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  • The Year 2021 in Football

    The Year 2021 in Football

    The Romanian football has been affected by a severe
    crisis for many years now. This situation, which has been dragging on for so long,
    has made many to believe that this is actual normality, that the low level of
    performances, the lowest in the past fifty years, is the normal one.


    Football fans in Romania in 2021 hoped for a comeback
    of the national selection and the qualification of at least one football club
    in top spring competitions. None of these happened though.




    Even with headcoach Mirel Radoi at the helm, the
    national eleven was unable to qualify for the world cup. Most of the time, our
    footballers managed only lackluster shows in the preliminaries and the results
    they obtained were the same. Part of Group
    J, Romania started off on the right foot in March with a 3-2 win against North
    Macedonia in Bucharest. It was followed by a predictable 1-0 home defeat
    against Germany but our footballers came a cropper against Armenia in Yerevan
    3-2 in spite of getting the upper hand 2-1.




    In late March at the European Under-21 Championship
    co-hosted by Hungary and Slovenia, our side was stopped in its tracks in the
    group’s stage. However, the shows put up by our young footballers coached by
    Adrian Mutu weren’t bad at all; one-all with the Netherlands, nil-all against
    Germany plus a 2-1 win against Hungary proves that Romanian football still has potential.




    The year 2021 has its importance for the Romanian
    footballers because of their presence in the Olympic Games after an absence of
    6 decades. This performance became possible thanks to our squad’s 2019
    qualification for the semifinals of the European Under-21 Championship
    co-hosted by Italy and San Marino. In July in Japan, our footballers secured a
    1-0 win against Honduras. They got trounced by South Korea 4-0 and made it nil-all
    against New Zealand. Romania thus ended up on the third position in its group
    and left the competition.




    Romania’s national football side resumed its
    qualifying matches for World Cup 2022 with a 2-0 away win against Iceland in
    September and the same score against Liechtenstein at home. Their away game
    against North Macedonia was a goaless draw. After Armenia versus Liechtenstein
    had ended in one-all, Romania became favourite for a second place in the group
    that would secure a place in the play-offs and hopefully their qualification
    for the competition in Qatar.






    In October our side lost 1-2 to Germany and got a
    one-nil home win against Armenia. Sadly, in November our footballers drew their
    home match against Iceland nil-all and their 2-0 win against Liechtenstein
    didn’t count any more. So Romania ended up on the third position in its group
    topped by Germany and North Macedonia went into the playoff.




    At the level of domestic club competitions, CFR Cluj
    secured their seventh champion title, which added to those it obtained in 2008,
    2010, 2012, 2018, 2019 and 2020. Romania’s Cup went to Universitatea Craiova
    which secured a 3-2 win against Astra Giurgiu in Ploiești.




    All the Romanian club sides were eliminated from
    Europe’s top football competitions apart from CFR Cluj, which made it to the
    groups of Conference League. However, the shows put up by our footballers in
    this competition were below expectations and they ended up at the bottom of
    group D.




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  • Sports Weekend

    Sports Weekend

    Romania’s national eleven clinched a 2-0 away win against Iceland on
    Thursday in a match counting towards the Group J of the World Cup 2022
    preliminaries.


    The win comes after four consecutive defeats in two official games
    against Germany and Armenia, and two friendlies against England and Georgia.






    Dennis Man put Romania in the lead on 47 minutes and Nicolae Stanciu
    added a second 7 minutes from time. The trainees of headcoach Mirel Radoi have
    thus taken revenge after the 1-2 defeat last autumn in Reykjavik in the playoffs
    for EURO 2020.






    The Romanians seemed to have had a good control over the game and their
    technical superiority was visible with bold and speedy actions almost all
    throughout the match. Dennis Man put the
    visitors into the lead after the break, then Ianis Hagi fired home on the 70th
    minute, shortly after his entry but had his goal cancelled for a
    challenge. Romania sealed the points on the
    83rd minute after Hagi had fed Stanciu and the latter scored the
    victory goal for the visitors.






