Mircea Lucescu, the head coach of the Romanian national team, has chosen a surprise replacement for Radu Drăgușin, who suffered a serious knee injury.
„Il Luce” will not be able to rely on Radu Drăgușin in the coming months after his serious knee injury, but he has found a replacement.
According to Antena Sport, Lucescu will use Adrian Rus (28 years old), the central defender of Pisa, as a starter in place of Drăgușin. Rus has played 22 matches in all competitions for Pisa and has managed to score a goal.
It seems that Rus is Mircea Lucescu's choice for a starting position, although there has been much discussion about the possibility of Mihai Popescu (31 years old) being used instead of Radu Drăgușin, considering the performances of the FCSB defender in the league and Europa League so far.
The cited source mentions that "Il Luce" took into account the fact that Popescu lacks experience with the national team, unlike Adrian Rus, who has accumulated 22 call-ups.