Article by Alexandru Tomuțiu – Published Wednesday, March 25, 2026 7:40 p.m. / Updated Wednesday, March 25, 2026 8:36 p.m.
The Turkish press has great confidence that Arda Guler's national team will manage to eliminate the Romania in the draw that will be played on Thursday, March 26, from 19:00.
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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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In a material dedicated to the match in Istanbul, the Turks were extremely optimistic and treated the “tricolors” with arrogance. They are convinced that their national team is much better, and that will qualify them without great emotions in the final of the World Cup.
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“Lucescu knows us, but we also know him. The experienced coach will focus on defense and try to punish our ineffective attacks with counter-attacks. He knows that if he scores the first goal, he will not leave the stadium of Beşiktaş alive. His objective is to keep the score 0-0 for a long time and put us under pressure.
The key to victory will lie with players like Kenan Yildiz or Baris Alper Yilmaz. We have a crisis at centre-forward level, but the dribbling qualities of the two players, as well as Arda Guler's dream of going to the World Cup, are our strengths.
Romania is one of the national teams that we have faced most often throughout our history. In 26 matches we won only 5 times. There were 7 draws and 14 defeats, but our current batch is much better. We will send Romania home, and on Monday we will get on the plane that will take us to the away final”, wrote those from sabah.tr.