    We can say the match
    against Iceland has been the best show put up by the Romanians since Mirel
    Radoi took the helm. Now our footballers need to prove the game in Reykjavik
    was not an accident and they can do it against Lichtenstein in Bucharest on
    Sunday.




    They will next take on North Macedonia in Skopje on Wednesday. Until
    then Romania continues to rank fourth in Group J with only 6 points. Armenia
    tops the table with 10 points, followed by Germany with 9 and North Macedonia
    with 7. Iceland is last with 3 points. At the end of the preliminaries, the
    first side in the group’s ranking is qualified whereas the second side goes
    into playoffs.


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  • Sports Weekend

    Sports Weekend

    Romania’s national eleven clinched a 2-0 away win against Iceland on
    Thursday in a match counting towards the Group J of the World Cup 2022
    preliminaries.


    The win comes after four consecutive defeats in two official games
    against Germany and Armenia, and two friendlies against England and Georgia.






    Dennis Man put Romania in the lead on 47 minutes and Nicolae Stanciu
    added a second 7 minutes from time. The trainees of headcoach Mirel Radoi have
    thus taken revenge after the 1-2 defeat last autumn in Reykjavik in the playoffs
    for EURO 2020.






    The Romanians seemed to have had a good control over the game and their
    technical superiority was visible with bold and speedy actions almost all
    throughout the match. Dennis Man put the
    visitors into the lead after the break, then Ianis Hagi fired home on the 70th
    minute, shortly after his entry but had his goal cancelled for a
    challenge. Romania sealed the points on the
    83rd minute after Hagi had fed Stanciu and the latter scored the
    victory goal for the visitors.






    We can say the match
    against Iceland has been the best show put up by the Romanians since Mirel
    Radoi took the helm. Now our footballers need to prove the game in Reykjavik
    was not an accident and they can do it against Lichtenstein in Bucharest on
    Sunday.




    They will next take on North Macedonia in Skopje on Wednesday. Until
    then Romania continues to rank fourth in Group J with only 6 points. Armenia
    tops the table with 10 points, followed by Germany with 9 and North Macedonia
    with 7. Iceland is last with 3 points. At the end of the preliminaries, the
    first side in the group’s ranking is qualified whereas the second side goes
    into playoffs.


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  • Athlete of the Week

    Athlete of the Week

    According to Agerpres News Agency, at the European Race Walking championships hosted by Podebrady in the Czech Republic, Romanian athlete Marius Iulian Cocioran managed a 12th position in the 50 km race and has thus booked plane tickets to Tokyo Olympics. The Romanian set a new national record of 3 hours 55 minutes and 29 seconds. For his performance in Podebrady, Radio Romania International has designated Cocioran Athlete of the week



    Pavel Remus Radoi was the second best Romanian athlete to attend the aforementioned race where he came in 27th in 4 hours, 13 minutes and 35 seconds setting a personal record. Ionut Vasilica Plesu has also registered a personal record in Podebrady after coming 30th in four hours, 26 minutes and 58 seconds. Another Romanian representative, Narcis Mihaila didnt manage to end the race.



    Romania came in 6th in the teams contest. In the womens contest, Ana Veronica Rodean came in 13th setting a national record of 2 hours, 59 minutes and 27 seconds. In the 20 kilometer race walking Mihaela Acatrinei came in 39th while Maria Diana Lataretu abandoned the 10 kilometer race.



    Marius Cocioran was born in Reşiţa, central Romania on 10th July 1983. He has already participated in two editions of the Olympic Games. He came 36th in the 50 kilometer race walking in London in 2012 and abandoned the race four years later in Rio. He is the sixth Romanian athlete to have qualified for Tokyo after long jumpers Florentina Iuşco and Alina Rotaru, Claudia Bobocea in the 1.500-meter dash, Daniela Stanciu, in the high jump event and discus thrower Alin Firfirică. Romania now boasts 85 athletes qualified for the Olympic Games this year.


