Mircea Lucescu / Photo: Golazo.ro
Romania and Austria meet from 9:45 pm, in the preliminaries of the 2026 World Championship. The match is a decisive one for tricolors, who need a victory to get the 2nd place in the group.
Almost two hours before the start of the match, coach Mircea Lucescu announced the start team for the Romania-Austria match.
Golazo.ro writes that Lucescu offered a surprise by his selection. Bet on Vlad Dragomir in the middle of the field, near Marius Marin! Pafos's midfielder has only two selections at the Great National of Romania.
The start team of Romania, at the match with Austria: I Radu – Rațiu, M Popescu, Burcă, Chipciu – V. Dragomir, M. Marin – Man, Hagi, Mihăilă – Bîrligea
Mircea Lucescu's team needs a victory in front of the Austrian team, to hope for 2nd place in the group, reports Golazo.ro. And this, while Romania's chances of obtaining the 2nd place in the group believed after the equal between Bosnia and Cyprus, score 2-2.
Group ranking:
- Austria – 15 points (5 games)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina-13 points (6 games)
- Romania – 7 points (5 games)
- Cyprus – 5 points (6 games)
- San Marino – no point (6 games)
Today, the H and San Marino – Cyprus match takes place. On November 15, the confrontations will be played Cyprus – Austria and Bosnia – Romania, and on November 18, the matches will take place
Romania-Austria starts on 21.45, on the National Arena. The match is transmitted by Antena 1.
