Impossible mission? « Now we have to win all the matches »
International Vlad Chiricheș said, after the defeat suffered in Austria with a score of 1-2, in the preliminaries of the World Football Cup of 2026, that in order to hope for the first place in the Qualification Group, he must win all the matches that have remained to be disputed.
« I was hoping to come back with a good result to the national team. We have not succeeded now, we have to think about the next match and everything that follows. It is clear that now we have to win all the matches to have a chance in the first place. It is clear that we have a lot of chances to win the group and we have to win all the other matches. Victory or with a positive result, I’m sorry I didn’t succeed.
« I think Mr. Lucescu has the necessary experience to help the national team from any posture and I think this is the most important. I do not think it is now important to talk about his departure or something else. He started on a road, he is trying to create a concept, an idea of play and we must adhere to his ideas.
Chiricheș believes that the Austrians also benefited from gains the victory on Saturday night on Ernst-Happel-Stadion.
« Their first goal came this way from a somewhat lucky phase, we didn’t expect it. We tried to play the counterattack book, to try to catch them in the bands. I think in the first 20 minutes they were ok, we could be more pragmatic, we could do more then. Unmerited emptiness, on a deviation.
