How Meme Stoica reacted when he heard that Daniel Pancu thought Louis Munteanu “died” during the match with Switzerland U21

Mihai Stoica reacted immediately after hearing that Daniel Pancu stated that he thought Louis Munteanu “died” during the match between Romania U21 and Switzerland U21.

We remind you that the “little tricolors” prevailed with a score of 3-1 against Switzerland U21, in a game played in Giulesti. Following this result, the band trained by Daniel Pancu secured qualification for EURO 2025.

Meme stoica reacted to the statements made by Daniel Pancu

Romania U21 managed to prevail against Switzerland U21score 3-1, in a game played in Giulesti, and secured qualification for EURO 2025, the final tournament to be played in Slovakia.

The game was marked by an unpleasant incident. In the 28th minute of the game, the Swiss Luca Jaquez made a brutal tackle on Louis Munteanu in the center of the field, and the referee seemed to give him more than just a yellow card. At that moment, Daniel Pancu entered the field and went directly to the center of the game, being controlled with difficulty by the Romanian footballers.

In the end, the selector was eliminated, as was the reserve Blănuță. The same decision was made in the case of the Swiss who committed the foul on Louis Munteanu.

At the end of the game, Daniel Pancu stated that he was very scared and said that he thought that Louis Munteanu “died”” on the field. Meme Stoica reacted to the statement made by the technician.

“At the level of national teams, no (he saw something similar to what Daniel Pancu did, no). No, I wouldn’t fire him. It is clear that the gesture was disturbing, especially since the Federation always expresses itself on all communication channels politically correct, it could take measures to explain that, in fact, education is more important than football, isn’t it.

It is exceptional to go hand in hand, but you have to do football first. His explanations were silly. They are not standing under any circumstances: “I thought he had died (No. Louis Munteanu)”. Clearly, he came in to force the referee to change his card from yellow to red and he got out”, said Meme Stoica, at PrimaSport.

What Daniel Pancu said at the end of the match with Switzerland U21

Daniel Pancu, the one who was the protagonist of the event in the 28th minuteexplained his nervous exit at the end of the game.

“At first, believe me, I thought Louis had died… God forbid! From the angle I was standing, I saw that he received a spiked sole directly in the neck. And I thought he was gone… then I saw that he was moving and that the referee was showing the yellow card. In that second I thought about the player, but also about an episode from the Swiss tour match, when I scored the 2-2 goal after a 3-meter offside and foul. Because we were qualified for a long time (no – with that victory).

If Romania is written on us, this does not mean that we should not be respected at the level of our opponents. I apologize, my gesture was unqualified. It’s the first elimination in my life… I lost my temper because I was looking at the player and I didn’t think he could continue. I don’t know how it was seen on TV, but it looked very ugly from there”, said Daniel Pancu, at the end of the match with Switzerland U21.