Article by Alexandru Tomuțiu – published Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 10:26 / Updated Wednesday, September 10, 2025 10:30
The Hungarian press reacted, after Romania drew in Cyprus with a score of 2-2, in the preliminaries for the 2026 World Championship.
The Hungarians made a summary of the match in Nicosia and drew a conclusion: that we will not go to the World Championship through the preliminaries.
The press in Hungary, after Cyprus – Romania: “They abandoned the offensive game”
“The Romanian football national team drew 2-2 in Cyprus, while Austria won 2-1 away with Bosnia, in group H qualification at the World Cup 2026.
The Romanians opened the score in Nicosia in the 2nd minute, after a big defensive mistake, Denis Drăguș marking for 0-1. The attacker playing at Eyüpspor, in the first league in Turkey, again in the 18th minute, this time to Răzvan Marin's pass, sending the ball in the mesh, which had just rejected a ball.
The Cypriots responded in the 29th minute, when the center of Grigoris Kastanos was transformed near Loizos Loizou. After the break, Mircea Lucescu's team abandoned the offensive game and tried to preserve the result, and this was avenged: In the 76th minute, at the end of an action of the hosts, Kakouulis reached the head of the box, where Charalambos Charalambous shot under 2-2.
In the last minutes, the Cypriots forced the Victoria's goal, but failed to score again, and the score remained 2-2. Thus, it is clear that Romania will not qualify directly in the World Cup, although due to participation in the League of Nations there is a chance to get there through the dam”, The Hungarians wrote from the Germans.
With 3 left matches in the group, Romania is on 3, with 7 points, 5 behind Austria and Bosnia. The Austrians played only 4 matches. The next group match will be on October 12, when we will receive Austria's visit.
The same evening, Hungary lost hard in front of Portugal with a score of 2-3. Cristiano Ronaldo scored for Lusitani.
