Tuesday, June 5, starting at 18:30, Romania will play in a friendly match against Finland.
Undoubtedly, the tricolor team’s assistance will be numerous, the Ploiesti fans have already announced that they are preparing a special reception for Cosmin Contra and Constantin Budescu. The current national selector trained Petrol for two years, between October 2012 and March 2014, with which he managed to win the Romanian Cup. Budescu also worked for the club for six seasons, garnering 151 appearances in the yellow wolves’ shirt, for which he scored 41 goals. Bogdan Lobont will also have a special reception. The 40-year-old Goalkueper announced his career break. In the last friendly game, Romania has won against Chile, score 3-2. Stanciu, Deac and Budescu signed the goals for the fourth victory of the last five games.
On the other side, the Nordic played their last friendly in March, when they crossed Malta, score 5-0. It was the most categorical victory over the last eight years. As a matter of fact, they cross an excellent period, having eight consecutive matches without defeat. The most important results were obtained in the world qualification campaign when they drew with Croatia and Turkey. However, Finland finished fifth in Group I, missing the final tournament qualification. In confrontation with Malta, it was for the fourth time in the last five games, when the offensive found at least twice the way to the opponent’s goal.
The last direct encounter ended. In the Euro 2016 qualifying campaign, the two bands ended the match at the “National Arena” score 1-1. The defeat was avoided thanks to Hoban’s success in the 91st minute. Finland has not achieved any victories so far.
PREDICTION: Romania to win @ 1.68
