Football Euro 2012 News: France versus Romania – Preview (Part 3)
The player that should be watched from Romania is Razvan Rat and yes that is his real name, so one thing is for sure, and that is his name going down in the history books as one of the most amusing footballer names.
The 29 year old has snatched 70 caps in 10 years and has done so in establishing his importance too the national side. The left back loves to play as a forward therefore; he is the typical player that can be used at the “Roberto Carlos” position.
His career with Shakhtar Donetsk has been impressive and he has played in a number of different positions. He is also known to be useful in the midfield as bring the ball from the flanks and plays excellent through balls.
His stealing ability matches to that of a ninja and therefore he is an important player who orchestrates a counter attack.
One of the most interesting things to watch in the match will be the competition between Florent Malouda and Mirel Radoi.
Malouda has been in superb form for Chelsea this season, has produced 6 goals in 7 matches. He has been a constant threat to the opposition and has made it very hard to control him. His pace along with stunning dribbling and finishing skills have left everyone
in awe and now that he is give n the captaincy responsibility, more weight to perform is on his shoulder than ever before. It is expected that he will play a much more creative game.
The right back of Romania, Radoi on the other hand is a 29 year old who has more than just a lot of caps for his country under his belt. Tagging along with the unique ability to perform when necessary his form and persistence with Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia
has earned him the nickname “The Warrior”. He will certainly be looking to stop Malouda in his tracks and what happens from there will be a clash not to miss.
At the moment, France have massive advantage even if the home ground factor is left out. They have 13 men that were included in the original squad of the FIFA 2010 World Cup. In addition, Romania is at their worst performance in FIFA as they are enlisted
to the 46th rank, which is a long way from their best in September 1997.
France has also never been defeated by Romania but the 4 of the last 6 matches have resulted in a draw and this includes when both teams faced the last time in the FIFA 2010 World Cup qualify stages.
In the end this has to be a must win for France otherwise they will have to face a lot difficulty in leaving the Stade de France Stadium.
The starting line up of France includes: 1 Hugo Lloris (Goal Keeper), 5 Philippe Mexes (Defender), 2 Anthony Reveillere (Defender), 22 Gaël Clichy (Defender), 4 Adil Rami (Defender), 15 Florent Malouda (Midfielder), 18 Alou Diarra (Midfielder), 11 Samir
Nasri (Midfielder), 20 Mathieu Valbuena (Midfielder), 17 Yann M'Vila (Midfielder) and 10 Karim Benzema (Forward).
The substitution list of France includes: 16 Steve Mandanda (Goal Keeper), 3 Mamadou Sakho (Defender), 8 Yoann Gourcuff (Midfielder), 6 Lassana Diarra (Midfielder), 14 Dimitrie Payet (Forward), 7 Loic Remy (Forward) and 9 Guillaume Hoarau (Forward).
The starting line up of Romania includes: 12 Costel Pantilimon (Goal Keeper), 5 Cristian Chivu (Defender), 6 Mirel Matei Radoi (Defender), 3 Razvan Dinca Rat (Defender), 4 Gabriel Sebastian Tamas (Defender), 2 Cristian Sapunaru (Defender), 20 Ianis Zicu
(Midfielder), 11 Razvan Cocis (Midfielder), 10 Gheorghe Mihai Florescu (Midfielder), 21 Daniel George Niculae (Forward) and 19 Bogdan Stancu (Forward).
The substitution list of Romania includes: 1 Bogdan Lobont (Goal Keeper), 22 Vasile Maftei (Defender), 18 Stefan Andrei Radu (Defender), 8 Ciprian Deac (Midfielder), 14 Mihai Roman (Midfielder), 9 Ciprian Marica (Forward) and 7 Marius Bilasco (Forward).
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