Former Romania midfielder Danut Lupu has assessed the performance of his country's national team at Euro 2024. Recall, the Romanians started at the tournament with a major victory over Ukraine (3:0), then lost without a chance to Belgium (0:2), played a draw with Slovakia (1:1), and in the 1/8 finals were knocked out of the fight by the Netherlands (0:3).
Danutz Lupu"After the match with Ukraine, it was as if some movie suddenly cut off. Romania got intoxicated from this victory and began to fall rapidly. From match to match she looked worse and worse.
The pressure on the opponent's goal decreased, and then it disappeared altogether. The players began to slump in physical terms. So it's not that the Netherlands didn't let Romania press, but that the Romanian players physically failed in this match.
These changes I never understood. I think here we are talking about coaching miscalculations, Iordanescu did not prepare the team properly and made wrong decisions. The same Janis Hadji is simply not ready to play at this level. Especially for 90 minutes. It is impossible when you don't play in your club," Fanatik quoted Lupu as saying.
