The Romanian champion will be Gheorghe Hagi's opponent in his debut match on the Romanian bench
Article by Maria Olteanu – Published Friday, May 22, 2026, 11:19 / Updated Friday, May 22, 2026 11:19
The Romanian national team begins a new era under the command of Gheorghe Hagi (61 years old), who will debut in June, with two friendlies against the national teams of Georgia and Wales.
In the first friendly test, scheduled for June 2, in Tbilisi, from 20:00, the tricolor national team will duel with Georgia, the team that called for the action in the summer and the champion of Romania with the University of Craiova, Anzor Mekvabishvili.
The “metronome” of Olten is a constant presence in the Georgia team and will play against Romania in the very first match of Gheorghe Hagi since returning to the helm of the tricolors.
Anzor Mekvabishvili will face his colleagues from Craiova at the national team
The 24-year-old defensive midfielder has 31 caps for the national team of Georgia, for which he made his debut in March 2022. He managed, throughout this period, to provide 4 decisive assists.
In the lot, in the friendly that will be watched liveTEXT on GSP.ro and on TV on Antena 1, Anzor Mekvabishvili will play against his colleagues from the club team, with whom he did the Cup – championship event last week.
According to GSP.ro information, Hagi will call about 8-9 footballers from Craiova for the first action, on his list being Laurentiu Popescu, Nicușor Bancu, Adrian Rus, Vladimir Screciu, Tudor Băluță, Alexandru Cicâldău, Ștefan Baiaram, Luca Băsceanu and David Matei.
Carlos Mora, the player who plays for the Costa Rican national team, was also called up from the champion Craiova.
