The youth national team of Romania also lost in the second game at the European Championship against Ukraine (1:0). The game of the “tricolors” did not convince this time, and Emil Sandoi was very disappointed at the end of the game in group B.

Romania, EC U21 failure after first two games

Romania U21 could not score the first points from the European Championship and remained only with mathematical chances to reach the quarterfinals.

“Tricolor” were visibly affected by a sharp defeat against Spain (3:0), and also played quite modestly against Ukraine, which controlled the dispute.

Emil Sandoi was at a loss for words late in the game as his side went without a goal in two matches at the European Under-21 Championship.

“In the first minutes, we had two or three opportunities to score, the dates of the task would have changed. Sorry, looks like we don’t have a chance. We scored in the 90th minute, from a rebound at the end.

Ukraine owned us everywhere, maybe they had more clear-cut chances, but we also had chances in key moments of the game. It was Octavian Popescu’s strike before opening the scoring.

It hurts, but I say we are on our game. Now we understand what this level of competition means. With no qualifying campaign, we weren’t ready. We also faced Spain as our first opponent. As if everything was against us, you also saw with Screchiu, I was waiting for him, today he was supposed to leave.

It’s unbelievable, as if everything is happening only to us. Do you think there is still a problem with the contract? This is not a problem. Let’s see what will happen.” – sent to TVR by breeder Emil Sandoi.

Group B standings

1 Ukraine 6b

2 Spain 3p

3 Croatia 0p

4 Romania 0p