Article by Tudor Belivaca – published on Saturday, September 6, 2025, 17:21 / Updated on Saturday, September 6, 20:25
The FRF announced through an official statement that Louis Munteanu has left the cantonment of the national team and will not be available for the match with Cyprus in the preliminaries for the 2026 World Championship.
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The match with Cyprus from the World Championship preliminaries of 2026 was scheduled on Tuesday, September 9, from 9:45 pm on GSP Stadium in Nicosia
The medical investigations have shown that the striker of CFR Cluj suffered a muscle injury to the left leg. Mircea Lucescu, the national team, decided not to call another striker in his place.
The press release from FRF: “Louis Munteanu will not be available”
“Louis Munteanu will not be available at the match with Cyprus on Tuesday after, following the investigations carried out today, a muscle injury was discovered at the level of the left leg.
He will leave the national cantonment today, and the coach Mircea Lucescu decided not to call another player in his place ”, the FRF said through a statement posted on social networks.
15 minutes before the start of the Romanian friendly with Canada, lost by Romanians with 3-0, Louis Munteanu went to the locker rooms, after being injured on heating. The striker was announced the holder on the game sheet.
Thus, Mircea Lucescu sent Drăguș, the only valid attacker from the national team, in his place.
The problem of the tip of attack from the Romanian national: headaches for Mircea Lucescu
After Daniel Bîrligea was injured and Louis Munteanu had problems on his left foot, Mircea Lucescu was left with Denis Drăguș as an option for the peak of attack.
After each loss of the attack, “Il Luce” did not call anyone to take their place, the Romanian coach addressed the problem of the reduced selection area immediately after the end of the friendly with Canada
What measures? These are all, we don't have more. A training match, I saw the players who returned long in the first formula.
I wanted to give others possibilities. I did not treat the match in which the result was conditioning everything we did. The result was misleading. Striker where to take? (no reported by the reporter) If you give me one, I bring!
–Mircea Lucescu to Flash-intervium after match
