Romania finishes first in the group at the European mini-football » Demonstration of strength against Georgia

Before Saturday's duel, Virgil Bejenaru's students had a draw (1-1 with Spain) and a win (1-0 with England) at this edition of the European Championship and were already qualified for the round of 16. Also in the eighth is Georgia, which finished second in the group D standings.

Mircea Popa, Alexandru Bourceanu and Viorel Șim were the three scorers of our national team in the confrontation in Bratislava.

The “Tricolori” finished first, with 7 points, and will meet further, in the eighth, a team that finishes in third place in group B, E or F. For now, all other matches are not finished, and the opponent is not yet known. Most likely, the round of 16 match will take place on June 1.

FINAL » Romania – Georgia 3-0

Final match! Romania's national team finishes 3-0 and wins group D

Minute 45: Georgia goalkeeper Gogsadze sees a red card and is sent off with 5 minutes left in this game

Minute 38: GOAL Romania! Viorel Şaim ​​also scores, on the counterattack. Our national team is unleashed and cannot lose this match and the first place in the group

Minute 37: The Georgians take aim at the crossbar, but Romania narrowly escapes

Minute 33: GOL Romania! Alexandru Bourceanu also scores with his head, and the Romanian national team breaks away about a quarter of an hour before the end

Start in the second half! Romania is 25 minutes away from winning the group at this European

Break in Bratislava! The Romanian national team leads 1-0 in the game with Georgia at the end of the first half

Minute 20: Great opportunity missed by Robu, who fails to increase the gap between the tricolors

Minute 15: GOAL Romania! Excellent start for our national team. Mircea Popa shoots at the goal, on foot, at the long corner, and beats the Georgian goalkeeper, and after the first quarter of an hour, Romania is in front of the table

Minute 7: Mircea Popa sends a dangerous free kick past the Georgian goal. The Romanians ask for a penalty in the same phase, but the game is allowed to continue

Start of the game in Bratislava! Balanced start to the match, in which both teams grope in an attempt to get to know each other as well as possible

Romania remains one of the big favorites of the tournament

Romania is the most successful team in the history of the European Championship, with six trophies won, and in the previous edition, contested in 2024, it reached the final, losing dramatically to Serbia in the penalty shootout.

In addition, the “tricolors” also have the world title won in 2023, a performance that strengthened Romania's position among the great powers of this sport.

Romania's team for the European mini-football championship

• Goalkeepers: Ionuț Neacșa (AFC Nova Vita), Daniel Constantinescu (ACS Tazmannschaft Bucharest);

• Field players: Mircea Ungur, Andrei Balea, Viorel Saim, Andrei Moldovan, Laurentiu Moț (all AFC Nova Vita), Mircea Popa (Annabella Râureni), Vlăduț Mocanu, Valentin Croitoriu (both ACS Arsenal Iași 2021), Gabriel Dumitrașcu (AS Chedra Tax Ploiesti), Alin Robu (ACS Tazmannschaft Bucuresti), Ciprian Timiș (ACS Stone Team), Adrian Zaluschi (ACS Dinosaurii Timisoara), Alexandru Bourceanu (Ajax Dulcisimo)

• Staff: Virgil Bejenaru (Head Coach), Ovidiu Gorcea (Second Coach), Laszlo Klein (Goalkeeper Coach), Dan Cojocaru (Team Manager), Alin Pascan (Physiotherapist), Robert Lupu (Video Analyst), Mircea Trifan (Masseur).