“No one said this”

Mihai Stoica criticized Rațiu's attitude at the national team matches: “He comes and beats us all!”, and Gigi Becali offended the right defender: “I liked Rațiu, I said he plays for any team in the world, but well, [a fost] the prison of prisons!”.

Cosmin Contra defended Andrei Rațiu: “He had a bad day and nothing more”

“He caught a bad day and nothing more. There were matches in the national team when he played very well and no one said this.

It's not that he has two different attitudes, one at the club and another at the national team. You should ask him if he is more relaxed when he comes to the lot. I don't think so”, said Cosmin Contra, according to digisport.ro.

“Guriță” believes that Rațiu was not the only one to blame for the goal conceded by the “tricolors”, mentioning the fact that Dennis Man had to support him defensively.

“If you look at the match, it seems that it was prepared for our players to come with the men on their side. So Man to come with the left back (no the author of the goal). And Ratiu to stay with Yildiz. At that stage, I think it was the mistake of both.

Dennis Man lost the mark on the left defender, who makes a demarcation inside, and Rațiu had to gather there. As a right back you have to tighten, not to have that space between the central defenders and the right back. It also depends on how the match was prepared and what the coach asked for. However, I think it was both their fault.

As a coach, tactically, you always want the full-back to tighten up. If Mr. Lucescu said that Rațiu was guilty, it means that he knew what he asked of him.

The match was very balanced. If Rațiu did not make that mistake, he was afraid of being dribbled. Otherwise, apart from a shot on goal, they didn't have anything else… We know well that the Turkish team is at a higher level than Romania's.

– Mircea Lucescuimmediately after the dam with Turkey