The international Răzvan Marin told the first representative at the Mogoșoaia Football Center on Monday, that he and his colleagues have to analyze the selected Bosniei-Herzegovina, the opponent of the first match of the 2026 World Cup, to start the three-point qualification campaign. From the meeting, the footballers legitimized in Pisa, in Serie B, but they will not be fined, not being their fault.
Mircea Lucescu gives explanations to Marius Marin
“We will see if we can win this group, we will take it with a match, step by step. But of course, this is what we want, to fight with Austria and Bosnia for the first place in the group standings. The group is our main asset, as it has been so far“He added.
Răzvan Marin was glad that from February he plays in Cagliari along with another Romanian, Florinel Coman, borrowed from Al-Gharafa to summer.
“He likes Sardinia, unfortunately he is injured, has a tendon problem. But he will be fine in a few weeks. I helped him accommodate, now I do the translator for him. I help him, normally, I am with him. I’m glad I can finally play with a Romanian. I still have a contract with Cagliari for another year, I will see what will happen in the summer“Marin said.
Fans at training
The training of the national team of Romania held this evening at the Mogoșoaia Football Center was open to the public. About 150 supporters, many of them children, had the opportunity to take autographs and photograph with the players of the first representative, as well as with the coach Mircea Lucescu.
Andrei Rațiu, Olimpiu Moruțan, Marius Marin and Adrian Rus, who have not yet reached their club teams were absent. Castance, Florinel Coman was not summoned for this month’s matches, but was present in Mogoșoaia participating in the autograph session.
The national football team of Romania meets Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the National Arena in the Capital (March 21, from 9:45 pm) and San Marino, on San Marino Stadium in Serravalle (March 24, from 9:45 pm) in its first matches in the qualification campaign at CM 2026.
The Romanian national is part of the H group, together with Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus and San Marino, in the preliminaries of the 2026 World Football Cup.
Romania has not qualified for a final tournament of the 1998 World Cup. The last edition, hosted by Qatar, in 2022, was won by Argentina.
Take down from the plane
The Romanian international Olimpiu Moruțan (25 years old, right wing), Marius Marin (26, midfielder), Adrian Rus (28, central defender), who evolve for Pisa, in Serie B, encountered problems when they should take off to Romania for the matches of the national team with Bosnia (March 21) and San Marino (March 24).
The 3 colleagues from Pisa are in the group convened by Mircea Lucescu for “Dubla” with Bosnia and San Marino, the first matches of the national team in the 2026 World Cup.
Olimpiu Moruțan, Marius Marin and Adrian Rus were evacuated from the plane due to a fault. Moruțan, Marin and Russian should have taken off from Pisa to Bucharest Monday, at 3:15 pm.
While they were on the plane, the aircraft suffered a soil failure and had to be evacuated, according to orangesport.ro. The departure of the 3 Romanian internationals was rescheduled at 9:30 pm.
