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The best is yet to come

June 18th, 2008

Van BastenWe waited 8 years for a final tournament. We waited 8 years to see the followers of Hagi, Popescu and Co. playing in the green square like lions; and we waited in vain. Yesterday, at Berna, I saw the great Romanian fans shouting like lions for their team, but I didn’t see a team on the field.

On the one hand, I understand that Adrian Mutu was missing all three games (although he scored the only goal of Romania at the Euro 2008, he also WAISTED the penalty kick which should have brought us the qualification, regarding that Italy won 2-0 against France) but C’MON! What the HELL, the Netherland has given us every chance to score. They backed down in the first half. they didn’t engaged, and their defenders even given our forwarders the damn ball, but Mutu & Co where to stupid to make a score. Or even make one shot on goal. I repeat, IMHO, Holland was about to give us the game, and let us qualify with them on the next stage, the only thing that they where not able to do was to place the ball inside their net.

And then, on the other side, Mutu, Chivu and whoever was on that field where not able to place one shot on goal! One shot! Where was the Brilliant during the Euro? Where where the spartans ? the allmighty Dacs who faced the Roman Empire ? Where the hell was Romania ? With Mutu out of shape, with Nicolita and Fl. Petre useless on the field, without any midfield players since Radoi was out on injury, with a defensive game that has brought us back home, Romania isn’t at all a team. They are a bunch of guys who pretended to be football players.

I mean, again, C’mon what the hell! Holland has given us the game yesterday. I even think that van Basten made a bet on Romania’s victory! Have you seen the faces of the dutch when they scored in the second half ? they weren’t even happy for beating us. What more can I say? I believed in Mutu, Piturca, Chivu. I believed that this generation of football players can make a difference, can step up to the footsteps of the golden generation of Hagi and Popescu. Now I can only say to Mutu and Chivu: SHAME ON YOU! You are a disappointment to me and for at least one year, I won’t stand to see your damn happy faces through Coca-Cola, Pepsi, mineral waters ads and whatever you want to advertise. You should lay your had down and bury it like the ostrich. SHAME!

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Today WE WILL SMASH the world champions

June 13th, 2008

Dica Or at least this is what we hope for. We have the time, we have the space, we have the public on our side; all we need is 11 heroes to get into the green field and teach the Italians that football is played by man who know how to score.

I hope that today, at 18:00 Mutu, Chivu, Lobont and Dica will have the match of their time and they will defeat the World Champions, like Holland did Monday. I hope that I will see a Romania made from the brave Dacs in defense and by great Roman conquerors in offense.

32 Millions of Romanians wait for this victory. From Voronin’s Moldova to Berlusconi’s 1 Million of Romanians will cheer for the national team today, will cheer for the right to be where we belong in football: UP, over the “enemy”.

I’m ready to shout from the bottom of my lungs “GOOOOOOOOLLL” when Mutu, Nicolae or Contra will score. I’m ready to be the witness to the first victory since Lucescu’s Romania left Italy home. Italy is already packet for Rome, so we must show them the way. TODAY!

Update: Holland won against France with 4-1, being the first team out of our group . We made a draw against world champs, Italy. Catalin Tolontan, from gsp made a great article in today about Romanian over the board: Jos comunismul, hai Romania! Bravo Catalin, I liked it a lot!

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Let’s make a WIN TONIGHT

June 8th, 2008

I’ve waited 14 years for a match like this. Hell, all of us waited fourteen years for a game like this; I think all of us remember the magic game against Argentina on the USA 94 World Cup; we all remember the spider-goal of Hagi, the magical run of Ilie Dumitrescu and we still haven’t forgot the joy and happiness we felt then. We want to feel it again, we want to raise the voice and shout as loud as we can: ROOOOMAAAANIIIIIAAAAAA OLE, OLE, OLE.

This is a possible dream that can start today! We have just the former World and European Champions, France to beat by one goal, and we can make the history shiny again.

Welcome to Euro 2008, impossible is a word that doesn’t go around this! One dream, 23 millions of hopes! Make it happen.

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