Romania will debut Sunday in the 2018 qualifiers, which will be held in Russia. “Tricolorii” disappointed at Euro 2016, where they lost to France (1-2) and Albania (0-1) and drew with Switzerland (1-1). Coach Anghel Iordanescu has not been retained by the German Christoph Daum being replaced. It aims to qualify Romania World Cup, preferably on the first position. Opponents to the first and second place will be Poland and Denmark, while Montenegro, Armenia and Kazakhstan seem to have no chance. Romanians will play first with Montenegro, a representative hard to beat, but not impossible. The game will take place in Cluj Napoca, the “Cluj Arena”, where grass does not appear well after the festival Untold. Romania’s objective is clear, to get the three points, preferably after a good benefits that will bring confidence that players can reach 2018.
Christoph Daum has trouble squad for his first match in his career. The goalkeeper Ciprian Tatarusanu was injured in the match Fiorentina – Chievo 1-0 (suffered a head injury), being replaced by Cristian Bălgrădean from Concordia Chiajna. Florin Nita, who showed a remarkable Steaua in the Champions League qualifiers, was not called, Lawrence Reghecampf detaining him for the rest of CSMP Iasi, where he and wrong goal … Vlad Chiricheş had pain in his left knee and could not be recovered. SSC Napoli’s stopper left the national team training camp Friday in Mogosoaia, returning to Italy, where he will perform an arthroscopy to learn more about knee injury. “No one would come in place of Vlad Chiricheş. We have four defenders in the squad, “said Rudi Verkempinck mate. Alin Tosca Steaua defender was injured and he (fractured thumb on my left foot), being replaced by Bogdan Vătăjelu Craiova. Will be missing and lock Michael Pintilii, who was injured in the first half of the match against Concordia Chiajna in 3rd round of League 1. attackers Claudiu Keserü Florin Andone also had medical problems, but they were recovered for Sunday’s game.
Compared to the last match with Albania in Euro 2016 are no longer in the lot Tătăruşanu / Watford (injured), Chiricheş / Napoli (injured), Rat / Rayo (it was called), Pintilii / Star (injured), Quail / Rostov (it was called), Sanmartean / Newcastle (retired from the national team) and Alibec / Astra (it was called).
The Romanian team for the match against Montenegro
Goalkeepers: Costel Pantilimon (Watford FC), Silviu Lung Jr. (Astra Giurgiu); Cristian Bălgrădean (Concordia Chiajna)
Defenders: Romario Benzar (FC Future), Alexandru Matel (Dinamo Zagreb), Cristian Săpunaru (Astra Giurgiu), Gabriel Enache (Steaua Bucharest), Valerică Găman (Kardemir Karabükspor), Cosmin Moti (Ludogoreţ Razgrad), Dragos Grigore (Al-Sailiya SC), Bogdan Vătăjelu (CS Universitatea Craiova), Steliano Filip (Dinamo Bucharest);
Midfielders: Adrian Popa (Steaua Bucuresti), Razvan Marin (FC Future), Nicolae Stanciu (RSC Anderlecht) Alexandru Maxim (VfB Stuttgart), Eric Bicfalvi (Tom Tomsk), Vlad Achim (Steaua Bucharest), Ovidiu Hoban (Hapoel Be ‘ er Sheva), Alexander Chipciu (RSC Anderlecht), Gabriel Torje (Terek Groznyi);
Forwards: Bogdan Stancu (Gençlerbirliği SK), Florin Andone (Deportivo La Coruña), Claudiu Keserü (Ludogoreţ Razgrad), Dorin Rotariu (Dinamo Bucharest).
Coach Christoph Daum -Germania- (24/10/1953) – debutant
Christoph Daum: “It’s not easy to collect information about Montenegro team. Not much point to analyze their match with Turkey because we know it will not use the same players. But we eventually find information and we will prepare the game based on the information that we have. Then we will give our players the necessary information about both the strengths of opponents, and about weaknesses. Our goal is to keep the ball, to control it as much, and when we lose to recover as quickly as possible. In my mind I want to attack, but to see how we can implement many of these things. I was impressed with the players available to change in this direction. ”
► Next opponent: Armenia (10/08/2016, displacement)
Montenegro had a poor performance in the preliminaries in 2016, where he finished 4th in Group G after Austria, Russia and Sweden, surpassing them in the standings only Liechtenstein and Moldova. “Hrabri sokoli” not too had wings, winning three matches, with one draw and five defeats. This year Montenegro played only three matches, all friendlies, being defeated by Greece (1-2) and Turkey (0-1), both away, and ending in a draw at home to Belarus (0-0). Even in the last friendly game of the 2015 team was a disappointment, being beaten 4-1 away to Macedonia. It’s been almost a year since Montenegro managed to win a game on September 8, when he won 2-0 in Moldova. That does not mean that the “tricolors” will have an easy opponent for the visitors in the lot known players like Stevan Jovetić, Luka Đorđević Stefan Savić and Mirko Vučinić. In addition, it is known that Romanians have a complex to countries of former Yugoslavia, Serbia, Croatia or Slovenia them out in recent years in the preliminaries, tournament or dam. It’s hard to say whether his team can lay claim to Ljubiša Tumbaković skill, but if he starts in the preliminaries with success in Cluj, why not?
Lot Montenegro for the match against Romania:
Goalkeepers: Mladen Božović (FK Zeta Golubovci), Milan Mijatović (FK Dečić), Danijel Petković (FK Lovcen Cetinje);
Defenders: Marko Baša (Lille OSC), Stefan Savić (Atlético Madrid), Žarko Tomašević (KV Oostende), Marko Simić (Hapoel Tel Aviv), Esteban Saveljich (Levante UD), Aleksandar Šofranac (HNK Rijeka), Elsad Zverotić (FC Sion), Risto Radunović (Budućnost Podgorica), Filip Stojković (TSV 1860 Munich), Nemanja Mijušković (Vardar Skopje);
Midfielders: Adam Marusic (KV Oostende), Nemanja Nikolić (Hapoel Tel Aviv), Nikola Vukčević (Sporting Braga), Marko Bakic (Sporting Braga), Aleksandar Scekic (FK Bokelj), Marko Vesov (HNK Rijeka), Vladimir Boljevica (AEK Larnaca), Vladimir Rodić (Kardemir Karabükspor), Damir Kojašević (Vardar Skopje), Vladimir Jovovic (Red Star Belgrade), Marko Janković (Partizan Belgrade);
Forwards: Stevan Jovetić (Inter Milan), Fatos Bećiraj (Dinamo Moscow), Stefan Mugosa (TSV 1860 Munich), Filip Raičević (Vicenza Calcio), Luka Đorđević (Zenit St. Petersburg), Mirko Vučinić (Al Jazira Club / UAE).
Coach: Ljubiša Tumbaković -Serbia- (02/09/1952) – 3. 0. 1. 2. 1-3
► Next opponent: Kazakhstan (08/10/2016 home)