Article by Cosmin Nistor – Published Thursday, March 26, 2026, 12:29 / Updated Thursday, March 26, 2026 12:33
Vasile Miriuță, 57, spoke live on the GSP Live show about tonight's match between Turkey and Romania, from 19:00, in Istanbul, at Beşiktaş's stadium. Coach in League 3 at Sănătatea Cluj, Miriuță commented on the main aspects of the match and offered his prediction for the semi-final of the World Cup qualifier.
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Turkey – Romania is played tonight, at 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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VIDEO. Vasile Miriuță, before Turkey – Romania: “Without luck tonight, I don't know how it will be”
Former coach at CFR Cluj or Dinamo, Miriuță said:
“I will see the match in Budapest and I will hold my fists for the Romanians. I have a busy day, but at 6 pm I will be with my son in front of the TV to support the national team. First of all, I think that if we had played at home we would have had an advantage. With fanatical supporters, they have an advantage.
If we refer to their players, individually they are above us, but the Romanian team has a nucleus that in recent years has played together and qualified for the European Championshipso we also have international experience, and we have to play a more than perfect match and have an ounce of luck, because without luck tonight I don't know how it will be.”
Miriuță analyzed the middle line of the national team and explained what the problems are in the closing position:
“We don't have a defender, really. You have Hagi, Răzvan Marin, Stanciu isn't a defender either, and Screciu played more in defense of 3 in Craiova and that's a disadvantage. I don't know about Dragomir, but he's not number 6 either, more like 8, but I think he'll play with him there”, said Miriuță at GSP Live.
Vasile Miriuță: “We beat 2-1”
The technician went on to analyze the team's strategy and gave his prediction for the match:
“I expect the defense line to play a big game and the front three, plus Ianis Hagi, who I think will bring an offensive contribution. I don't think scoring one goal is enough to qualify, we will have to score two goals today. It would be ideal to score first, the good morale would come over you after that and there will be spaces, and we have two wing players, Man and Mihăilă, who have extraordinary speed and we can surprise them.
We beat 2-1, Hagi goals from a free kick and Mihăilă on the counterattack“, concluded the technician.
Turkey – Romania, probable teams:
Turkey (4-2-3-1): Cakir – Muldur, Kabak, Bardakci, Kadioglu – Kokcu, Yuksek – Guler, Calhanoglu, Yildiz – B. Yilmaz
reserves: Bayindir, Gunok – Kaplan, Elmali, Akaydin, Eskihellac, Karazor, Ayhan, Ozcan, Gul, Kahveci, Akturtoglu, Akgun, Kilicsoy, Aydin
Coach: Vincenzo Montella
Romania (4-3-3): I. Radu – Rațiu, Drăgușin, Burcă, Bancu – R. Marin, V. Dragomir, I. Hagi – Man, Bîrligea, Mihăilă
reserves: Aioani, L. Popescu – Sorescu, Ghiță, Coubiș, Screciu, N. Stanciu, F. Tănase, Dobre, Baiaram, Miculescu, M. Coman
Coach: Mircea Lucescu
