Romania – Kosovo 0-0. The guests abandoned the match, after leaving the field in overtime

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After dozens of minutes in which the referee Morten Krogh tried to convince the Kosovars to come back, but without success, he finished the game, only with the “Tricolors” on the field. Specifically, Franco Foda’s students abandoned the match.

Romania – Kosovo 0-0. The guests abandoned

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UPDATE, November 16, 00:51: The referee returned to the pitch and blew the whistle for the end of the match.

UPDATE, November 16, 00:40: The Kosovars were given 5 more minutes to go out on the pitch, so the match will be suspended!

Min. 90+5: The Kosovars decided to leave the field when Romania had to take a free kick! The match is suspended!

Min. 90: Denis Alibec and Amir Rrahmani are warned, after they contracted!

Min. 89: Change Romania! Ianis Hagi replaces Denis Drăguș!

Min. 85: Chance Kosovo! Asllani shoots from distance, but the ball goes over the goal!

Min. 82: Changes Kosovo! Bytyqi and Asllani take the place of Muslija and Jashari

Min. 80: Chance Kosovo! Muslija shoots dangerously from the box, but Niță rejects!

Min. 76: Change Romania! Marius Marin is replaced by Adrian Șut!

Min. 73: Nicușor Bancu is warned!

Min. 72: Denis Drăguș is warned!

Min. 71: Change Kosovo! Muriqi is replaced by Albion Rrahmani!

Min. 67: Chance Kosovo! Muslija shoots from a distance, but Nița retains the ball!

Min. 59: Chance Kosovo! In two rows, Florin Niță manages to reject the ball in front of the goal!

Min. 58: Dennis Man is warned!

Min. 55: Opportunity Romania! From the box, Burcă hits the ball, but it goes wide!

Min. 46: Change Romania! Nicolae Stanciu was replaced by Darius Olaru!

Min. 46: The second half has begun!

Min. 45+3: Break!

Min. 45: Jashari is warned!

Min. 43: Marius Marin is warned!

Min. 41: Chance Romania! Nicolae Stanciu sends an excellent shot from the edge of the box, but the ball only hits the crossbar!

Min. 35: Chance Kosovo! Zhegrova shoots from a distance, but Nița catches the ball!

Min. 29: Opportunity Kosovo! Zhegrova passes Niță and shoots, but Drăgușin repels from the goal line! The phase continues, and the ball reaches Muriqi, but the shot is parried by Niță!

Min. 17: Opportunity Kosovo! Jashari shoots from a distance, but Florin Niță is at the post and boxes!

Min. 9: Opportunity Romania! Stanciu crosses into the box, but Rațiu and then Burcă cannot send the ball into the goal!

Min. 6: Hadergjonaj fouls Valentin Mihăilă and sees the yellow card!

Min. 1: The match has begun!

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, A. Rrahmani, Dellova, Vojvoda – Berisha, Rexhbecaj – Zhegrova, Muslija, Jashari – Muriqi

• Reserves: Bekaj, Saipi, Aliti, I. Krasniqi, Bytyqi, A. Rrahmani, Asllani, Zabergja, Emerllahu, Sandriu, Smakaj, Hoti
• Selector: Franco Fuck

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After the first four matches played in this group, the national team led by Mircea Lucescu is in first place with the maximum number of points, 12. In case of a positive result, the “Tricolori” will finish in first place in the group and will automatically be promoted to League B Nations League.

On the other hand, Kosovo is in second place with 9 points. The only defeat suffered by Franco Foda’s national team was against Romania, on home soil, scor 0-3failure marked for the second debut of Mircea Lucescu on the bench of our national team.

It is important to specify that in the other two direct confrontations, from the preliminaries for qualifying for EURO 2024, Romania prevailed on its own ground with 2-0, and the match in Kosovo ended in a tie, score 0-0.

The likely teams

• Romania: Niță – Rațiu, Drăgușin, Burcă, Bancu – R. Marin, M. Marin, Stanciu – Man, Drăguș, Mihăilă

Reserves: Târnovanu, Sava, Manea, Rus, Pașcanu, Sorescu, I. Hagi, Șut, Coman, Mitriță, Alibec, Bîrligea

• Kosovo: Muric – Vojvoda, Am. Rrahmani, Aliti, Rrudhani – Jashari, V. Berisha – Zhegrova, Muslija, Bytyqi – Muriqi

Reserves: Saipi, Bejak, Hadergjonaj, I, Krasniqi, Hoti, Paqarada, Dellova, A. Rrahmani, Asllani, Emmerllahu, Rashica, Celina

Nations League standings, Group C2

The 26 “Tricolori” summoned 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 MITRIĂ (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).

Program Romania, League of Nations, Group C2

• Friday, September 6: Lithuania – Cyprus 0-1, Kosovo – ROMANIA 0-3
• Monday, September 9: Cyprus – Kosovo 0-4, ROMANIA – Lithuania 3-1
• Saturday, October 12: Lithuania – Kosovo 1-2, Cyprus – ROMANIA 0-3
• Tuesday, October 15: Lithuania – ROMANIA 1-2Kosovo – Cyprus 3-0
• Friday, November 15: Cyprus – Lithuania (19:00), ROMANIA – Kosovo (21:45)
• Monday, November 18: Kosovo – Lithuania, ROMANIA – Cyprus (21:45)

Mircea Lucescu: “Kosovo is an extraordinary team, which can win against any team”

At the press conference prior to the match at the National Arena, the selector Mircea Lucescu (79 years old) intervened during Valentin Mihăilă’s declarations and wanted to specify that the representative from Kosovo, the future opponent of the “Tricolors”, is not an opponent to be neglected at all.

“I hope you are not joking about Kosovo. Kosovo is a great team that can win against any team.

They are players who play in big teams in Western Europe. Just because they didn’t manage to make a strong group, that doesn’t mean they aren’t an important team. There is no such thing anymore, only we imagine…

Lithuania had 6-7 players playing in very strong championships. Cyprus has 4-5 players in very strong championships. It’s not like before.” said Mircea Lucescu at the press conference.

Labels: romania , mircea luescu , kosovo , League of Nations

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