Mircea Lucescu (79 years old), the coach of the national team of Romania, held the press conference for the match with Cyprus and revealed what players will absence from the match on the National Arena, which will take place on Tuesday, June 10, from 9:45 pm.
“Il Luce” denied the idea that he would resign from the national rudder and said he trusted the players he has at his disposal.
VIDEO. Mircea Lucescu revealed what players will miss the match with Cyprus
Mircea Lucescu revealed that Daniel Bîrligea, Nicușor Bancu and Valentin Mihăilă, will not be able to rely on the match with Cyprus. Also, Nicolae Stanciu will also be absent from this match, being suspended.
“Bîrligea and Bancu were injured, it is the third to play, Stanciu. Mihăilă was injured on the other leg. He came from Parma with a run program of 3 km a day, cannot be for a performance athlete. Bancu has an acute tendonitis for a long time, has been sacrificed so far. And Bîrligea has an older problem”, Mircea Lucescu revealed, at the conference.
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Along with the coach, Florin Tanase also participated in the press conference.
“It is a moral debt to the supporters, towards this t -shirt of the national team. Really speaking, it is difficult to take the first place in this group, but we have a big chance at the dam.
I made mistakes in this match, it's hard against such an opponent. When you make mistakes, you have a little nonsense, maybe the arbitration was a little on their side ”, said Florin Tanase, at which point he was interrupted by Mircea Lucescu.
“A little is stupid, it was a clear penalty in the 2nd minute. And at the match with Bosnia, and now the same thing. Penalty clearer … ”, It was the intervention of the coach.
Tanase later left the conference, and the word was taken over by Mircea Lucescu.
Mircea Lucescu: “What was in my mind after the match with Austria belongs only to me”
“I am fine. If I am here with you, I am fine. Otherwise, what was in my mind from that match belongs only to me. A match that we did not normally lose. Of course, it is a very strong team, I watched their matches. I realized that not by chance these players play at the highest level
The team showed at the beginning of the match that he could cope. Then that extraordinary desire has lost us since the beginning of the match, and then we tried to prevent them from playing, instead of playing.
Austrian football has made great progress. Now they have no player from the internal championship. I think this is the direction we must follow, then we will have a strong national.
Our championship, as it is presented, will be difficult to give the national team a first 11. This happened in the 80-90s.
I gave up a very serious training, based on the improvement of the step technique, which is in our DNA. We still do not rise to the need.
I put this in the foreground, the talent of the players. There is no quality, there is only the ambition in the preparation of the players. I'm hit by that! Who gets injured? Players who are least injured. I stay 2-3 months, I come back to play, I get to injuries again. We were missing 7 players since the last match.
Players give everything needed, I feel the public's responsibility. But, if not supported by a foundation, it is very difficult. The Austrians, with all the super players, I think is one of the first 5 teams of Europe.
Apart from our very big mistakes, they had 2 random opportunities. I closed them well. You cannot get empty from the auto, the lateral arts are treated like a corner. Each one takes man to the mark. They left the most dangerous free, I screamed, they looked behind the ball. The team returned only after 2-0. Maybe I was wrong that I did not make the changes faster, ”concluded the coach.
I don't lose my confidence in players. We hope to return all the injured players, Drăgușin, Ianis, Olaru, Mihăilă …
– Mircea Lucescu
Mircea Lucescu: “We have 5 players without contracts, they are all crazy about the impressions”
“We have 5 players without contracts, they are all crazy about the impressions. And in football it is like tennis, you get stuck. You have only one moment, at the level that is played now, it is enough for a player to not respect what to do and you can lose.
I hope the team goes over this moment. Once again I say, I am right, no one can say that I have something with the referees. It was a clear penalty! Drăguș was very intelligent, he protected the ball, wherever the world is given a penalty. They didn't even go to lime.
As at the match with Bosnia, the Var called to see that the hen was inside, not outside. For a qualification, too many happens. ”
Lucescu praises the opponents in the group
“Cyprus has a very good coach. He did very well at ARIS. Now he has taken over the national team, from the middle of the field up he has very fast players, from the internal championship. Bosnia lost unmerited. We will have a very difficult match, from the match with us about 5 players from the lot, but from the match with Bosnia they are the same.
It's good that we have another solution, but things are not over. We need to understand that football has evolved worldwide, small teams are preparing at a high level.
England beats Andorra 1-0, if I beat Andorra 1-0 it was a huge scandal. It is important to win tomorrow, then we see. They play with each other, Austria comes to us. Bosnia if she loses Dzeko has big problems.
Nothing follows! You are obliged to anticipate things, life goes on. Our players, some of them, need players to put their position in danger. I lost Louis Munteanu, who wanted to be there to play. Happened to get injured.
The national team is the one that enters the field tomorrow, no matter who plays. They have responsibility for the public, the indications they will receive. I was hoping that group of players would last for another 4-5 years, but injuries came. They played a little at clubs, the injuries come faster.
I would have preferred to have a homogeneous group to rely on, just like a club. Each one must respect some very valuable principles.
Everyone has to participate, everyone has to earn their bread. I do my duty as it is done, with what I have available, I try to give everything and to send them everything. Not here their career stops, not with a result.
They permanently need a man to provide them with their education in football. I could not believe that at such a level some things would be neglected. I really appreciate the players, I know what efforts to make to perform, ”added Mircea Lucescu.
Mircea Lucescu: “There were 12 days on vacation, too much for a performance athlete”
“Their preparation over time … I had to be in the best sports form. I reproach me, after the championship was over, I had to give them 3 days off and bring them to training. They stayed 12 days on vacation, too much for a performance athlete.
It's about how it is presented. It is normal to move to another team formula, to rely on players who played more. That doesn't change my respect to all the players.
(No about a possible resignation) In no case, you have to have courage in the national team. If you are afraid, you better not take it. Of course, I still have a chance, players still have a chance. Let's hope that they all return and we will form a strong nation“, Concluded” Il Luce “.
