EURO 2008 INFO

Some experts put Romania as a selection with few options in the UEFA EURO 2008 ™ to be framed in Group C with Italy, France and Holland, but the spirit of Victor Piţurcă team for the final phase to be optimistic.

Positive
"We have an opportunity in the EURO," said the left side Răzvan Raţ while his captain, Cristian Chivu, promised a team combative "fight for glory and respect for the fans. We want the fans to be proud of us. Our list is a team of character. " However, the trajectory of the team from the qualifying round has had ups and downs since the 1-0 defeat by Israel in February against the 3-0 victory against a depleted Russia a month ago. But Piţurcă seems sure their wards: "I will choose those who are working hard and who have helped us in the standings. There can be surprises, "said Piţurcă, whose team will face Montenegro on May 31 before heading to Switzerland.

Second chance
This tournament represents unfinished business for Piţurcă, who coached Romania's successful qualifying round for the UEFA EURO 2000 ™ before being removed before final stage. After returning to the post in 2004, is already preparing for the tournament in Austria and Switzerland, where you can summon five players from its earlier stage: Chivu, Cosmin Contra, Bogdan Lobonţ, Adrian Mutu and Florentin Petre. The screening is well aware of the old guard, as it did debut all but Contra. Another player who entered in the computer, Laurenţiu Roşu, could also be included in this list were it not for the injury.

The men of Piţurcă
Since his return, Piţurcă has made players like Dănuţ Coman, Marius Popa, George Ogăraru, Dorin Goian, Ştefan Radu, Bănel Nicoliţă and Răzvan Cociş have become strong in the team. Despite this, a player like Marius Niculae could be re-convened after prove its good state of how his team, Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC Scots. It is unlikely that there are more changes, and that Romania made a great group stage, leading the group G with nine wins and one defeat.

Anniversary
Fans of Romania remember 25 years ago as Romania got his only victory to Italy in a match of the European Championship of UEFA. More recently, the joint Italian had no trouble disposing of the Romanian team. In the quarterfinals of the UEFA EURO 2000 ™ defeated them by 3-0, getting two more victories in the parties classification for FIFA World Cup 2002. In all matches against Romania disputed that Italy has the following balance: 14 encounters played, two wins, two tied and ten lost.