“I noticed that in him”

• IMPORTANT: Gheorghe Hagi established the final list of players who will travel to Tbilisi for the game against Georgia. 23 footballers made the trip.

• After the match with Georgia, there will be Romania – Wales, in Ghencea, on June 6, 2026. Both games will be liveTEXT on GSP.ro.

VIDEO | Radu Drăgușin, statements before Georgia – Romania: “I noticed that the Hagi selector is very passionate”

Remaining a key man in the gear of the first representative team, the pillar of the defense revealed the first impressions of Gică Hagi's mandate.

Drăguşin emphasized the total dedication of the new coach, who is trying to implement a winning mentality to the Romanian footballers.

“Like I said, we came in and found a very close-knit group going forward, especially after missing out on qualifying. We know it was disappointing and we want to give our fans and supporters as much joy as possible.

But it is a united group, motivated, full of enthusiasm and looking ahead with a good feeling. We will manage to build and have as solid performances as possible in the future. Each coach has his personality, his ideas, each one brings something new to the team.

I noticed that he is a very passionate coach (no – selector Gheorghe Hagi)he puts a lot of heart, he wants everything to go out to training as well as possible, and it is also within our abilities to understand this as well as possible.”

Don't forget the dam with Turkey: “It still hurts”

Even if the Romanian national team is facing a new beginning, the memory of the failure with Turkey at the pool remains a painful one.

Drăguşin he did not mince words and admitted that the world tour that is knocking on the door will be difficult to watch from the position of a spectator.

“Yes, it still hurts that we are not there too, especially in the next period, when the matches are about to start. But it is a new beginning, a new cycle.

We are looking towards the next goals, which are the Nations League and the qualifications for the next final tournaments. At the same time, we must maintain the same atmosphere, the same unity and bring each one a plus”, declared Radu Drăgușin at the press conference.

My message to the fans is to keep trusting us, keep supporting us. We feel, it helps us a lot and we felt their disappointment, because we were the first to feel disappointed.

But we have to look at it as a new beginning and we need everyone, both us and them. We have to keep going for Romania and have the best possible performances everywhere.

– Radu Dragusinthe stopper of the national team

The lot chosen by Gheorghe Hagi for the friendly against Georgia

porter:

• Marian AIOANI (FC Rapid 1923, 1/0)

• Otto HINDRICH (Legia Warsaw | Poland, 0/0)

• Stefan Tarnovanu (FCSB, 4/0);

defense:

• Deian SORESCU (Gaziantep FK | Turkey, 23/0)

• Tony STRATA (Vitória Guimarães | Portugal, 0/0)

• Radu DRĂGUŞIN (Tottenham | England, 29/1)

• Virgil GHIțA (Hannover 96 | Germany, 9/1)

• Andrei COUBIȘ (U Cluj, 1/0)

• Matei ILIE (CFR Cluj, 0/0)

• Lisav EISSAT (Maccabi Haifa | Israel, 2/0)

• Andrei BORZA (FC Rapid 1923, 0/0);

midfielders:

• Răzvan MARIN (AEK Athens | Greece, 74/12)

• Alexandru CICÂLDĂU (Universitatea Craiova, 38/4)

• Vladimir SCRECIU (University of Craiova, 7/0)

• Tudor BĂLUĂ (University of Craiova, 12/0)

• Ianis HAGI (Alanyaspor | Turkey, 53/8)

• David MATEI (University of Craiova, 0/0);

ATTACKERS:

• Olimpiu MORUȚAN (FC Rapid 1923, 17/1)

• Valentin MIHĂILĂ (Caykur Rizespor | Turkey, 35/5)

• Ștefan BAIARAM (Universitatea Craiova, 4/1)

• Alexandru DOBRE (FC Rapid 1923, 6/0)

• Louis MUNTEANU (DC United | USA, 4/2)

• Florinel COMAN (Al-Gharafa | Qatar, 20/2).

Andrei Burcă, Adrian Rus, Mihai Popescu, Florin Tănase, Darius Olaru, Cătălin Cârjan, Vlad Dragomir, Nicolae Stanciu and Denis Drăguș are the 9 “tricolors” who remained at the National Football Center in Mogoșoaia.