Romania fall at the last
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Game Over: Adrian Mutu (R) and Razvan Cocis know it's all over.
Second-half goals from Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Robin van Persie gave Netherlands a 2-0 win over Romania at Euro 2008 on Tuesday. Huntelaar sidefooted home in the 54th minute from a right-wing cross by Ibrahim Afellay. Van Persie then made sure of victory with a fierce left-foot drive into the roof of the net with three minutes to go. [+]
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April 9, 2009Romania to terminate contract of coach Piturca |
| Current Squad | |
| G1 Bogdan Lobont | D4 Gabriel Sebastian Tamas |
| G12 Marius Popa | M11 Razvan Cocis |
| G23 Eduard Stancioiu | M8 Paul Codrea |
| D5 Cristian Chivu | M19 Adrian Cristea |
| D2 Cosmin Contra | M20 Nicolae Marius Dica |
| D14 Sorin Ghionea | M16 Banel Nicolita |
| D15 Dorin Goian | M7 Florentin Petre |
| D17 Cosmin Moti | F10 Adrian Mutu |
| D6 Mirel Matei Radoi | ST9 Ciprian Marica |
| D22 Stefan Andrei Radu | ST21 Daniel George Niculae |
| D3 Razvan Dinca Rat | ST18 Marius Constantin Niculae |
| D13 Cristian Sapunaru | |
| · Complete Squad | |
Columns and Features
Back to the future
Romania have qualified for their first tournament since Euro 2000 and may well struggle in this tournament's Group of Death, says Dominic Raynor. [+]
Romania Picture Gallery
Pictures of the Romania team as they fought their way to another European Championship finals. [+]
| Latest Fixtures/Results | |||
| DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | Competition |
| Fri 6/13 | A - Italy | D 1 - 1 | European Championship |
| Tue 6/17 | A - Netherlands | L 2 - 0 | European Championship | · Complete Team Fixtures/Results |
| 2008 Tables: European Championship | ||||||
| TEAM | P | W | L | D | GD | Pts |
| Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| Romania | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| France | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -5 | 1 |
| · Complete Tables | ||||||
| 2008 Leaders: European Championship | |||||
| PLAYER | Goals | ||||
| Adrian Mutu | 1 | ||||
| PLAYER | Yellow Cards | ||||
| Cristian Chivu | 2 | ||||
| Dorin Goian | 2 | ||||
| Adrian Mutu | 1 | ||||
| Cosmin Contra | 1 | ||||
| Daniel George Niculae | 1 | ||||
| · Complete Statistics | |||||
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