Aurel Ciclinu, a member of the technical committee of the Romanian Football Federation and a former player for the national team, said that the failure of the Romanian youth team at Euro 2023 is not terrible in itself.
- We are, after all, talking about children. The aim of these national teams is to give players to the main team. Besides, do not forget who we played. Spain, the U-17 and U-19 world champions, have been playing together for five years. Do not forget what academies they have. As in Ukraine, where at Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk Mircea Lucescu has done a lot for this," Ciclinu told the Romanian media.