi, 19:00
Romania will leave for Turkey on Wednesday, the day before the match
Mircea Lucescu (80 years old), Romanian national team coach, made the decision that the departure for Istanbul, for the tie with Turkey, to be held on Wednesday, March 25, the day before the match, later than originally scheduled.
The “Tricolori” are to meet at the end of this week in Mogoșoaia, and precisely to have more time for preparation in the country, the departure was delayed by a day. The announcement was made by Andrei Vochin, advisor to the president of the FRF.
