“Gica Hagi would have liked to come to the Romanian national team”

UDPATE, October 15, 00:30

In “Digi Sport Special”, journalist Decebal Rădulescu stated that he questioned Hagi about Crăciunescu’s statements: “I asked him at halftime in the Romania 0-1 Austria game if it is true that he wanted to come to the national team. He was upset, he told me they got it wrong. “

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After Romania’s losses to Iceland (1-2) and Norway (0-4), Gica Hagi was extremely vocal. He defended the Romanian players and praised the midfielders and forwards, whom he said were “the best in the world”.

Crăciunescu, a close friend of the “King”, revealed today that he would like to return to the national team after the short term in 2002, when he lost qualification for the 2002 World Cup in the dam, but that the FRF did not seek him out.

We have someone who made an academy with his money and who offers you availability on the tray. Why are you turning your back on Hagi? Come and say it clear! He just didn’t use those words. If you want, I’ll give it to the sources … Maybe Hagi is upset too, maybe he’ll argue with me. I would have liked to come to the national team! But he was not called.

We complain that we have no resources, but one man says yes! Who scares Hagi. I see we are going to get some people out … “, declared Ion Crăciunescu on Digi Sport’s” Fotbal Club “program.

In Romania, we debate from today until tomorrow and draw a conclusion, negative or positive. It is difficult to form or build a great team. We need to see how we build a team. Our discussions about the national team should be about how we can build a generation that will make us proud again and take us back to the streets, as we did before.

At the moment, we can only do a good result, once in a while, but not qualify. Everything must go collectively, we must carry out a project for at least 5-10 years. Otherwise, we will not be consistent. You all talk about mentality, attitude. I am tired of these discussions! The soccer game is not individual, it is collective. We need to create a winning mentality! In Romania, everyone says there is a small selection area. See how many players we have changed in the last 4 years. You scare me! We need time. There is no other solution. From today to tomorrow it is not possible!

The goal of the national team is to make a competitive team of 22 players, to have doubles in positions. 7 of them must play match by match! Not once every 2 years.

So you can say you have a national team. Every great team in the world has a skeleton. But who else has the neurons to build this, who else likes work? Romania has two things and must invest in the third. Hagi says. Romania has world-class midfielders and forwards! We do not have? Well, I told you two lines! Missing one more. I didn’t say it didn’t exist, we had to find it
– Gica Hagi

CV Gheorghe Hagi

• Hagi began his career at Farul Constanța in 1982. He followed the transfer to Sportul and later arrived at Steaua, for which he debuted with a goal, in the European Super Cup.
• In 1990, Real Madrid paid $ 4 million, a record at the time, and Hagi arrived in the Spanish capital, where he played for two years.
• Later he was taken by Mircea Lucescu to Brescia, and after the United States World Cup he arrived in Barcelona, ​​where he played for two years.
• The best period of Hagi’s career was at Galatasaray, he is still very much loved by the Turks. He played for Galatasaray between 1996-2001, played 167 games and scored 79 goals in all competitions.
• Along with Galatasaray, Hagi has won 4 titles (1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000) and two Cups (1999 and 2000) as a player. Also in 2000, together with Galatasaray, they won the UEFA Cup and the European Super Cup.
• In the national team, Hagi played between 1983 and 2000, scoring 125 games and 35 goals, being the top scorer of all time.
• As a coach, Hagi prepared the Romanian national team, Galatasaray, Bursaspor, Steaua, Poli Timişoara and Viitorul.

125 teamsand Gică Hagi has 35 goals for the national team

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