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90stalgia (part 3)
It’s 28 years ago to the day since Romania’s traumatic World Cup evening in Genoa. Here is part 3 of the story of their Italia ’90 experiences. Click here for part 1 or, alternatively, here for part 2. AND SO IT BEGINS… …on Saturday 9th June in Bari, at 5pm, officially in front of 42,000… Continue reading
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Where are they now? Euro 2000 squad (part 1)
Although perhaps less celebrated than the 1994 World Cup side that famously beat Argentina, the Euro 2000 squad contained twelve of Romania’s twenty most capped players of all time – including the top three in Munteanu, Hagi and Popescu – as well as its joint top scorers of all time, Hagi and Mutu. But the… Continue reading
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