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  • Athlete of the Week

    Athlete of the Week

    According to Agerpres News Agency, at the European Race
    Walking championships hosted by Podebrady in the Czech Republic, Romanian
    athlete Marius Iulian Cocioran managed a 12th position in the 50 km race
    and has thus booked plane tickets to Tokyo Olympics. The Romanian set a new
    national record of 3 hours 55 minutes and 29 seconds. For his performance in
    Podebrady, Radio Romania International has designated Cocioran Athlete of the
    week




    Pavel Remus Radoi was
    the second best Romanian athlete to attend the aforementioned race where he
    came in 27th in 4 hours, 13 minutes and 35 seconds setting a
    personal record. Ionut Vasilica Plesu has also registered a personal record in
    Podebrady after coming 30th in four hours, 26 minutes and 58
    seconds. Another Romanian representative, Narcis Mihaila didn’t manage to end
    the race.




    Romania came in 6th in the teams’ contest. In the
    women’s contest, Ana Veronica Rodean came in 13th setting a national
    record of 2 hours, 59 minutes and 27 seconds. In the 20 kilometer race walking
    Mihaela Acatrinei came in 39th while Maria Diana Lataretu abandoned
    the 10 kilometer race.




    Marius Cocioran was born in Reşiţa, central Romania on 10th
    July 1983. He has already participated in two editions of the Olympic Games. He
    came 36th in the 50 kilometer race walking in London in 2012 and
    abandoned the race four years later in Rio. He is the sixth Romanian athlete to
    have qualified for Tokyo after long jumpers Florentina Iuşco and Alina Rotaru, Claudia
    Bobocea in the 1.500-meter dash, Daniela Stanciu, in the high jump event and
    discus thrower Alin Firfirică. Romania now boasts 85 athletes qualified for the
    Olympic Games this year.


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  • Athlete of the Week

    Athlete of the Week

    According to Agerpres News Agency, at the European Race Walking championships hosted by Podebrady in the Czech Republic, Romanian athlete Marius Iulian Cocioran managed a 12th position in the 50 km race and has thus booked plane tickets to Tokyo Olympics. The Romanian set a new national record of 3 hours 55 minutes and 29 seconds. For his performance in Podebrady, Radio Romania International has designated Cocioran Athlete of the week



    Pavel Remus Radoi was the second best Romanian athlete to attend the aforementioned race where he came in 27th in 4 hours, 13 minutes and 35 seconds setting a personal record. Ionut Vasilica Plesu has also registered a personal record in Podebrady after coming 30th in four hours, 26 minutes and 58 seconds. Another Romanian representative, Narcis Mihaila didnt manage to end the race.



    Romania came in 6th in the teams contest. In the womens contest, Ana Veronica Rodean came in 13th setting a national record of 2 hours, 59 minutes and 27 seconds. In the 20 kilometer race walking Mihaela Acatrinei came in 39th while Maria Diana Lataretu abandoned the 10 kilometer race.



    Marius Cocioran was born in Reşiţa, central Romania on 10th July 1983. He has already participated in two editions of the Olympic Games. He came 36th in the 50 kilometer race walking in London in 2012 and abandoned the race four years later in Rio. He is the sixth Romanian athlete to have qualified for Tokyo after long jumpers Florentina Iuşco and Alina Rotaru, Claudia Bobocea in the 1.500-meter dash, Daniela Stanciu, in the high jump event and discus thrower Alin Firfirică. Romania now boasts 85 athletes qualified for the Olympic Games this year.


