These
players were habituated to score stunners led by Haghi whose left foot was
always compared to Diego Maradona.
Romania was
emerging as a European powerhouse again since 1970 back then.
At the
back, the Romanian unit was solid backed by the brilliant goalkeepers, the
midfield remained flat four with a pivot at the back - where one was a true
attacking playmaker while the other was a supportive midfielder and the rest
were purely defensive.
Everything
flew through the playmaker and the rest of the team grew in 1990, 1991, 1992,
1993 and 1994.
30 years
later - the 4-1-4-1 formation allowed the same platform for the players to
flourish.
No one
knows players like Nicolae Stanciu, Razvan Marin, Denis Dragus, Coman, Burca or
Ianis Hagi - the son of legendary Hagi, but this group of players are similar
to mid to late 80s and early 90s - score stunners, squeeze the opposition by
blocking the spaces and defend with sheer determination.
Their story
in the qualifiers says they had been impressive for which I
tagged them as one of the underdogs in
this tournament.
They
stunned Ukraine in Munich like Hagi stunned Colombia 30 years ago in Pasadena.
It's a
rollicking start and one can expect them to reach at least in the last eight.
Thank You
Faisal Caesar
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