Romania – Kosovo 0-0
Min. 90+7: The representative from Kosovo came into conflict with the Romanian supporters, then, at the initiative of Amir Rrahmani, the Kosovars entered the dressing room. From the information we have at the moment, the central team of the party would not have given its consent for the match to be stopped.
Min. 90+1: Opportunity for Romania! Denis Alibec escapes towards the Kosovar goal and tries to send in the center, to Ianis Hagi, but he sends very weakly and the defense of the visitors rejects the ball.
Min. 80: Big chance for Kosovo! Mergim Vojvoda is having fun with our defense, then shoots on goal from inside the 16-meter box, but Niță comes to the rescue once again.
Min. 56: Huge opportunity for Romania! After a cross from the corner, Burcă took the face of the Kosovar defenders and sent towards the goal, but the ball went wide.
Min. 47: Start of the second half!
BREAK
Min. 41: Opportunity for Romania! After an attack on the left flank, Stanciu receives a ball from the opponent, on the edge of the 16-meter box, and the captain of the tricolors shoots with power, but the ball hits the bar.
Min. 38: Chance for Kosovo! After a corner kick, Dellova rose and headed towards the goal, but the ball went over.
Min. 35: Chance for Kosovo! Edon Zhegrova tries his luck with a shot from 25 meters, but Niță is again at the post and retains the ball.
Min. 29: Huge opportunity for Kosovo! Edon Zhegrova escapes towards Niță’s goal, but fails to beat the Romanian goalkeeper and the defender Radu Drăgușin, who intervened to save in two rows. Later the ball bounced to Muriqi who shoots towards the goal, but Niță got up and intervened, sending the ball into the corner.
Min. 17: Opportunity for Kosovo! Răzvan Marin passed directly to Jashari, and he shot hard from 20 meters, but Niță rejected the ball.
Min. 9: Opportunity for Romania! Rațiu is well found by Drăgușin in front of the goal, but he fouls the goalkeeper Muric when he tries to head the goal.
Min. 1: The game has begun!
UPDATE | Romania – Kosovo, the starting teams
Romania: 1. Niță – 2. Rațiu, 3. Drăgușin, 15. Burcă, 11. Bancu – 18. R. Marin, 6. M. Marin, 10. Stanciu-capt. – 20. Man, 19. Drăguș, 13. Mihăila; Reserves: 12. Sava, 16. Târnovanu – 4. Rus, 5. Pașcanu, 7. Alibec, 8. Șut, 9. Bîrligea, 14. Hagi, 17. Miculescu, 21. Olaru, 22. Mitriță, 23. Sorescu; Selector: Mircea Lucescu.
Kosovo: Muric – Hadergjonaj, Amir Rrahmani, Dellova, Vojvoda – Rexhbecaj, Berisha – Zhegrova, Muslija, Jashari – Muriqi; Reserves: Bekaj, Saipi, Aliti, Krasniqi, Bytyqi, Albion Rrahmani, Asllani, Zabergja, Emerllahu, Sadriu, Smakaj, Hoti; Selector: Frank Fuck.
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UPDATE | The match Romania – Kosovo (Friday, 21:45) will be refereed by a brigade from Denmark, with Morten Krogh. He will be assisted by Victor Skytte and Steffen Bramsen, while the fourth official will be Lasse Læbel Graagaard. Jakob Kehlet and Sandi Putros will be in the VAR room.
The original news
The coach Mircea Lucescu announced on Saturday the squad for Romania’s next two matches in Group C2 of the Nations League, the last games of this year:
Friday, November 15, 21:45, National Arena: ROMANIA – Kosovo;
Monday, November 18, 21:45, National Arena: ROMANIA – Cyprus.
With a victory over the Kosovars, the tricolors win the group before the last match and automatically promote from League C to League B!
26 footballers, 15 who play abroad and 11 from SuperLigă teams, received the summons for the action that started on Sunday at the Mogoșoaia National Football Center.
