In continuation of part one of this ongoing series I previously noted that the weakness of the Tricolorii was primarily based the creative end of play and possessing the level of confidence needed to excel at this level. Part of this problem, in my opinion, relates to the lessening role of domestic league players within [...]

Hello everyone. Sorry about the lack of a proper match report after the Tricolorii’s opening draw with France. In addition to working on this blog, I also work on the main Euro 2008 blog here, and on the site’s podcast, and things have been ridiculously busy trying to keep up with all aspects [...]

Much more later on Romania’s opening draw with France, but I just wanted to post quickly and give readers a place to leave their comments on the match. A great defensive effort, with some nice chances created for Romania. France were not nearly at their best, and it was within our abilities to [...]

We’ve already reported on this on the main page, and our reader Danezu has pointed it out in the comments, but I wanted to make a quick post wishing the best to Adrian Mutu. It’s not often that you lose a close relative and get handed down a 12-million-Euro fine in the same weekend. [...]

As the squad lists trickle in for Euro 2008, we now have a first look at who will line up for the Tricolorii on June 9th against France, and in their other two (and hopefully more) European Championship matches. No huge surprises here, and I doubted there would be. It’s a solid group, [...]

Adrian Mutu has had, by any footballing measure, a very bad week. First, he was again kept at bay by the solid defense of Rangers, and watched as his occasional strike partner Christian Vieri miss a penalty that took them out of the UEFA Cup. Then, in his third-to-last league match with the [...]

The official, ahem, motor oil sponsor of Euro 2008, who also apparently fancy themselves statisticians, have released an instruction guide on how to win the tournament. I’m not going to go into it point-by-point, nor am I going to give my opinion on its validity, but it does raise a few points worthy of [...]

Russia were greeted to an almost empty Ghencea for their international friendly against Euro 2008 hopefuls Romania. The match was to be the second meeting between the two sides in over 20 years. Russian coach Gus Hidding had called up a mostly internal league based squad and looked to the individualistic abilities of players such [...]