Gică Hagi calls “the most important and good thing” after this action: “I was afraid of this”

Gică Hagi's first victory in this second term at the helm of the national team came in the second match.

In Ghencea, the “tricolors” opened the scoring through Florinel Coman (minute 52), they were equalized by Brooks ('63), but found the resources to score the winning goal, through Adrian Rus ('80). How did Gica Hagi comment?

Gică Hagi: “We came out to play, they had the courage to go up”

“Every win brings confidence, courage. I think we worked well, we showed that we have, that it is possible. There are important things for the group, for them. They have to believe that they can do much more. We knew we were meeting a very good team, aggressive defensively in our half, who likes the ball. We knew it would be a transitional game, we planned everything well.

The boys gave it their all, each as much as they could. The changes helped us, we made 10 changes, it was difficult for most players to last 90 minutes. Good thing it ended that way, the fans went home happy and that's the most important thing.

We worked hard, we tried not to tire them too much, but it was clear that we worked. I was afraid for those in the second half, that I worked more with the others, but they did it well.

I think all the players did well, otherwise you wouldn't win. They had the courage to go up in the opposition field to put pressure when we knew they were the best team in the qualifiers in terms of aggression in the opposition half. I knew this and I did it well. I went out to play, as they say,” said Hagi on Prima TV.

Gică Hagi calls it “the most important and good thing” after 2-1 with Wales

Instead, the selector did not like it the fact that “when we waited, we scored. When we went down, we scored. We defended too low, too many players came. It's clear, they have quality there and then you can score much easier. If you stay further from the goal, it's harder to score”.

finally, asked what message he would convey to the supporters, Hagi answered:

“Yes, it is possible. We need to reach higher, push things. We want to have more courage, confidence in ourselves, go higher and offensively have the ball, not lose it so quickly.”

I say that the most important and good thing is that it has been seen that it can be done. We have taken 30 players, we have and it will be difficult for us to choose in September. We have 3 months to look at them, hopefully we will be inspired. We still have a lot of work to do, we are at the beginning.

– Gică Hagi, Romania selector