​On Monday in Lucerne, the tricolors will meet the Swiss national team (LiveBLOG on HotNews.ro from 21:45).

• The Switzerland-Romania match will be on LiveBLOG on HotNews.ro and live on Prima TV.

Miheite Plešan: “Romania in the third world of football”

Romania have collected 7 points from the first three games of the Euro 2024 qualifying tournament, but the hard work starts now.

On Monday evening, the first representative team under the leadership of Edi Jordenescu will compete against Murat Yakin’s Switzerland.

Former player of the Romanian national team, Miheitse Plešan, talked about the situation Romanian football is going through.

“We don’t need to live in the past anymore. We have to see, since we didn’t qualify for the final tournaments, we have to see what the Romanian teams are doing in the European Cups. And that’s where you have to start. Unfortunately, we are still dreaming and not doing anything healthy.

I think it’s very good if we get a point. Why can’t we? It is difficult, but we must believe in our chance. We are fighting with Israel and Kosovo for 2nd place, this is a reality. This is the level. We are in the third world! It’s true. It is sad. But this is reality. If something doesn’t happen soon, it will only get worse.

Playing in Kosovo is radically different from playing in Switzerland. In Kosovo, it was necessary to play and build. With Switzerland, if you do that, you won’t stand a chance. If you want to play fair, you have no chance. We will come back with many goals. If we close and play on the counterattack, maybe we will have a chance” – Mihaita Pleshanfor gsp.ro.

At the age of 40, Plešan played seven matches for the Romanian national team, scoring one goal (he played for the first team in 2003-2007).

Switzerland – Romania in the qualifying match of Euro-2024

Switzerland topped Group I of the EC 2024 Qualifiers, the squad coached by Murat Yakin has 9 points from the maximum possible and an impressive goal difference of 10-1.

After the draw in Kosovo (0:0), coach Edi Iordenescu says that the Romanian national team came to Switzerland “for points”.

Probable teams

Switzerland: Sommer – Lotomba, Akanji, Elvedi, R. Rodriguez – Froyler, Zakaria, Xhaka – Shaqiri, Amduni, Vargas. Selection: Murat Yakin

Romania: Horaciu Moldovan – Manya, Dragushyn, Burke, Sorescu – N. Stancu, Beluce, Olaru – Man, Alibek, Hagi. Coach: Edi Iordenescu

Referee: Daniele Orsato, assisted by assistants Ciro Carbone and Alessandro Giallatini (all from Italy). VAR referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy).

Group I, rating

1 Switzerland 9 points (goal difference 10-1)

2 Romania 7 (4-1)

3 Israel 4 (3-5)

4 Kosovo 3 (2-2)

5 Andorra 1 (2-5)

6 Belarus 0 (2-9)

*The two best teams advance to Euro-2024.

Romania in the preliminary tournament of EURO 2024, which broadcasts every match of the tricolor

*All previous matches of Romania will be published in LiveBlog on HotNews.ro.

March 25, 2023 – 21:45 Andorra – Romania 0-2 / Antena 1

March 28, 2023 – 21:45 Romania – Belarus 2-1 / Prima TV

June 16, 2023 – 21:45 Kosovo – Romania 0-0 / Antena 1

June 19, 2023 – 21:45 Switzerland – Romania / Prima TV

September 9, 2023 – 21:45 Romania – Israel / Prima TV

September 12, 2023 – 21:45 Romania – Kosovo / Antena 1

October 12, 2023 – 21:45 Belarus – Romania / Antenna 1

October 15, 2023 – 21:45 Romania – Andorra / Prima TV

November 18, 2023 – 21:45 Israel – Romania / Prima TV

November 21, 2023 – 21:45 Romania – Switzerland / Antenna 1.

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