The Romanian national team held the last training session before leaving for Istanbul » How does Wednesday's program look like?
Article by Maria Olteanu – Published Tuesday, 24 March 2026 22:04 / Updated Tuesday, 24 March 2026 22:20
On Tuesday evening, the Romanian national team held the last training session before leaving for Istanbul at the training base in Mogoșoaia. The selector Mircea Lucescu (80 years old) has the whole lot at his disposal, including the last-comer, Ionuț I'm gladand on Wednesday morning the departure for Istanbul is scheduled.
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Turkey – Romania will be played on March 26, from 19:00, match broadcast by Prima TV. If we win, we play the World Cup qualification final against Slovakia/Kosovo on March 31, 2026.
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Gazeta Sporturilor has 6 experienced reporters in Istanbul who will send the most important information, the best reports and a series of multimedia correspondence.
Less than 48 hours until the start of the play-off with Turkey, the most important match of the “tricolors” in recent history, who hope to produce the surprise and reach the final tournament of the summer. On Tuesday, in Mogoșoaia, our players finalized the last details before leaving the country, and during the evening they held the last training.
Images, with extremely focused and motivated Romanian footballers, were posted by FRF representatives on the Facebook page. They also announced that now the lot is complete, after what he made the junction with the rest of his colleagues and Ionuț Raduthe goalkeeper who is waiting for the doctor's approval in the next few hours to be able to play on Thursday night in Istanbul.
PHOTO. Pictures from the last training before leaving for Istanbul
Tuesday evening's training went according to plan, and Ionuț Radu, who is waiting for the doctor's answer, trained separately from the rest of the group, according to GSP.ro information.
On Wednesday morning, around 10:00, the Romanian national team will take off from Bucharest to Istanbul, with a flight of approximately one and a half hours.
At around 13:00 local time in Turkey, the national team is expected to arrive at the Le Méridien Hotel, located in an exclusive district of Istanbul, Etiler. Gazeta Sporturilor visited the place where the tricolors will stay during their stay on the shore of the Bosphorus, and HERE more images and videos are available.
Starting at 18:10 local time, TV rights holders interviews are scheduled at Besiktas Arena. From 18:30, the press conference of the Romanian national team will take place, where the selector Mircea Lucescu and a player will participate.
Next, from 19:00, the official training of the “tricolors” will take place, which will be open to the media for the first 15 minutes.
