[carlyluvsunited]

Romania 3-0 Russia

Romania beat fellow UEFA EURO 2008™ contenders Russia 3-0 in a friendly in
Bucharest on Wednesday with goals from strikers Ciprian Marica, Daniel Niculae
and Marius Niculae.

Romania initially struggled against a team drawn entirely from the Russian
Premier-Liga and it took the hosts until the stroke of half-time to break the
deadlock through VfB Stuttgart forward Marica. Coach Victor Piþurcã took off
Adrian Mutu and Cristian Chivu at the break and substitute Daniel Niculae made it
2-0 after 61 minutes before Marius Niculae completed the scoring with a header
in the 76th.

Debutants

In contrast to Guus Hiddink – who handed first caps to FC Moskva striker Roman
Adamov and the versatile FC Zenit St. Petersburg player Roman Shirokov –
Piþurcã had virtually a full deck to choose from, although Marius Popa did feature
in goal for the first time as regular No1 Bogdan Lobont was unwell. The 29-year
-old custodian had to be alert to deny Vladimir Bystrov following a rapid Russia
counterattack, yet Romania gradually imposed their authority and took the lead
when Marica teased his way past three defenders before placing the ball in the
far corner.

Niculaes score

Russia might have equalised immediately had Bystov connected with an inviting
cross from danger man Yuri Zhirkov, but that was about as good as it got for
Hiddink's men. Romania found the target twice more without reply after half-time.
Vasili Berezutski needlessly conceded possession for the first of those strikes,
scored by Daniel Niculae, before namesake Marius – having just hit the
woodwork along with Rãzvan Cociº – headed in the second from Bãnel Nicoliþã's
right-wing centre.

[haggler]

and i should care because ?

you are only happy as you won lots of vcash i bet on the ruskies and blew me wedge

[carlyluvsunited]

Originally Posted by haggler

and i should care because ?

you are only happy as you won lots of vcash i bet on the ruskies and blew me wedge

Crazy bet Mr Haggler ...

These Russian bums are no good - we beat their ass bad, lmao ...

Maybe one day the Romanian coach may teach England how to do this ...

[yangch0000]

Come on, be friendly
No matter how bad the russian was beaten, they still wont want to be in the same position as the romanians in euro 2008, against france, italy and holland

[reddwarf]

I wouldn't get too carried away. Even England managed to beat Russia 3-0 at home!!!

[RussianArmy]

This Russian performance is unacceptable. We have much more quality than we showed here. We massively underperformed and I am quite angry. You should not be complacent, the mother Russia will roar again. At Euro 2008 these Russian players will show the pride and passion that is expected of anyone representing Russia, and we will show the quality that players like Arshavin, Zhirkov, Pavlyuchenko and Kerzakhov give us.

[Keano4taoiseach]

Originally Posted by RussianArmy

This Russian performance is unacceptable. We have much more quality than we showed here. We massively underperformed and I am quite angry. You should not be complacent, the mother Russia will roar again. At Euro 2008 these Russian players will show the pride and passion that is expected of anyone representing Russia, and we will show the quality that players like Arshavin, Zhirkov, Pavlyuchenko and Kerzakhov give us.

Who?

These friendlies don't matter too much, they are only a source of pride among the eastern Europeans

Euro 2008 is where it's at and who knows perhaps Russia will do what Greece did!!!!

Well done Romania on an emphatic victory over as RA never ceases to remind us on the shoutbox, MOTHER RUSSIA, A WORLD SUPERPOWER,

[pass_me_a_rizla]

Oye, Romanian Admin chick... Do you follow Romanian football at all? Are there any "unfound gems" that you know of and we don#'t?
Go on, gi's a clue?

[RedSte]

Has Gheorghe Hagi retired yet?
He was the ONLY world class Romanian player Carly :P

[Keano4taoiseach]

Originally Posted by RedSte

Has Gheorghe Hagi retired yet?
He was the ONLY world class Romanian player Carly :P

You're asking for it mate She'll eat you

p.s. adrian mutu wasn't bad.