Congrats! How do Romanian fans see this team compared to 2016? Is there potential for further progress than then (not in terms of the tournament but results in the following years).
It’s a younger squad than the 2016 one, but I also think it’s a better one, or at least a more talented one. The nucleo of this team is formed by players raised at Hagi’s academy, Viitorul (e.g.Ianis Hagi,Coman, R. Marin,Dragus,Cicaldau,Alibec, etc), and players raised at foreign clubs, such as Ratiu (amazing potential), Dragusin, Puscas and I.Radu. Dennis Man is also an interesting player who started to develop very well at Parma, unfortunately he got injured before this international break. I would also note that some of these players were on the field in the 2019 U21 Euro, when Romania reached the semis. I have more hopes for this generation than the 2016 one
Cool, thanks for the answer(s). Wish you the best of luck next summer and potentially, our teams could meet in Germany (a Slovak here), we haven’t played you for 10 years so it could be an interesting match-up.
I think that squad was better on paper but in reality most of them were at the end of their peak or past it completely. So I prefer this new core of young players even though we lack any good attacking or midfield talent.
Congrats! How do Romanian fans see this team compared to 2016? Is there potential for further progress than then (not in terms of the tournament but results in the following years).
It’s a younger squad than the 2016 one, but I also think it’s a better one, or at least a more talented one. The nucleo of this team is formed by players raised at Hagi’s academy, Viitorul (e.g.Ianis Hagi,Coman, R. Marin,Dragus,Cicaldau,Alibec, etc), and players raised at foreign clubs, such as Ratiu (amazing potential), Dragusin, Puscas and I.Radu. Dennis Man is also an interesting player who started to develop very well at Parma, unfortunately he got injured before this international break. I would also note that some of these players were on the field in the 2019 U21 Euro, when Romania reached the semis. I have more hopes for this generation than the 2016 one
Cool, thanks for the answer(s). Wish you the best of luck next summer and potentially, our teams could meet in Germany (a Slovak here), we haven’t played you for 10 years so it could be an interesting match-up.
I think that squad was better on paper but in reality most of them were at the end of their peak or past it completely. So I prefer this new core of young players even though we lack any good attacking or midfield talent.