Romania National Team

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**Romania National Team** (ルーマニア代表 Rūmania daihyō) also known as **Romania** is the team that represents Romania in international professional football competitions of nations.

It is one of the few teams that participated in the first World Cup in 1930, but it is not a very renowned team in the football scene..

## History

Romania had a golden age in the 90s when led by playmaker Gheorghe Hagi, considered the greatest Romanian player of all time, but since then, their performance in competitions has not been the best.

In 2020 the team managed to demonstrate a certain potential in the Euro Cup qualifiers, even though it was eliminated very early in the competition. The manager was also heavily criticized for not taking the young Ianis Hagi, their main U-20 player and son of Gheorghe Hagi, to the competition.

Everything indicates that for the 2022 cup this will be different, the young Hagi has been having outstanding performances in the qualifiers and the team has conceded only 2 goals so far. With a solid defense and young players in the attacking sector, the expectations became higher and higher. The team is far from favoritism, but how far will this new generation go?

## Crest

The Crest of Romania has a classic shield shape, the upper part of which is straighter and the lower part slightly rounded to a subtle point. This format is filled with white and outlined in yellow. Within this shield we have a repetition of the format on a smaller scale, which divides it into 5 quadrants that bring the 5 macro-regions of the country. The eagle representing Muntenia, the bull representing Moldavia, the lion representing Oltenia, the shark representing Dobrogea and the crow representing Transylvania. These quadrants have shades of blue, yellow, and red. And above them there is the word România in writing.

## Uniform

The Romanian uniforms have a simple design, with the predominance of one of the colors of the flag, and a set of two stripes with the remaining colors, which have a small cut for the shield to be fitted. In low relief we have the mark of the eagle, an animal present in the coat of arms of Romania.

## Abilities

### Cautious Defense Style.

The style of play of the Romanian national team involves a very experienced and secure defense whose aim is not to concede goals. It's a team that plays very defensively, betting on the quick counterattack and on the individual talent of some offensive players. The whole team is oriented to fulfill defensive tactical obligations, and has two attackers to put pressure on the opponent's exit, forcing the opponent to always leave on the weakest side they have on the field.

The defense starts with goalkeeper **Tatarusanu**, the tallest player in the squad at 2.03m. He was voted the best Romanian player of the last year and has a peculiar way of communicating through sign language. Leading the defensive scheme we have the experienced **Vlad Cazan** as captain of the team. He is a master of interception and has excellent passing technique. Under his command, as a central defender, we have **Adam Dragusin**, a young player who specializes in defensive positioning, who in some situations acts as a right back. On the flanks, we have **Cris Sapunaru** on the right, a devout player with a lot of physical strength, while on the left we have the veteran **Radu Rat**, possibly playing his last competition for the country. He is already close to his retirement and is the most capped player for the Romanian national team.

Opening the midfield we have **Alex Cuza**, a young player who acts as the team's Anchor, always remaining as a defensive reference in the midfield. He is the main piece for fast counterattacks, through his powerful passes. Alongside them, we have the tireless **Hoban Baluta**, a player who doesn't stop running, always present in defensive blocks and important goals. In front of them, 19-year-old attacking midfielder prodigy **Ianis Hagi**, a dash of brilliance and unpredictability, son of Gheorghe Hagi.

In the attack sector we have **Dragos Man**, an offensive player complete with kicks and dribbling, and one of those in charge of making offensive marking, with excellent tackling rates, scoring many goals after stealing the ball, and on the other side we have **Adrian Poppe**, also known as "The Motorcycle", the fastest and fuunniest player on the team. And the man of reference in attack is **Florin Serban**, also in charge of offensive marking, and possessing excellent dribbling and heading techniques.

Among the most important substitutes we have goalkeeper **Liviu Lung Jr**, son of goalkeeper Liviu Lung Sr who played in the 1994 world cup. He is known for his beautiful defenses, punches on the ball and for being a calm player who likes to read. In addition to him, we have two central midfielders, **Razvan Miron**, with a more offensive profile and a set-piece taker, and **Artur Cicaldau**, a box-to-box who rarely commits fouls.

In the creative sector we have **Nicolae Torje**, a short an skillfull player with refined passes, and the two centre-forwards, **Bogdan Morutan** known as "The Cat", being a consistent hard-worker who provokes opponents, trying to mentally control the game in attack, and **Olimpiu Alibec**, a player who was once the team's main starter for his strength, counterattack, dribbling and high goalscoring rate, but he was involved in many controversies with the staff, being an undisciplined player, who don't care of his physical form .