Article by Adrian Duţă – Published Sunday, March 22, 2026, 08:41 / Updated Sunday, March 22, 2026 08:51
4 days before the World Cup semi-final between Turkey and Romania, the press from the country of the Crescent analyzed the groups of the two national teams.
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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 Turks took as a reference the quotas on the transfermarkt, but also the clubs where the internationals summoned by Mircea Lucescu and Vincenzo Montella play for the dam in Istanbul.
What the Turkish press wrote, 4 days before the match with Romania
“Big difference between the national team of Turkey and Romania”, captioned turkiyegazetesi.com.tr.
“We are four times more valuable than our rival Romania. Arda Guler leads the top with a market share of 90 million euros, and the Turkish national team reaches a total of 460 million euros. On the other hand, Romania, whose best player is Drăgușin (20 million euros), has a lot estimated at only 102 million euros.
If we look at the championships in which foreigners play, we notice that we have players in Spain, Italy, Germany, England, Holland, Denmark, Portugal and Saudi Arabia. Instead, Romanian stars play in Spain, Holland, Turkey, Germany, China, Cyprus and Greece.
Turkey is ranked 25th by FIFA, while Romania is 49th,” continued the Turks.
Romania's lot for the Istanbul dam
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GOALKEEPERS: Ionut RADU (Celta de Vigo | Spain, 7/0), Marian AIOANI (FC Rapid 1923, 0/0), Cătălin CĂBUZ (FC Argeș, 0/0);
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DEFENDERS: 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 GHIțĂ (Hannover 96 | Germany, 8/1), Adrian RUS (Universitatea Craiova, 22/1), Andrei COUBIȘ (Universitatea Cluj, 0/0), Nicușor BANCU (Universitatea Craiova, 50/2), Kevin CIUBOTARU (Hermannstadt, 1/0);
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INTERMEDIARIES: 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).
Turkey's squad for the match with Romania
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GOALKEEPERS: Altay Bayindir (Manchester United), Mert Günok (Fenerbahce), Muhammed Sengezer (Istanbul Basaksehir), Ugurcan Cakir (Galatasaray)
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DEFENDERS: Abdulkerim Bardakci (Galatasaray), Ahmetcan Kaplan (NEC Nijmegen), Eren Elmalı (Galatasaray), Ferdi Kadıoğlu (Brighton), Merih Demiral (Al Ahli), Mert Müldür (Fenerbahce), Mustafa Eskihellaç (Trabzonspor), Ozan Kabak (Hoffenheim), Samet Akaydin (Rizespor), Zeki Celik (AS Roma)
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midfielders: Atakan Karazor (Stuttgart), Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter), Ismail Yuksek (Fenerbahce), Kaan Ayhan (Galatasaray), Orkun Kökçü (Besiktas), Salih Ozcan (Borussia Dortmund)
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ATTACKERS: Aral Simshir (Midtjylland), Arda Güler (Real Madrid), Barış Alper Yılmaz (Galatasaray), Deniz Gül (FC Porto), Irfan Can Kahveci (Kasimpasa), Kenan Yıldız (Juventus), Kerem Akturkoglu (Fenerbahce), Oguz Aydin (Fenerbahce), Semih Kılıçsoy (Cagliari), Yunus Akgun (Galatasaray).
