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Romania’s national football team last week succeeded its best performance in recent years. The
\nnational squad booked its ticket to the 2024 edition of the European Championship,
\nto be hosted by Germany. The qualification came as something special, as the
\nRomanian national team were at the top of the table in Group 1, with a no-defeat
\nrecord. The laudable performance was sealed this past Wednesday in Bucharest,
\nin the confrontation against Switzerland, initially the top-seeded team in the
\ngroup, given the status of its lineup and its position according to the world
\nrankings made public by FIFA. Switzerland is 14th-placed, while Romania is 48th-placed <\/span>according to world rankings. Notwithstanding, in
\nBucharest, such a difference mattered no more, since Romania won, 1-nil.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The goal scorer, striker Denis Alibec, is the Athlete of the week on Radio
\nRomania International. <\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Switzerland was in dire
\nneed of a win against Romania, in order to win the preliminaries’ Group I and
\nbe included in a more accessible pot ahead of the drawing. Murat Yakin’s
\ntrainees put on an offensive game, their attacking bouts were quite a few on
\nthe pitch, yet the Romanian defensive line-up did their job, while the national team’s
\ngoalie, Horatiu Moldovan, succeeded several remarkable saves. It was the
\nRomanians’ strong determination and Denis Alibec’s goal that, no doubt, made
\nthe difference on the pitch. Here is what Denis Alibec said, right after the
\nmatch.<\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

We’re
\nhappy we pulled of a nice one, concluding the campaign with a win and be at the
\ntop of the table in the group, even though not very many people placed their
\nstakes on us early into the qualification campaign, yet we proved that we were
\na family, that we knew how to fight together. Switzerland had a much better
\nteam, but we went, like, do or die on the pitch. <\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Denis Alibec was born
\nin Mangalia, on January 5, 1991. He made his debut in Romanian League One being signed
\nup by Farul Constanta when he was only 17. Then he got transferred to Inter Milan in Italy. He was not included in the club’s top-flight line-up very
\noften, and was on loan with several other teams. Alibec played, among other teams,
\nfor Astra Giurgiu, FCSB, Kayserispor in Turkey or CFR Cluj. <\/p>\n

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