Finland U21 – Romania U21 1-3. Adrian Mutu, debut with victory in the EURO 2021 preliminaries

Mirel Rădoi’s “tricolor” program:

• September 8, 2020: Finland v Ukraine, Northern Ireland v Denmark, Malta – Romania
• October 9, 2020: Northern Ireland – Finland, Ukraine – Romania, Malta – Denmark
• October 13, 2020: Northern Ireland v Ukraine, Romania – Malta, Denmark – Finland
• November 2020: Malta – Ukraine
• November 2020: Ukraine – Northern Ireland, Romania – Denmark, Malta – Finland

Finland U21 – Romania U21 1-3

The game is over!

min. 89: Drăgușin and Mățan are taken to the field by Adrian Mutu. Pașcanu and Mihăilă left.

1-3, min. 85, GOOOOL Romania: Andrei Ciobanu scores with a violent shot from the edge of the 16-meter area. Hit movie, below (screenshots from ProTV):

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min. 78: Dennis Man takes a corner kick but goes off target.
min. 75: Vlad spectacularly rejects, with one hand, a shot from 16 meters.

min. 64: Dennis Man shoots a little from the goal, from Mihăilă’s pass.
min. 61: Itu replaces Olaru.

1-2, min. 57, GOOOAAAL – Romania: Valentin Mihăilă scores at the end of a characteristic race. The Craiova winger ran between the opposing defenders and scored with a graceful “ladder”. Hit movie, below (screenshots from ProTV):

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min. 53: Adrian Mutu replaces George Ganea with Valentin Costache.

min. 49: George Ganea commits a foul 30 meters from Vlad’s goal. The referee forgives him the second yellow.

The second half has begun!

The first half is over!

min. Four. Five: Andrei Vlad makes a punt resulting in a foul.
min. 35: George Ganea shoots from a tight angle into the goalkeeper’s arms.

1-1, min. 24. Goal Finlanda U21: Soisalo shoots hard from the front of the area. Boboc was unable to block the execution. Hit movie, below (screenshots from ProTV):

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0-1, min. 21. GOOOAAAL – Romania U21: Darius Olaru catches the ball in the center of the field, enters the rival area and shoots in the long corner. Hit movie, below (screenshots from ProTV):

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min. 19: Andrei Vlad has another good intervention.
min. sixteen: Dennis Man misses the goal with a shot from the right side of the box.
min. 12: Andrei Vlad has a sensational intervention, in a shot from 12 meters, right back. The “tricolor” were surprised with a quick corner. Lingman hits the bar in the next action.
min. 5: The Finns start the game with more courage, but without creating any scoring opportunities.

The game has started!

Finland U21 – Romania U21 »Home teams:

Finland U21: Jaaskelainen – Haukioja, Tihi, Halme, Hyvarinen, Soisalo – Valakari, Lingman, Kairinen, Assehnoun – Kallman
Bookings: Leisahti – Oksanen, Ylatupa, Peer, Vainionpaa, Stavitski, A. Maenpaa, N. Manepa, Atakayi
Coach: Juha Malinen

Romania U21: A. Vlad – Haruț, Pașcanu, V. Ghiță, R. Boboc – Olaru, M. Marin, A. Ciobanu – D. Man, G. Ganea, V. Mihăilă
Bookings: Axinte – Opruț, Itu, Moruțan, Mățan, Drăgușin, Cîmpanu, Rațiu, V. Costache
Coach: Adrian Mutu

Stadium: Veritas (Turku)
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou. Assistant: Tryfon Petropoulos, Iordanis Aptosoglou (from Greece)

The group called by Adrian Mutu:

• Goalkeepers: Andrei Vlad (FCSB), Teodor Axinte (Iași Polytechnic), Horațiu Moldovan (UTA Arad)
• Defenders: Denis Haruț (FC Botoșani), Andrei Rațiu (ADO Den Haag), Alexandru Pașcanu (CFR Cluj), Andrei Chindriș (FC Botoșani), Virgil Ghiță (FC Viitorul), Radu Drăgușin (Juventus), Radu Boboc (FC Viitorul), Raul Opruț (Hermannstadt)
• midfielders: Marius Marin (AC Pisa), Carlo Casap (FC Viitorul), Cătălin Itu (CFR Cluj), Olimpiu Moruțan (FCSB), Andrei Ciobanu (FC Viitorul), Darius Olaru (FCSB), Dennis Man (FCSB), Valentin Mihăilă ( University of Craiova), Alexandru Mățan (FC Viitorul), Claudiu Petrila (CFR Cluj), Valentin Costache (CFR Cluj)
• Forward: George Cîmpanu (FC Botoșani), George Ganea (FC Viitorul)

290 daysare between the date of the appointment of Adi Mutu for the U21 team and the first official match

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