Article by Romeo Ene – Published on Tuesday, 31 March 2026 23:58 / Updated on Wednesday, 01 April 2026 00:02
Slovakia – Romania 2-0. Former international Basarab Panduru (55 years old) reacted after the last match of Mircea Lucescu (80 years old) on the bench of the national team. The “Tricolori” also lost in Bratislava, and the future does not look bright.
Panduru explained that the 4-3-3 system is not the most suitable for the national team,
In his view, the “tricolors” can change this aspect. The game did not leave a pleasant impression on him and explains the fact that not much can be said after such a performance.
He is convinced that Romania would not have stood a chance against any other opponent who qualified for the World Championship play-off.
Basarab Panduru, after Slovakia – Romania 2-0: “We have no idea about anything”
“The mood probably wasn't the best before the match. But the game is weak, you can't see anything, we don't know what we want, maybe we can't, the opponent doesn't let us either. I don't know what the causes are, but in my opinion, we didn't look good, to say the least.
It must be seen that something is wrong. What? I don't know, I'm not there, but to have no idea about anything, for the players to sit in the field, but for none of them to know what to do when they have the ball, a lot of things that I didn't like.
We are thinking about what needs to be done to get out of where we are, it seems to me that we are down. We couldn't, tonight, beat any of the teams that played tonight. I don't see who we could beat with this football we played. Bosnia puts us all in the gate.
This 4-3-3 system will never get us anywhere. Why play 4-3-3 and not something else? Is it a shame to play 3-5-2?”, said Panduru, on the show “Fotbal Show”, from Prima Sport.
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