Article by Adrian Duţă – Published Saturday, March 21, 2026, 07:33 / Updated Saturday, March 21, 2026 07:43
Basarab Panduru, the former great midfielder of the national team, chose the middle line for Romania's tie with Turkey, from Istanbul, on March 26.
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Turkey – Romania will be played on Thursday, 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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Gazeta Sporturilur will have 6 experienced reporters in Istanbul, who will send the most important information, reports and a series of multimedia correspondence.
The former international, member of the “Golden Generation”, sees Răzvan Marin, Vlad Dragomir and Vladimir Screciu in the middle. He left out Nicolae Stanciu and Ianis Hagi, the first two captains of Romania.
Basarab Panduru: “I would have taken Stanciu, but I would be surprised if he played”
“Stanciu would be surprised if he played, but I understand. He is the captain of the team, he has been for a long time. And I would have taken him for this match. I need people like these now, who went through the European Championship with the team, captain, many matches, goals.
We need legs that can handle a better and more technical opponent in every way. I don't think we can afford people who don't play. I would have taken him around the national team because he means something, especially now that he is playing,” said Panduru, on Prima Sport 1, quoted by orangesport.ro.
Asked about the midfield, Panduru said who he sees in the first 11: “Screciu, Răzvan Marin, Vlad Dragomir”
Romania's lot for the dam with Turkey
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porter: Ionut RADU (Celta de Vigo | Spain, 7/0), Marian AIOANI (FC Rapid 1923, 0/0), Mihai POPA (CFR Cluj, 0/0);
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defense: Andrei RAțIU (Rayo Vallecano | Spain, 36/2), Deian SORESCU (Gaziantep FK | Turkey, 23/0), Radu DRĂGUȘIN (Tottenham | England, 27/1), Andrei BURCĂ (Yunnan Yukun | China, 44/1), Virgil GHIȚ (Hannover 96 | Germany, 8/1), Adrian RUS (Universitatea Craiova, 22/1), Andrei COUBIȘ (Cluj University, 0/0), Nicușor BANCU (Craiova University, 50/2), Kevin CIUBOTARU (Hermannstadt, 1/0);
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midfielders: Vladimir SCRECIU (Universitatea Craiova, 6/0), Vlad DRAGOMIR (Pafos | Cyprus, 5/0), Răzvan MARIN (AEK Athens | Greece, 72/12), Nicolae STANCIU (Dalian Yingbo | China, 84/15), Florin TĂNASE (FCSB, 26/5), Ianis HAGI (Alanyaspor | Turkey, 51/8), Dennis MAN (PSV | Netherlands, 43/11), Alexandru DOBRE (FC Rapid 1923, 5/0), Valentin MIHĂILĂ (Caykur Rizespor | Turkey, 33/5), Claudiu PETRILA (FC Rapid 1923, 2/0), Ștefan BAIARAM (Universitatea Craiova, 2/1);
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ATTACKERS: Daniel BÎRLIGEA (FCSB, 7/2), David MICULESCU (FCSB, 6/0), Marius COMAN (UTA Arad, 0/0).
