Article by Romeo Ene – Published Saturday, November 16, 2024, 01:24 / Updated Saturday, November 16, 2024 01:24
Unprecedented scenes in Romania – Kosovo! The visiting footballers left the field in the extra time of the second half, and the game was abandoned. UEFA is to give a verdict in this regard. Mircea Lucescu (79 years old), Romania’s national coach, offered the first reaction following these unprecedented events.
Mircea Lucescu conveyed in the flash-interview the fact that the gesture of the Kosovars is embarrassing, in the context in which they were not able to finish the game on the field.
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Mircea Lucescu, the first reaction after Romania – Kosovo: “Embarrassing!”
„painful!”, “Il Luce” began his tirade.
He then continued: “They were embarrassing with their unprofessional behaviour. They were not allowed to leave the field. It’s something out of the ordinary. They had no reason to protest in this way. We are athletes and we have to do our job on the field.
There were some obvious challenges. There were no incidents during the game, no shouts were made against them. Such behavior is inadmissible. I have no words, it’s not even possible to discuss anymore. It’s a shame for everyone, a sense of embarrassment towards them as athletes. You can see from a post that they tried to do that.
We didn’t have a good day, it could be seen that it was a matter of pressure coming from the need to obtain this qualification. We defended very well, very precisely, we had a sensational goalkeeper. However, it fell far short of our expectations. I don’t want to argue anymore, qualification is important.
We are going to finish the competition properly, in front of Cyprus”, said Mircea Lucescu, on “Fotbal Club” from Digi Sport.
About Nicolae Stanciu’s injuryMircea Lucescu did not have good news: “A rather serious wound, a cut to the bone, very painful. He will not be able to play on Monday. I congratulate the boys, we came out of defense very hard, but qualification is qualification”.
PHOTO GALLERY. The national team from Kosovo left the field in extra time of the match with Romania
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