Romania

Romania legend Gheorghe Hagi returns as manager: ‘Our goal is to win every game’

· The Guardian

Hagi takes national job for second time, 25 years later ‘I was born to win, not just to exist,’ says 61-year-old Gheorghe Hagi has taken over as manager of the Romanian national team for a second time, with the former…

Mircea Lucescu, former Romania football captain and coach, dies aged 80

· The Guardian

Bucharest hospital confirms his death after heart attack Coach led team to Euro 84 and won multiple club titles Mircea Lucescu, the Romanian football great who was a serial trophy winner as a player and a coach, has…

World Cup playoffs: Poland fight back to sink Albania, Kosovo win thriller in Slovakia

· The Guardian

Denmark ease past North Macedonia 4-0 Arda Guler magic helps Turkey sink Romania 1-0 Robert Lewandowski helped Poland come from behind to scrape past Albania 2-1 after Arber Hoxha gave the visitors the lead in Warsaw.…

‘I can’t leave like a coward’: Romania’s Mircea Lucescu on illness and his World Cup dream at 80

· The Guardian

Head coach has been preparing for playoff against Turkey in hospital and sees job as ‘duty to Romanian football’ Mircea Lucescu is fighting for one last World Cup while at the same time battling his own body. He has…

Kosovo to appeal against Uefa-imposed 3-0 loss for leaving field over pro-Serbia chants

· The Guardian

Game in Romania abandoned near the end Kosovo plan to take case to court of arbitration for sport Kosovo are preparing an appeal to the court of arbitration for sport after Uefa handed them a 3-0 defeat for walking off…

Kosovo FA hits out at Uefa after Nations League game in Romania is abandoned

· The Guardian

Kosovo players left field over alleged pro-Serbia chants FFK claims it repeatedly warned Uefa of potential issue The Football Federation of Kosovo (FFK) said it had repeatedly warned Uefa about potential provocation…

Romania 0-3 Netherlands: Euro 2024, last 16 – as it happened

· The Guardian

Cody Gakpo opened the scoring for the Dutch before Donyell Malen scored two late on reach the quarter-final Report: Malen double sinks Romania to put Dutch through An email: “With Denzel back in the starting lineup, the…

Donyell Malen double sinks Romania to put Netherlands in last eight

· The Guardian

Just in case anyone needed ­reminding, the Dutch know how to play ­football. Clicking back into gear after a ­stumble against Austria , the ­Netherlands brushed aside the challenge of ­Romania – literally in the case of…

Koeman expects Dutch to improve on-pitch communication against Romania

· The Guardian

Netherlands look to respond after lacklustre group stage Both sides expected to make changes to starting XI A sense of history was in the air but it perhaps weighed a little differently on the teams poised to contest…

Dignity reigns on stormy night as Romania and Slovakia battle into last 16

· The Guardian

So much for the “Disgrace of Gijón” part two. Romania and Slovakia may have got the result they knew beforehand would guarantee both countries escaped from Group E, but there was no scintilla of a stitch‑up. Unlike the…

Slovakia 1-1 Romania: Euro 2024 – as it happened

· The Guardian

Spoils were shared after a frantic draw which saw both sides reach the knockout stage, with Romania winning Group E Peeeeeeeep! And we’re off in Frankfurt, where is a piping 30°C. The roof is open, unlike when I was…

Belgium 2-0 Romania: Euro 2024 – as it happened

· The Guardian

Youri Tielemans and Kevin De Bruyne secured Belgium their first win over the tournament against Romania to leave each team in the group on three points Everyone is very keen to state that Belgium have not scored in…

De Bruyne and Tielemans sink Romania to get Belgium back on track

· The Guardian

Saturday night was all right for a fightback as Belgium marmalised Romania to come back from their shock opening defeat to leave Group E all square. The Red Devils will now surely fancy themselves to qualify for the…

Romania rock, Slovakia shock and France find a way – Football Daily

· The Guardian

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning , Philippe Auclair and Paul Watson as Slovakia provide the biggest shock of Euro 2024 so far Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts , Soundcloud , Audioboom , Mixcloud , Acast…

Romania 3-0 Ukraine: Euro 2024 – as it happened

· The Guardian

A fantastic performance from Romania saw them take the lead thanks to Nicolae Stanciu’s brilliant goal, and from there they dominated Ukraine to record a famous victory Email! “Romania must be pretty handy if they can…

Stanciu stunner leads Romania to dominant victory against Ukraine

· The Guardian

Thirty years ago, when they could claim briefly to be among the world’s best teams, Romania captured hearts with their eye for the spectacular. It glinted again to devastating effect in their return to major tournament…