Mircea Lucescu made the decision and kicked them out of Romania’s team for the match with Cyprus. The two names he left out

On Saturday, October 12, 2024, less than 12 hours before the Cyprus-Romania match, in stage 3 of the League of Nations, Mircea Lucescu (79 years old) established the group of 23 footballers on the score sheet.

So, of the 25 players called up for the action in October, two were left out by the selector. The Cyprus – Romania game is scheduled to start at 21:45 at the AEK Arena in Larnaca.

Mircea Lucescu established the game sheet for the Cyprus-Romania duel: he did not include Alexandru Pașcanu and Victor Dican in the team

Mircea Lucescu called for the October action of the national team, respectively for the matches with Cyprus and Lithuania in the League of Nationsno less than 25 footballers.

However, on the day of the first duel, scheduled on Saturday, with Cyprus, at the AEK Arena in Larnaca, “Il Luce” was forced to give up two footballers and pass only 23 names on the game sheet.

And according to the website UEFA.comthose sacrificed by the selector were Alexandru Pașcanu (26 years old) and Victor Dican (24). The central defender of CFR and the midfielder of Farul will watch the Cyprus – Romania game only from the stands, hoping at the same time that Mircea Lucescu will give them a chance at the next confrontation, scheduled for Tuesday, October 15, also from 21:45, on the field of Lithuania .

It should be noted that neither Alexandru Pașcanu nor Victor Dican made their debut in the jersey of the first national team.

Here are the 23 below players that Mircea Lucescu will be able to use in the Cyprus – Romania duel:

• Goalkeepers: Florin Niță (1), Horațiu Moldovan (12), Ștefan Târnovanu (16)
• Defenders: Andrei Rațiu (2), Radu Drăgușin (3), Cristi Manea (4), Virgil Ghiță (5), Alex Chipciu (8), Nicușor Bancu (11), Andrei Burcă (15)
• Midfielders: Marius Marin (6), Nicolae Stanciu (10), Ianis Hagi (14), Răzvan Marin (18), Darius Olaru (21), Alex Mitriță (22), Deian Sorescu (23)
• Forwards: Denis Alibec (7), George Pușcaș (9), Valentin Mihăilă (13), Florinel Coman (17), Denis Drăguș (19), Dennis Man (20)

Romania forces two new victories in the Nations League group

Romania leads Group 2 of the valuable League C of the Nations League, with 6 points collected after the first two matches and a goal difference of 6 to 1. On October 12 and 15, the “tricolors” will face Cyprus and Lithuania away, and they will try to collect another 6 points, which will help them consolidate their first position in the ranking.

This is how the ranking in the “tricolor” group looks like:

1. Romania – 6P (6:1)
2. Kosovo – 3P (4:3)
3. Cyprus – 3P (1:4)
4. Lithuania – 0P (1:4)

The full Nations League schedule:

• September 6: Kosovo – ROMANIA 0-3
• September 9: ROMANIA – Lithuania 3-1
• October 12: Cyprus – ROMANIA (21:45)
• October 15: Lithuania – ROMANIA (21:45)
• November 15: ROMANIA – Kosovo (21:45)
• November 18: ROMANIA – Cyprus (21:45)

We will meet a very ambitious Cyprus team. They impressed us with their playing power, with the aggressiveness with which they pressed, with the way they defended. They were unlucky against Kosovo to concede that goal from the penalty spot. All teams have their chance to win the group. We made 6 points, but that means nothing if we don’t win 6 more points. They made a competitive team”, declared Mircea Lucescu, before the Cyprus-Romania duel.