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  • Athlete of the Week

    Athlete of the Week

    According to Agerpres News Agency, at the European Race
    Walking championships hosted by Podebrady in the Czech Republic, Romanian
    athlete Marius Iulian Cocioran managed a 12th position in the 50 km race
    and has thus booked plane tickets to Tokyo Olympics. The Romanian set a new
    national record of 3 hours 55 minutes and 29 seconds. For his performance in
    Podebrady, Radio Romania International has designated Cocioran Athlete of the
    week




    Pavel Remus Radoi was
    the second best Romanian athlete to attend the aforementioned race where he
    came in 27th in 4 hours, 13 minutes and 35 seconds setting a
    personal record. Ionut Vasilica Plesu has also registered a personal record in
    Podebrady after coming 30th in four hours, 26 minutes and 58
    seconds. Another Romanian representative, Narcis Mihaila didn’t manage to end
    the race.




    Romania came in 6th in the teams’ contest. In the
    women’s contest, Ana Veronica Rodean came in 13th setting a national
    record of 2 hours, 59 minutes and 27 seconds. In the 20 kilometer race walking
    Mihaela Acatrinei came in 39th while Maria Diana Lataretu abandoned
    the 10 kilometer race.




    Marius Cocioran was born in Reşiţa, central Romania on 10th
    July 1983. He has already participated in two editions of the Olympic Games. He
    came 36th in the 50 kilometer race walking in London in 2012 and
    abandoned the race four years later in Rio. He is the sixth Romanian athlete to
    have qualified for Tokyo after long jumpers Florentina Iuşco and Alina Rotaru, Claudia
    Bobocea in the 1.500-meter dash, Daniela Stanciu, in the high jump event and
    discus thrower Alin Firfirică. Romania now boasts 85 athletes qualified for the
    Olympic Games this year.


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  • Sport Club

    Sport Club

    Romania’s youth selection secured a 3-0 away win against Malta in group
    8 of the preliminaries of the European Under-21 Football Championship. Last
    Friday, Romania’s youth side clinched another away win in the same competition,
    results which represent a successful debut of the team’s new coach Adrian Mutu.






    Together with Hagi, the new headcoach holds a record for the highest
    number of goals scored for Romania’s national football side, 35. Adrian Mutu
    played for famous international football clubs such as Internazionale Milan,
    Chelsea London, Parma, Juventus Turin and Fiorentina.






    Selector Adrian Mutu believes the wins against Finland and Malta were
    99% possible because of the excellent footballers of the Romanian side.






    Adrian Mutu:
    It
    is a wonderful feeling, the boys are feeling good, they feel appreciated. They
    are good boys with character and all, extraordinary footballers, real professionals.
    Of course I would like them to be part of Romania’s main selection but on the
    other hand I would like to keep them here at the youth team, because they are
    good and I want to rely on good footballers. We hope to get qualified even if
    it takes sacrifice, perseverance and discipline. This is what we must do and if
    we are doing all that I believe that football will reward us in the end.






    The coach believes that Dennis Man, the
    footballer who opened the scoring against Malta and who is currently playing
    for FCSB in the domestic championship, can take over his job with the national
    youth side. ‘This is what he has to do, score goals and work for the team. I
    changed his position in the lineup and I see he performs even better. Hopefully
    he will be scoring many goals for the national side,’ coach Mutu went on to
    say.






    In the other matches in Romania’s group,
    Denmark secured a 1-0 away win against Northern Ireland, while Ukraine obtained
    a 2-0 win against Finland also away. Denmark ranks first in the group with 19
    points out of 7 games followed by Romania with 16, Finland and Ukraine each
    with 7, Northern Ireland with 6 and Malta with 1.






    On October 9th Northern Ireland
    will be playing Finland, Ukraine will be up against Romania and Malta takes on
    Denmark. The nine winners of the preliminary groups and best five teams coming
    second will qualify for the final tournament, which also includes the
    selections of the host countries, Hungary and Slovenia. The games of the four
    groups will be held between March 24th and 31st 2021. The
    first two sides in each group will be vying for the title over May 31st
    and June 6th next year.