“Operation Kosovo” started on Sunday in Mogoșoaia
At the start of training on Sunday evening, 16 players were present: Niță, Stanciu, Adi Rus, Coman, Burcă, Bancu, Mitriță, Manea, Pașcanu, Mihăilă, Sorescu, Rațiu, Man, M. Marin and Denis Alibec.
Only five of them, the players who did not play more than 45 minutes yesterday, took part in the full training session, while the rest only carried out running exercises and later went to the hotel to recover.
By the end of the training, Răzvan Marin also arrived at the training camp of the tricolors.
Romania’s team for the matches with Kosovo and Cyprus
porter
Florin NIȚĂ (Damascus | Saudi Arabia, 28/0), Ștefan TÂRNOVANU (FCSB, 2/0), Răzvan SAVA (Udinese | Italy, 0/0);
defense
Andrei RAțIU (Rayo Vallecano | Spain, 25/1), Cristian MANEA (FC Rapid 1923, 25/2), Radu DRĂGUȘIN (Tottenham | England, 25/1), Adrian RUS (Pisa | Italy, 22/1), Andrei BURCĂ (Baniyas | United Arab Emirates, 35/1), Alexandru PAȘCANU (FC Rapid 1923, 0/0), Matei ILIE (CFR Cluj, 0/0), Nicușor BANCU (Universitatea Craiova, 42/2);
midfielders
Deian SORESCU (Gaziantep | Turkey, 20/0), Marius MARIN (Pisa | Italy, 26/0), Răzvan MARIN (Cagliari | Italy, 63/9), Nicolae STANCIU (Damascus | Saudi Arabia, 78/15), Darius OLARU (FCSB, 24/0), Adrian ȘUT (FCSB, 2/0), Dennis MAN (Parma | Italy, 32/9), Valentin MIHĂILĂ (Parma | Italy, 28/5), Ianis HAGI (Rangers | Scotland, 43/5), Florinel COMAN (Al Gharafa | Qatar, 19/1), Alexandru MITRIȚĂ (Universitatea Craiova, 20/4), David MICULESCU (FCSB, 0/0);
ATTACKERS
Denis DRĂGUȘ (Trabzonspor | Turkey, 19/5), Denis ALIBEC (Farul Constanța, 40/5), Daniel BÎRLIGEA (FCSB, 2/0).
Romania’s UEFA Nations League Group C2 matches
Friday, September 6: Lithuania – Cyprus 0-1 (Pittas 34′), Kosovo – ROMANIA 0-3 (Man 40′, R. Marin 51′-pen., Drăguș 82′)
Luni, September 9: Cyprus – Kosovo 0-4 (Muriqi 9′-pen., 21′, Albion Rrahmani 48′, Dellova 55′), ROMANIA – Lithuania 3-1 (Mihăilă 4′, R. Marin 87′-pen., Mitriță 90′+2 / Kučys 34′)
Saturday, 12 October: Lithuania – Kosovo 1-2 (Golubickas 84′ / Zhegrova 20′, E. Krasniqi 65′), Cyprus – ROMANIA 0-3 (Man 16′, R. Marin 25′-pen., Drăgușin 36′)
Tuesday, October 15: Lithuania – ROMANIA 1-2 (Kučys 7′-pen. / R. Marin 18′-pen., Drăguhis 65′), Kosovo – Cyprus 3-0 (Amir Rrahmani 30′, E. Krasniqi 52′, Sahiti 70′)
Friday, November 15: Cyprus – Lithuania (19:00), ROMANIA – Kosovo (21:45)
Monday, November 18: Kosovo – Lithuania, ROMANIA – Cyprus (21:45)
Ranking from the Romania group
ROMANIA 4 4 0 0 11-2 12
Kosovo 4 3 0 1 9-4 9
Cyprus 4 1 0 3 1-10 3
Lithuania 4 0 0 4 3-8 0
