Article by Alin Buzărin – published on Friday, September 26, 2025, 15:46 / Updated on Friday, September 26, 2025:46
That's what happens rarely. But now the coach says he had to use Târnovanu, not Moldovan.
From a proud person like Mircea Lucescu, the regrets expressed publicly come rarely. And their own errors are recognized only in obvious situations.
Today, in Fanatik, Nea Mircea said as clearly as possible that in the recent matches of the national team she should have titled Stefan Târnovanu, not Horațiu Moldovan.
Memories of previous qualifications
The coach also said why he bet on Moldovan. For its decisive role in the Euro 2024 preliminaries, for Horațiu's contribution to qualifying. However, at the final tournament in Germany, Edi Iordănescu used on Niță, then in the group of league Lucescu also appealed to Niță, except for a single match, when he defended Târnovanu. Moldovan had disappeared from the landscape, because he had no standing matches, he didn't play!
It's hard at Oviedo!
To play, Moldovan does not play now. His competitor is not Oblak, as was the case with Atletico Madrid, but no weak goalkeeper is. I looked at a look at Oviedo-Barcelona 1-3, successful Catalan, after 1-0 for locals.
Between the goals of the Asturians, Escandell has shown safety and it is clear that it will be difficult to remove from there. Out of 10 Blaugrana shot he received 3 goals and took note 7 on Soccerway.com.
Holder of Europa League
By a simple press on the remote control I gave Ionuț Radu in the gate of Celta Vigo, in Stuttgart, in the Europa League. The Galicians lost 1-2 in front of a stadium with a more valuable opponent than them. Radu was good, he went out on the center, but he could not prevent the victory of the swords with 2-1.
Instead, he had four other interventions. Note 6.6 from the same “evaluator”, but it is important that Ionuț became a holder in Celta, in a team representing Liga in Europe.
It matters to play!
Of course, Târnovanu was the decisive man of the FCSB at Deventer, he had 7 kicks on his gate, not empty, he received Soccerway.com note 8.2 and at least three interventions were rescue, although Gigi Becali recognizes “only one, the right one”.
However, except for appearances in the Europa League, he is currently meeting opponents in the Romanian championship, while Radu is dealing with those in Spain, Răzvan Sava (holder in Udinese) has the ones in Serie A, and Moldovan sees the matches on the reserve bank of Oviedo.
Probably, in the porters of value, the most important is the current turnover, that is, to defend, if possible, match by match.
Moldovan's error with Canada does not matter in the qualification race, it happened in a friendly match, but it was the indication that at this moment he is not the one to stay in the gate of Romania. What the coach also acknowledged.
Dinu, Star, Lung, Kosice
We go more than three decades ago and remember that in the year of grace 1993, the federation led by Mircea Sandu imposed the then coach, Cornel Dinu, to convene only players who were holders at their clubs. Bogdan Stelea was a reserve in Mallorca and was used against Czech-Slovakia, and Silviu Lung (almost 37 years old), holder at Craiova University.
What happened then is known, I took a beat with 5-2, at least two or three opponent goals being “porter”.
A decision “in three”
Therefore, now the selection of the coach will be very difficult. He has a choice between a holder in Romania, Târnovanu, whose team in the internal parties usually attack, and two holders in powerful championships, Radu and Sava, whose teams usually defend.
Horațiu Moldovan
At the moment, Moldovan seems to have completely left the books, because when one like Mircea Lucescu publicly declares that he has been wrong, things seem to be extremely clear!
