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Norway did brief work with Romania in Ullevaal on Sunday evening. A hat trick by Erling Braut Haaland and a goal by striker Alexander Sørloth gave Norway a comfortable victory.
Thus, the Norwegian men received a little boost after the disappointing loss to Serbia on Thursday.
Norway beat Romania 4-0 in Ullevaal.
It was worse for the Romanians.
Like Norway, they played the playoff qualifiers for a place in the European Championship play-offs on Thursday, but had to be defeated by Iceland. This was followed by the great defeat against Norway. After the game, Nicolae Stanciu was very disappointed with the performance of the national team.
– For me, it is definitely the most painful moment. We lost qualification for the European Championship and first place in the national league, but the most disappointing thing is that we played two very weak games. I don’t know how we will recover, Stanciu says after the loss, according to ProSport.
She started to cry
– The first part in Iceland was very, very bad, we started badly, it was difficult to come back. When we came from there, after a failed qualification, it became clear that our morale is not good. Although there were changes in the team, we still couldn’t play good football, to get up to the level of Norway. It’s painful, Stanciu continues.
Stanciu was clearly upset in the TV interview and had to take a break and hold back tears before continuing. The Sparta Prague player asked the Romanian football audience to believe that the players really wanted to do well with the flag on their chest.
– Probably many people think that some of us come to the national team to earn extra money, but it is not like that. I have a month in the camp, I stayed in the hotel in Prague. They kept us in the hotel, we didn’t go out. I only saw my pregnant wife one day a month. If I didn’t love playing for the national team, I wouldn’t come, said the footballer.
Shameful loss
The loss to Norway stands out as one of the ten most embarrassing defeats in the history of the national team, along with matches against teams like Albania, Lithuania and Cuba.
Coach Mirel Rădoi acknowledged that failure with Norway is a great humiliation.
– We were humiliated, and that applies not only to us, but to you. The entire nation was humiliated. I’m ashamed. “I have to be careful what I say, but right now I think we have to limit the defeat in Wednesday’s game against Austria,” he was quoted as saying by the Gazeta Sporturilor newspaper.
Mirel Rădoi is under heavy criticism in his home country after two disappointing results.
Photo: Johann Groder / AFP
Rădoi made several changes before the game with Norway, but didn’t get the response he was looking for from his players.
– Norway played 120 minutes and made three changes (Norway actually made four, journal.anm.), While we played 90 minutes and made seven changes, but we didn’t have healthy legs. I didn’t see any reaction, no attitude. We take full responsibility. We are not talking about a drastic result, but a humiliation, the technician continued.
Romania led the group after the September matches, when, among other things, they lost to Austria. On Wednesday, the Austrians arrive in Ploiesti.
– Right now I think we have to play to limit the defeat. We must not re-experience what happened tonight. I may have other thoughts when I wake up tomorrow, but that’s exactly my attitude, Radoi said.
