He committed it! Octavian Popescu laughed at Hagi's calls, then deleted his reaction

The player's gesture comes at a time when he is going through a complicated period in relation to the first representative, where he has not been able to impose himself in recent years.

PHOTO. Octavian Popescu laughed at Hagi's summons

In the “story” section on Instagram, Octavian Popescu redistributed the image published by the national team with the extended team chosen by Gheorghe Hagi, reacting with several laughing emoticons. The post was caught by sport.ro, but it quickly disappeared from the footballer's account.

• The last appearance of Octavian Popescu for the first representative of the Romanian national team took place on March 28, 2023, in the 2-1 victory against Belarus, in the preliminaries for EURO 2024. Then, the footballer entered the field in the 65th minute, from the reserve position.

• In total, the winger from FCSB has 7 selections for the Romanian senior national team, without a goal or decisive assist.

• His debut in the first national team occurred on March 25, 2022, in a friendly match lost by Romania against Greece, score 0-1. Popescu then replaced Alexandru Mitriță in the 62nd minute.

• On April 24, Octavian Popescu managed to add his name to the scorers' list, in the 3-2 victory of FCSB against Petrolul Ploiești, after a break of 354 days. His last goal was scored on May 5, 2024, when he scored a “double” in the 3-1 derby win against Dinamo.

The players from the Superliga on the list of the selector Gheorghe Hagi

• FC Hermannstadt – Kevin Ciubotaru

• Dinamo Bucharest – Raul Opruț, Cătălin Cîrjan

• FC Arges – Mario Tudose, Yanis Pîrvu

• CFR Cluj – Andrei Cordea, Lorenzo Biliboc, Mihai Popa, Matei Ilie

• Constanta Lighthouse – Denis Alibec

• Rapid Bucharest – Claudiu Petrila, Denis Ciobotariu, Marian Aioani, Andrei Borza, Olimpiu Moruțan, Alex Dobre

• Cluj University – Andrei Coubiș

• FCSB – Florin Tanase, David Miculescu, Mihai Popescu, Darius Olaru

• University of Craiova – Laurentiu Popescu, Nicușor Bancu, Adrian Rus, Vladimir Screciu, Tudor Băluță, Alexandru Cicâldău, Ștefan Baiaram, Luca Băsceanu