What happened in the Bucharest polyvalent, after Romania

The failure is painful from the point of view of the difference in score, the most goals ever conceded by the first representative, but it does not change the calculations of the qualification in the Final Four of the Euro Cup. Romania will play in Poland on Sunday, from 19:00. He also allows himself a failure in 4 goals.

Sonia's tears

Emotions were intense at the end. Tricolor top scorer Sonia Seraficenau with 5 goals broke down in tears when asked about the atmosphere and how the fans cheered them on at the end. According to the EHF, 4300 spectators attended the match.

We are human. It can happen that we have a less good day. That's what happened. It's not the first time we've had a slightly weaker match. Over the years we have proven many times that we have quality.

The atmosphere was very nice. I'm happy for all the people who came to support us. I hope they stick with us because…we deserve it

– Sonia Seraficeanu

The first to come to encourage Sonia was Alicia Gogîrlă, author of two goals from a distance in the second half.

Alicia Gogîrla

I was close to them in Norway, there are days and days. It happens even to the biggest teams. They form a very strong team, but they also have two hands and two legs. I was very happy when people shouted the family name in the stands. There are many lessons to be learned, we must stand with our heads held high. Their experience probably also mattered, we also missed a few players, Rebeca (Necula), Sorina (Great). It was not easy!

– Alicia Gogîrla

Batch problems before Poland

Ovidiu Mihăilă will have big lot problems in Poland, especially with the 9-meter line. Among the players called up, Sorina Great he couldn't play today. In the second half he was also injured Alisia Boiciuc. In the conditions where Elena Roșu is used between the right, only one center was available at the end of the game, Cristina Laslo.

“For sure Sorina and the other girls were missed. We were caught in a very complicated period this match, many injured girls, many who could help us. We tried to bring Sorina to the level of this game. We couldn't. Health is the most important, so she sat on the bench next to us today.

I hope we don't have any other serious health problems. We have 15 players left, they want to play also injured. We hope there is nothing serious with Alisia”, sent the selector Mihăilă, in relation to the situation of injuries in the team.

I met a high level world champion. They took all the measures today, because in the round match we caused them problems. I think we could have handled certain problems in the attack differently, not allowing them to be so fast. This is what we have prepared, to carry out the positional attack as much as possible and to be as safe as possible in defense. Unfortunately, I didn't make it.

A very tough match awaits us in Poland, with an atmosphere as beautiful as it was today. We will meet valuable players, many who play in the Romanian championship, in the Champions League. We will have to do everything in our power to rise. Let's make the retreat and defense more efficient, we need to work on that quickly

– Ovidiu Mihăila

Henny Reistad, the rightly chosen idol

Meanwhile, a few meters away, Henny Reistad was signing several hundred autographs and smiling in just as many pictures. Just like the other handball superstar, Mathias Gidselthe Norwegian did not refuse anyone. She stayed on the floor for several minutes, polite to each child.

A sign that handball has a future and that the kids have chosen their right idols. At 27, Henny won everything he could with the Norwegian national team. Olympic champion in Paris, double world champion and triple European gold medalist. He also has a Champions League trophy to his credit.

• The best female player in the world in 2023, 2024 and 2025
• World Championship MVP in 2023 and 2025
• The 2022 European Championship MVP
• The 2021 Champions League Final MVP

The Nordics split with one “Thank you, Romania!” posted on social media.