Official Romania starting 11 against France & more
Monday, 09 June 08, 11:12 AM · Comments(0)
The official Romania starting lineup against France has been announced, and it's the same that was speculated before by the Romanian media:
Lobonţ - Contra, Tamaş, Goian, Raţ - Cociş, Rădoi, Chivu - Nicoliţă, D. Niculae, Mutu
That will be the team that we attack the French with. And I have to say, I'm so damn excited. I haven't slept tonight, too anctious, too nervous, too eager to see the match. Just 5 hours and a half from the game, the biggest game for us this EURO unless we make it out of the group.
Ribery has been speaking to the press today and says that he "can see a Germany - France final" of EURO 2008. I say he should wipe off his smirk and think about the preditions he's making, he's a bit too cocky. That's a bit of a ballsy prediction before the first kick of a ball for his French side honestly. They're playing 3 teams that all could be in the final in my opinion, and they have to win two of these games, or lose none.
Hagi is speaking again to the media and says tha tthe pressure is on the French this game. And I totally agree. No one expects us to win...everyone expects France to win. We have no pressure, 99% of Romanians probably expect us to lose this game. I am part of the 1% who truly believes we can and will win this match.
When the Romanian national anthem will play in a few hours, I'll probably be choked up, almost in tears, and relishing the sight of my country on Europe's biggest stage. We can show that we're not a fluke, or that we don't play like Greece, and that Romanians aren't just homeless gypsies begging for money on the streets of Paris, and that we're damn good at football. This is the opportunity to give Europe a clear message, and set the stage for World Cup 2010 - we can't be underestimated, and we can't be overlooked.
That's all for me until after the game. I really wanted to live blog this game, but I don't think I'll be able to, I'll be too excited and too glued to the television. But who knows!
Until then, I leave you with this.
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