Article by Romeo Ene – Published on Tuesday, 02 June 2026, 22:10 / Updated on Tuesday, 02 June 2026 22:10
Georgia – Romania 1-1. Mihai Stoica (61 years old), the FCSB official, drew the conclusions after the debut of Gheorghe Hagi (61 years old) on the bench of the national team.
He is convinced that the “King” has tested certain things, but claims that Olimpiu Moruțan and Lisav Eissat will never play in the right and left lane, respectively.
He appreciates the system with three central defenders and praised the execution of Louis Munteanu from the goal.
Mihai Stoica, immediately after Georgia – Romania 1-1, Hagi's debut on the bench of the national team: “He thought about emoticons”
“I think it's a match where Gică Hagi thought about emoticons. Where he puts “UP” and where he puts… I don't think we'll see players in certain positions again. We won't see Moruțan in the right lane. We'll never see Eissat in the left lane, I think.
But is it normal to try and when can you try? You can try at training, but you don't have time to do friendly games, like school matches used to be done in the old days.
It was the best opportunity for Gica to see which players fit in certain positions, which ones don't, and he drew quite a few conclusions after this match.
I am pleased that we have been lobbying for this system all along, for a very long time.
We were talking about 3 defenders from the time when Edi Iordănescu was coaching, because Rațiu and Bancu are too good offensive players not to find a system that highlights their qualities. We are glad that Gică Hagi used this system.
I really liked the execution of Louis Munteanu from the goal. He scores very easy goals, it's a formidable thing”, explained MM Stoica on the show “Fotbal Show”, from Prima Sport.
What did I like? That I didn't lose. What didn't I like? However, I have to take into account the friendly match, the starting formula where 5 players were older, 5 newer. Coman, Moruțan, Coubiș, Borza, Screciu. He made a mix and I think it's right. You can't put 10 that have never met.
After that there were some less good things, but I want to keep it like this, a friendly match and we will talk about it at some point, but there are certain things. Being the King's first match, I think it's OK.
– Basarab Panduruafter Georgia – Romania 1-1
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