“I have never seen in my life”

article written by Digi Sport
05/04/2024, 11:33

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After 8 years of waiting, Romania qualified again for a European Championship.

At the end of last year, “Tricolorii” they found out their first two opponents since the final tournament: Belgium and Slovakia. In March, they also learned about the third one: Ukraine.

Marius Șumudică: “Nița is number 1 by far”

Romania debuts at the EURO on June 17 against Ukraine, and a month before the final tournament, Marius Șumudică made a clear announcement.

The 53-year-old technician is of the opinion that Florin Niță (36 years old) should not be missing from Edi Iordănescu’s first 11 and he also explained why.

“Nita is number 1 by far. It is second after Muslera in Turkey. It does not exist, with all due respect to Horațiu Moldovan, but the poor man does not appear. The moment you don’t defend, you don’t have any more.. From my point of view, he is number 1 (No. Florin Niță).

You’re not allowed, he defends match by match, he only has valuable strikers in front of him who he will probably meet at the EURO. He took some balls out of me at Galatasaray, we lost in the 90th minute at their home, with 50,000 people. La Fener beat us in the 85th minute, I’ve never seen it in my life.

A character like I have never met in my life. The whole club, the whole city loved him. To get an entire stadium to shout the name of a goalkeeper, enormous”said Marius Șumudica, according to Fanatik.

• Florin Niță arrived last summer in Gaziantep, where he was also trained by Marius Șumudica until March. In the first season in the SuperLig, the goalkeeper collected 31 games.
• 225 thousand euros is Nița’s market share, according to transfermarkt.com.
• The 36-year-old goalkeeper has played 20 matches for the national team.

News from UEFA for Romania! Edi Iordănescu could summon 26 players to the final tournament

executive committee of Uefa it took an important decision before EURO 2024 which could also benefit Romania.

Romania is qualified for the final tournament of the European Championship in Germany, where it is part of Group E, along with Belgium, Slovakia and Ukraine.

Within the Executive Committee, UEFA decided to increase the number of players who they can be summoned to EURO 2024, from the 23rd to the 26th.

The national football teams participating in EURO 2024 will have to have a minimum of 23 players in the squad, but the number of players can be extended up to 26.

All 26 players will be able to appear in the squad for the matches played at the EURO, but also on the sideline bench at the same time.

Thus, both Romania and the other national teams qualified for EURO 2024 will be able to use up to 26 players in the final tournament in Germany.

The decision to expand the number of players called up was made on Friday at noon.

“On Friday 3 May, UEFA’s Executive Committee decided that the squads of the teams qualified for this summer’s European Championship will be able to consist of 26 players, instead of the usual maximum of 23.

UEFA initially planned a return to the regulations employed before EURO 2020, when squads were composed of no more than 23 players; at the last continental tournament, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an increase to 26 footballers was allowed.

Discussions on the subject also took place last month at a UEFA workshop held in Düsseldorf, when most of the coaches of the qualified teams expressed their desire to increase the number of players, with more options available to deal with the threat of injuries and demands intense physical.

Increasing the number of players in the team also means that each team can have up to 15 players on the bench for each game“, also transmitted FRF, on the official website.

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