The goalkeeper Ionuț I'm glad (28 years old) landed on Tuesday afternoon, around 17:50, at “Henri Coandă” International Airport, with a Tarom flight from Madrid, to join the national team before the match against Turkey, although his presence was uncertain for almost 48 hours.
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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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Ionuț Radu was injured on Sunday evening, in the championship match of Celta Vigo, and after the preliminary evaluations, in Spain, it was decided that he will not be fit for the game against Turkey. He canceled his Sunday flight from Bucharest and stayed in Vigo for a thorough check-up.
And the MRI performed on Monday showed that he suffered a concussion and that he cannot play on Thursday. On his own, Radu decided to take a risk and made the decision to come to Romania anyway, hoping that he could perform in Istanbul. He left Vigo for Madrid, and on Tuesday at noon he boarded for Bucharest, to make the junction with the rest of the batch from Mogoșoaia.
On Tuesday afternoon he landed 40 minutes late at Otopeni, and upon arrival he was awaited by FRF representatives, his sister and his father.
PHOTO. Ionuț Radu has arrived in Bucharest and will risk defending with Turkey
This is much better than Sunday night when he couldn't step on his right foot at all. He no longer limps, he even walks very well and at first glance it seems as if nothing has happened. He came out very smiling and hurried to the car that picked him up from the airport.
He waited over 40 minutes for baggage claim, and for the first time he hugged his father.
“My leg is fine, I'm the most prepared for the match. We really want to qualify. It was quite bad news, I felt the pain getting worse, you saw that at the end I couldn't step anymore. We trust ourselves, it's the match of a generation”, said Radu, upon arrival at the airport.
From GSP.ro information, even if everything will be fine with Ionuț Radu, Lucescu will not leave any of the 4 goalkeepers at home. In addition to Aioani and Căbuz, Radu and Laurențiu Popescu, the goalkeeper who was urgently called from vacation, will also go to Istanbul.
The option that Ionuț Radu does not defend in Istanbul, but can be introduced on the field next Tuesday, in the second match, with Kosovo or Slovakia, is also taken into account, a match that will be played regardless of the result of Thursday's match, on the shores of the Bosphorus.
