Dan Petrescu sent a straightforward message regarding Ianis Hagi (26 years old), the Romanian national team football player.
„The Badger” stated that Mircea Lucescu finally uses Ianis in the position where he performs best, behind the striker.
The former great player of the Romanian national team doesn't understand why "almost all coaches" before Mircea Lucescu preferred to play Ianis Hagi on the wing.
"I didn't understand why almost all previous coaches used him as a winger. For me, a winger needs to have speed, like Man, Mihăilă, Mitriță, Baiaram. To play behind Bîrligea, you need to be technical, to have the quality to make the final pass. And that's Ianis! I was talking to Gică and I was saying: 'Hey, doesn't anyone see that Ianis should only play as the second striker?' Of course, Lucescu, with his experience, found him the best position," stated Dan Petrescu, according to gsp.ro.
Ianis Hagi returned to the national team for the matches in October, against Moldova and Austria, after starting to play and perform at Alanyaspor, his new club.
Ianis scored in the friendly match against Moldova and provided the decisive assist for the only goal in Romania - Austria 1-0.