Article by Robert Vîrdol – Published on Thursday, 02 April 2026, 20:45 / Updated on Thursday, 02 April 2026 20:45
Marian Aioani (26 years old) made his debut for the Romanian national team in the duel with Slovakia, which ended with a score of 2-0. The goalkeeper made a mistake with the second goal received by the “tricolors”, and Mircea Bornescu (45 years old), the former goalkeeper from Giulesti, analyzed the phase.
During the friendly with Slovakia, two footballers debuted in the Romanian national team, namely Marian Aioani and Andrei Coubiș. The goalkeeper entered at half-time, and immediately after he made a mistake on the goal scored by David Strelec. He passed the ball to Lobotka who later found the Slovak striker free and the score went to 2-0.
This error by the goalkeeper from Rapid was analyzed by Mircea Bornescu, who also found an explanation. Bornescu is of the opinion that Marian Aioani's mistake was also forced by Romania's game, because he tried very hard to build with the goalkeeper.
Mircea Bornescu: “Romania must finalize a style of play”
Mircea Bornescu
“It's clear that they tried a build-up game, they tried to build a lot with the goalkeeper, but in this style the goalkeeper is exposed. The chances of the keeper making a mistake are quite high, you always give the ball back to him and problems can arise.
Yes, it also affects the psyche, but he has reached a certain experience and knows that there are situations that appear in the game of any footballer, there were such mistakes and there will be more. In a friendly match it is good to have such a construction. Romania must finalize a style of play. We have to find a style of our own, we don't have one.
He had a good evolution, immediately after the mistake he had a one-on-one intervention with the Bosnian. Aioani was good on his feet, showed that he is a mature goalkeeper and can overcome that mistake. He is a valuable goalkeeper, one of the best Romanian goalkeepers, not only from our championship, and he can be a solution. Ionuț Radu has an advantage, because he plays where he plays and has good developments, but Aioanei can also enter at any time”, said Mircea Bornescu for Gazeta Sporturilor.
