Romania is set to face Bosnia and Herzegovina on March 21, at the beginning of the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.
It will be a nail-biting match between the two rivals vying for the 2nd place in this group, theoretically, considering that Austria seems to be the favorite for the 1st place according to paper calculations. „The Tricolors” will face Bosnia in the first match, which will be on Friday, at 21:45, live text coverage on SpotMedia.ro.
The Bosnians, precisely the journalists from this country, immediately reacted after learning about the squad announced by Mircea Lucescu for these first two encounters. They noticed the presence of Daniel Bîrligea, who has been injured and absent from the last 5 matches of FCSB, the Romanian champions, instead of Louis Munteanu, Romania's top scorer with 20 goals:
"Lucescu is counting on 26 national team players, and Romanians are surprised that no player from CFR Cluj has been called up. Also, a surprise for them is the presence of Daniel Briligea on the list, the player from FCSB, who has been injured in recent weeks and did not even play in the Europa League match against Lyon," noted the Bosnians from faktor.ba.
As forwards, Lucescu wanted to rely on Bîrligea, Alibec, and Drăguș, although the latter has had very few matches in recent months at Trabzonspor in Turkey.
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