Turkey – Romania. A few minutes after the failure with Turkey, from Istanbul, at the end of which the “tricolors” missed any chance to go to the World Championship this summer, Răzvan Marin (29 years old) drew conclusions, extremely disappointed.
He came in very upset after he and his teammates missed out on going to the final tournament in the summer.
He was also asked about Romania's future coach and admitted that he would like to work again with Gică Hagi, the man who trained him.
VIDEO. Răzvan Marin's conclusions, after the failure with Turkey
“Unfortunately, that's all we could do. We are angry, disappointed, but there is nothing we can do, we move forward, we continue our careers and it is important to be healthy. We did not discuss anything (no in the meeting), we sat, there were other boys at the anti-doping test. The selector also spoke to us.
I don't know, we'll see, I think he'll sit on the bench in the end and in the next match (Mircea Lucescu). It hurts! It's not easy! I will be in the national team for 10 years in the fall and I think this is the third time I missed the World Cup. It's not easy, but I have nothing to do, I have to move forward, be healthy. Let's see what we do on Tuesday.
Maybe it's the last chance for a World Championship for me. The next World Cup will be when I'm 34… We'll see, I want to be healthy.
Not much was said, it's hard to talk after such a defeat, it's not easy, we tried to motivate ourselves, to say “head up”, to move forward. I don't think it's time to blame ourselves after such a match, surely everyone knew what they did wrong and where they went wrong. It's really not appropriate to do this now.
I don't know about Nicu, you're asking me for nothing. Maybe it was our last chance. We would like to continue until 40 years, if possible. We will see. There is a lot of pain in our soul, we wanted it, we struggled as much as we could, but we tried.
(You are happy that you will work with Hagi) Do you know that he will be the new selector? We will see! Right now, I don't know anything. I would love to, of course. I grew up with him, at his academy, I know exactly what he wants to play, what is his concept, but we will see if he will be the new selector”, said Răzvan Marin, after the match on Thursday evening, at the mixed zone.
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