Article by Romeo Ene – Published on Tuesday, 02 June 2026 21:11 / Updated on Tuesday, 02 June 2026 21:14
Invited to GSP Live Special, former international Emil Săndoi (61 years old) noted three players at halftime of the Georgia-Romania friendlythe debut of the selector Gheorghe Hagi (61 years old).
It is about central defenders Radu Drăgușin (24 years old), Virgil Ghiță (27 years old) and Andrei Coubiș (22 years old).
In his view Sandothe three performed their duties very well in the first half, except for the phase in the 43rd minute, when U Cluj's stopper made a wrong pass to Drăgușin, and the Georgians went on a counterattack.
The defender later corrected his mistake and blocked the Georgia forward.
VIDEO | Emil Săndoi, conclusions at the break of the Georgia-Romania friendly: “Borza and Moruțan did not contribute in supporting the offensive phase”
Emil Săndoi also explained the reason why Romania's offensive did not look brilliant after the first 45 minutes. He claims that speedsters Andrei Borza and Olimpiu Moruțan did not support this phase.
“I would like to say this, a little, as a whole. Georgia plays in a 5-3-2, it is known that they have more homogeneity within the group, they have some established routes. We managed to surprise at the beginning of the game by aggressively pressing in the opposing half of the field.
It was not by chance that I recovered the two balls there, very good pass by Screciu for Coman at the first opportunity.
After that, easy, easy, it's like Georgia, having some players who play at good clubs in Europe, dictated the pace. It's true, they also took advantage of the fact that our two midfielders, the two central midfielders, remain in the central area, both Marin and Screciu. Here, Borza and Moruțan are forced to go down and make a line of 5.
Otherwise, the three central defenders, with the exception of Coubiș's inadvertence at the end of the first half, played a good game.
Borza and Moruțan are two gang players. They did not contribute to supporting the offensive phase and from here, the evolution that our people in the outposts had was rather dull.
If we think about it, we don't see a lot of additions in the construction of the game, in the way we get to completion, but there are some experiments at the moment.
It can be seen that we do not have the homogeneity of Georgia within the group. I don't know if our national team has ever played in this composition”, said Emil Săndoi, at GSP Live Special.
