On Saturday, starting at 17:00, the Sweden-Romania game will be held in round 1 of the EURO 2020 preliminaries.
In the friendly match of March 2018, Romania defeated on its own field, score 1-0, through the goal scored by Dorin Rotariu.
The Swedes are going through a transition phase after Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s retirement from the first team. Led by Janne Andersson, Sweden, she misses a pregnant name. This footballer may be Alexander Isak, 19, but the striker who belongs to Dortmund is not yet a star. Veterans Sebastian Larsson or Marcus Berg are away from big football, and Sweden is not “scared”. Latest results, 2-2 with Iceland and 0-1 with Finland, two friendly tests from January.
Cosmin Contra built a compact, hard-to-beat group at the national of Romania. “Tricolors” must go to Stockholm, even if the winner will try not to lose Saturday’s confrontation. Young wolves such as Ianis Hagi, Alexandru Mitrita or Alexandru Cicaldau deserve a chance, maybe they will offer the “sparkle” in our attack, so absent in recent years. Group F is difficult and a positive result is needed for Romania, because Spain will hold the top ranking.
An equal result will please Counter, which can be obtained with the utmost attention in our defenses. GO ROMANIA!
Lot of Romania:
Goalkeepers: Ciprian Tatarusanu, Costel Pantilimon, Florin Nita;
Backs: Cristian Manea, Romario Benzar, Cristian Sapunaru, Ionut Nedelcearu, Dragos Grigore, Cosmin Moti, Cristian Ganea, Nicusor Bancu;
Midfielder: Tudor Baluta, Razvan Marin, Paul Anton, Alexandru Cicaldau, Alexandru Chipciu, Nicolae Stanciu, Ianis Hagi, Alexandru Mitrita, Gicu Grozav, Ciprian Deac;
Attackers: George Puscas, Claudiu Keseru, Andrei Ivan.
PREDICTION: Sweden to win @ 1,78
