“We didn’t expect him to play like this”

• Romania – Austria will play on Wednesday, October 14 at 9:45 p.m., in round # 4 of the Nations League. The game can be seen liveTEXT on GSP.ro and live on ProTV.

The Krakow midfielder revealed that the Icelanders played differently than the Romanian players expected and that is why they managed to prevail in the Euro 2020 barrage.

“I didn’t play for Iceland because that was the coach’s choice. I was injured in official training before the game with Norway. I took a penalty and felt a contracture. Today, on the MRI, it turned out that I had an injury.

With Iceland, in the first minutes, we tried to play our game, to press. We expected them to play the long ball and focus on the fixed phases. They tried to counterattack and kick the ball. If you look at all their games, you see that they played a certain way and played differently with us. I studied them very well. After 2-0 they defended compactly and it was difficult for us. But we had to do better in Iceland! We did not play a good game, we do not have to apologize. There were special conditions, but we must present ourselves better.

After that, with Norway, it was mentally difficult for us. We really wanted to qualify for the playoff finals. The gentleman changed equipment as usual. But Norway overpowered us and taught us a lesson“Said Sergiu Hanca on Digi Sport’s” Fotbal Club “program.

Few Romanians really have the fundamentals of football. I was surprised by the Norwegian Berge, who at 21 is playing a game in the Premier League. He has other knowledge than me
-Sergiu Hanca

Romania – Austria, probable teams

ROMANIA: Tătărușanu – Cr. Manea, Burcă, Toșca, Bancu – N.Stanciu, Al. Cretu, R.Marin – Deac. Alibec, Maxim
COACH: Mirel Rădoi
BOOKINGS: Fl. Niță, Lazăr, M. Bălașa, Camora, Cicâldău, I. Hagi, Mitriță, Keșeru, G. Pușcaș, G. Iancu

AUSTRIA: Pervan – Lainer, Dragovic, Hinteregger, Alaba – Trimmel, Ilsanker, Baumgartlinger, Baumgartner – Gregoritsch, X. Schlager
COACH: Candid fuck
BOOKINGS: A. Schlager, Siebenhandl, Schaub, Schöpf, Ranftl, Grillitsch, Onisiwo, Kalajdzici, Holzhauser, Posch, Ullmann, Lindner

Stadium: “Ilie Oana” (Ploiesti), Capacity: 15,073
Referee: Daniel Stefański. assistants: Marcin Boniek, Dawid Igor Golis (toți Poland)

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