Romania’s U21 youth team is participating as the host country in this year’s European Youth Championship. The tricolors lost the first game against Spain (3:0) and are preparing for the match against Ukraine, which is scheduled for Saturday at 19:00.

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The youth football team of Romania has entered this European Championship in Group B along with Spain, Ukraine and Croatia.

The Tricolors made their debut in this final tournament at the Gencha Stadium and convincingly lost to Spain (3:0), one of the favorites to win the tournament.

The team’s performance was not at all convincing, but the coach of the youth national team, Emil Sandoi, is confident ahead of Saturday’s game against Ukraine.

“We came after a not very successful game. It was a cold shower in the first official game. We did not live up to our expectations, but we must admit that we met a very strong opponent – Spain.

And we had personnel problems for this game. We will also have Skrechiu for the match against Ukraine. He would be an important player for us, he would balance the midfield more.

We would also like to have Dragushin, we would also like to have Mykhailo. In the case of Dragushin, the club did not agree to let him go to the youth team, and Mykhailo’s injury caused problems.

I made a few mistakes with Spain. I think we need more clarity, more calm, more overlay, more aggressiveness, more initiative to leave a good image and get a positive result.

If there was pressure in the first game because this team hasn’t played official games in a long time, official games that can make you tough, then in the second game, I hope we take that pressure away.

I hope that in the few days that I have had at my disposal, I have been able to raise the morale of the players, because they had a lot to do with the defeat that they suffered. It is ideal to leave the competition with a positive result, regardless of the opponent. For the second game, it’s pressure to be or not to be.” – said Emil Sandoi at the press conference before the game.

In addition, the coach of the youth team noted that he is making efforts to raise the morale of the players, who suffered after the heavy defeat against Spain.

“I tried to raise their morale by making a suitable analysis. Admittedly, we haven’t been that balanced, and there are a few real reasons for that as well. We are trying to make the final tournament in only one central defender Rakovitani.

Deacon, who played in the Championship, played central midfield. Skrechu played central midfielder in almost all matches. I had no other solutions. I said we have axis problems.

In midfield I played with three players, Alba, who plays in a pair of two central midfielders in Craiova, and in the rest I improvised with Pitu, who only played at Inter in Farula. After the transfer, he played only as a wing midfielder.

We’re a little out of balance and I have to stop working. We have a lot of players on the line. It was very difficult when I made the decision. This is what is happening in this generation.

Maybe it’s our misfortune that most clubs used a lot of under-21 players in the squad.” – said Emil Sandoy.

Group B standings

1 Spain 3p 3:0

2 Ukraine 3r 2:0

3 Croatia 0p 0:2

4 Romania 0p 0:3