    We recall that under the guidance of Mirel
    Radoi, Romania’s Under 21 side, last year made it to the semifinals of the
    European championship and qualified for the Tokyo Olympics after an absence of
    56 years as the prestigious competition had to be postponed due to the
    coronavirus pandemic.





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  • September 7, 2020

    September 7, 2020

    COVID-19 Since the beginning of the
    pandemic, Romania has confirmed over 95 thousand of infections with a death
    toll standing around 3,893. Over 40,300 patients have been cured while 474 are
    still in intensive care units. 6,599 Romanian nationals have been confirmed
    infected abroad most of them in Germany, Italy and Spain. 126 of them have died.
    People coming from Romania and Bulgaria to Italy must still stay in quarantine
    for 14 days. At world level the total number of infected has exceeded 27
    million and the death toll is around 887 thousand. The most affected countries
    are the USA with 6.4 million cases, India and Brazil, both with over 4 million.
    The most affected countries in Europe are Russia with over 1 million and Spain
    with over 517 cases.










    DIPLOMACY ‘Increasing Romania’s role inside the EU and NATO and also
    consolidating and expanding the Strategic Partnership with the United States
    remain the key lines in Romania’s foreign policy’, is the message conveyed by
    the country’s president, Klaus Iohannis at the Romanian Diplomacy Annual
    Meeting. According to the president, in the wake of the pandemic crisis, the
    Romanian diplomacy is going to embrace some new facets and that involves
    additional ingenuity and flexibility. The present Annual Meeting of Romanian
    Diplomacy has been held online for the first time as videoconference and is
    going to last three days under the title, ‘The impact of the pandemic over the
    international tendencies and the Romanian diplomacy response’. High on the
    agenda are the impact of the medical crisis over the international relations
    and global tendencies as well as the adjustment of the Romanian diplomacy
    instruments in this context. Among the invitees this year is the head of the European
    diplomacy Josep Borrell and NATO’s deputy secretary general, Romanian Mircea
    Geoana.










    SCHOOL Romania’s Prime Minister Ludovic
    Orban has said the school year begins on September 14th in this
    country, at the same time underlining that people’s right to education is
    fundamental. The Romanian official has explained the local authorities are
    allowed to establish their own scenarios depending on the epidemiological
    situation in their region. In Bucharest the infection rate in the past two
    weeks has stood at 1.19 per thousand, which places the capital city in the yellow
    zone and that allows for the students’ return to schools. 43 localities have
    been placed in the red zone, where students are taking only online courses,
    while over 27 hundred localities are in the green zone, allowing school
    attendance. The Health Ministry will this week provide direction lines for the
    organization of activity in education institutions to prevent the spread of the
    coronavirus.












    FOOTBALL Romania’s national football side will tonight take on Austria in a
    new game of the Nation’s League Group 1B. On Friday in Bucharest, the Romanians
    obtained only a one-all draw against Northern Ireland in their first game with
    Mirel Radoi as the selector. We recall that Radoi last summer managed to qualify
    Romania Under 21 for the semifinals of the European Championship in Italy and
    San Marino. The group also includes Norway the Romanians are going to play next
    month. Romania will be up against Iceland in Reykjavik on October 8th
    in the semis of the European Championships play-offs. If they qualify, the
    Romanians will be up against the winner of the game pitching Hungary against
    Bulgaria.












    UNICEF According to a UNICEF report
    Romania has a large number of students with low competences in reading and
    mathematics, placing the country among those at the bottom of a European
    ranking. 40% of the children in the member countries of the EU’s Organization
    for Economic Co-operation and Development on an average, lacks basic
    competences in reading and maths by the age of 15. The countries ranking first in
    the standings are Estonia, Ireland and Finland. According to the same survey, in
    most countries less than four-fifths of children report being satisfied with
    their lives. Turkey has the lowest rate of life satisfaction.








    (translated by bill)