Article by David Marinescu – Published Thursday, 26 March 2026 22:44 / Updated Friday, 27 March 2026 00:06
Mihai Mironică, the moderator of the GSP Live Special show, was disturbed by the statements given by Mircea Lucescu and Romania's press officer, Cătălin Popescu, who hurried the conference on the grounds that “they have a plane to catch”.
It emerged that after the match there was a meeting in the dressing room, which lasted about an hour, and the tactic was used to dribble questions from the media.
Mihai Mironică, disturbed by the moment at the press conference: “It was more important to catch the plane to America, but we didn't succeed”
During the press conference, Cătălin Popescu intervened in the normal flow of a press conference and said: “Excuse me, before I translate… Ask shorter questions! We have a plane to catch. Two questions.”
Mihai Mironica reacted immediately, live on GSP Live Special: “I listened to Mircea Lucescu's press conference. After he started with “I missed the qualification after 28 years of waiting”, the first thing he found to tell us is that the Turks have a nice memory of him and how he greeted some Turkish players. That was important for us? That he left a nice memory, that he didn't have results in the Turkish national team because he had to rejuvenate the team. was it burning us?
Then, Mircea Lucescu and the one who was next to him, the press officer, managed to rush the journalists because they had a plane to catch. The match was played in 90 minutes. If we had overtime and penalty kicks, which plane would the national team take? Was there a humanitarian crisis like in Dubai? It was clear that plane was being lost.
It was more important to catch the plane to America and we didn't succeed. The selector Lucescu made it clear that he was bothered by the questions and he was asked the nicest questions possible. He hinted during his term that he had a subway to catch. He was always nervous when he had to answer some bitter questions”, said Mihai Mironică on GSP Live Special.
