RRI Live!

Listen to Radio Romania International Live

Football Flash

Romania’s national football squad on Saturday and Tuesday take on the national teams of Armenia and Kazakhstan, respectively. The fixtures count towards the 2018 World Cup preliminaries. So far, Group E teams have played one fixture each in September 2016. On home ground, Romania drew level with Montenegro, 1-all, Armenia sustained a 1-nil defeat away from home against Denmark, while on home turf, Kazakhstan held Poland to a 2-all draw.

Football Flash
Football Flash

, 06.10.2016, 13:45

Romania’s national football squad on Saturday and Tuesday take on the national teams of Armenia and Kazakhstan, respectively. The fixtures count towards the 2018 World Cup preliminaries. So far, Group E teams have played one fixture each in September 2016. On home ground, Romania drew level with Montenegro, 1-all, Armenia sustained a 1-nil defeat away from home against Denmark, while on home turf, Kazakhstan held Poland to a 2-all draw.



In theory, Romania ranks as favorite as compared to both Armenia and Kazakhstan, although its forthcoming fixtures are scheduled away from home. According to the current national teams world rankings, Romania is ranked 32nd, Armenia is ranked 112th, while Kazakhstan is ranked 83rd. We should mention that Kazakhstan went 13 notches up, as compared to the previous month.



A lot of people pondered over the fact Kazakhstan managed to hold Poland to a 2-all draw. The former team was 2 goals down but it regrouped and even had the chance to win the game. Pundits say that what also mattered for the game was the fact that it was played on artificial turf. Romania’s national team manager, German Christoph Daum has told the media: ”I spoke to the Polish manager Adam Nawalka and he told me that, after the match against Kazakhstan, he was happy his boys came off safe from that pitch, with no injuries. And he is also happy he left Kazakhstan having gained one point.



Similarly, Joachim Loew told me after one of the German national team’ s fixtures that it was important to return with 1 or 3 points. Unfortunately, in our situation, we’re in dire need of all three points. We’ve got to be strong and overcome every difficulty so that we should have no problem gaining all three points. Let us see what that artificial turf looks like, as there are several generations, several models of it. Anyway, everybody told me we should be happy to leave that kind of turf behind.”





Sports Roundup
Sport Friday, 22 November 2024

Sports weekend

Romania’s men’s handball team Dinamo Bucharest on Thursday sustained a 29-38 away defeat by German opponents Fuchse Berlin, in a fixture counting...

Sports weekend
Photo: pixabay.com
Sport Thursday, 21 November 2024

Sports Flash

The Romanian national football team was awarded a 3-0 win by default from UEFA in the match against Kosovo. The announcement came on Wednesday after...

Sports Flash
Photo: pixabay.com
Sport Wednesday, 20 November 2024

Radio Romania International Sports club

Matches counting towards the final round as part of this year’s edition of the Champions League in women’s handball were played late last week....

Radio Romania International Sports club
Photo: pixabay.com
Sport Tuesday, 19 November 2024

Athlete of the Week – Footballer Florin Niţă

The Romanian national football team concluded its campaign in Nations League this year with a win. On Monday, in front a 45-thousand-strong crowd on...

Athlete of the Week – Footballer Florin Niţă
Sport Monday, 18 November 2024

Sports roundup

Romania’s national rugby team on Saturday grabbed their second consecutive win this fall. In a test-match hosted by the Triumphant Arch stadium in...

Sports roundup
Sport Tuesday, 12 November 2024

Olympic Profiles 2024

At the Olympics in Paris Romania’s rowers claimed the first gold medals after a break of 32 years. The last rowers to step onto the first step of...

Olympic Profiles 2024
Sport Monday, 11 November 2024

2024 Olympic Profiles

  Before the Olympic Games in Paris, David Popovici was the athlete on whom the vast majority of Romanians’ hopes were pinned. And he did not...

2024 Olympic Profiles
Sport Friday, 08 November 2024

Sports weekend

Romanian football team FCSB has succeeded yet another win in UEFA Europa League. On Thursday, holders FCSB grabbed a 2-nil home win against Danish...

Sports weekend

Partners

Muzeul Național al Țăranului Român Muzeul Național al Țăranului Român
Liga Studentilor Romani din Strainatate - LSRS Liga Studentilor Romani din Strainatate - LSRS
Modernism | The Leading Romanian Art Magazine Online Modernism | The Leading Romanian Art Magazine Online
Institului European din România Institului European din România
Institutul Francez din România – Bucureşti Institutul Francez din România – Bucureşti
Muzeul Național de Artă al României Muzeul Național de Artă al României
Le petit Journal Le petit Journal
Radio Prague International Radio Prague International
Muzeul Național de Istorie a României Muzeul Național de Istorie a României
ARCUB ARCUB
Radio Canada International Radio Canada International
Muzeul Național al Satului „Dimitrie Gusti” Muzeul Național al Satului „Dimitrie Gusti”
SWI swissinfo.ch SWI swissinfo.ch
UBB Radio ONLINE UBB Radio ONLINE
Strona główna - English Section - polskieradio.pl Strona główna - English Section - polskieradio.pl
creart - Centrul de Creație Artă și Tradiție al Municipiului Bucuresti creart - Centrul de Creație Artă și Tradiție al Municipiului Bucuresti
italradio italradio
Institutul Confucius Institutul Confucius
BUCPRESS - știri din Cernăuți BUCPRESS - știri din Cernăuți

Affiliates

Euranet Plus Euranet Plus
AIB | the trade association for international broadcasters AIB | the trade association for international broadcasters
Digital Radio Mondiale Digital Radio Mondiale
News and current affairs from Germany and around the world News and current affairs from Germany and around the world
Comunità radiotelevisiva italofona Comunità radiotelevisiva italofona

Providers

RADIOCOM RADIOCOM
Zeno Media - The Everything Audio Company Zeno Media - The Everything Audio Company