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The headcoach of
\nRomania’s national team, Mirel R\u0103doi, has called up 26 players for the matches
\nRomania will play against Iceland and Liechtenstein in Group J as part of the
\n2022 World Cup preliminaries. A surprise presence is that of 15-year-old Enes
\nSali, who is the youngest scorer in the history of the Romanian First League. Unavailable
\nfor the match against Iceland after being banned for repeated yellow bookings,
\nstriker Valentin Mih\u0103il\u0103 was left out.<\/span><\/p>\n


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\n <\/p>\n

Thus Romania’s
\nteam includes goalkeeper Florin Ni\u0163\u0103, defenders Vlad Chiriche\u015f, Andrei Burc\u0103,
\nNicu\u015for Bancu, midfielders R\u0103zvan Marin, Alexandru Cic\u00e2ld\u0103u, Nicolae Stanciu,
\nIanis Hagi and strikers George Pu\u015fca\u015f and Andrei Ivan. Of the 26 players
\ncalled up to the squad, 11 are competing in the domestic championship, while 15
\nare playing for foreign clubs, 4 in Italy and Turkey each, 2 in the Czech
\nRepublic and one each in Germany, England, Spain, Hungary and Scotland.<\/p>\n

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\n <\/p>\n

Iceland’s
\nheadcoach, Arnar Vidarsson, also presented his squad ahead of the matches his
\nteam will play against Romania and North Macedonia. Runar Mar Sigurjonsson,
\ncurrently enrolled at CFR Cluj, was not selected. <\/p>\n

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\n <\/p>\n

The match will
\nbe held on Steaua Bucharest stadium on Thursday. The six referees are from
\nRussia. <\/p>\n

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\n <\/p>\n

In Group J,
\nGermany has already secured qualification to the World Cup, where the winners
\nof each preliminary group can qualify. The ten teams in second position and the
\nbest-ranked two teams in Nations League, other than those in second position in
\nthe preliminaries, will play playoff matches to secure qualification. <\/p>\n

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\n <\/p>\n

Germany
\ncurrently tops the league tables with 21 points, followed by Romania with 13 points, North Macedonia and Armenia each with 12 points, Iceland with 8 points
\nand Liechtenstein with 1 point. (VP)<\/p>\n


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