Romania take on the visitors Slovenia in a friendly international match. The match will be played on Thursday, November 17th.
Romania was good in the 90s of the last century. Then there were the maximum results when it turned out to get to the quarterfinals - first at the 1994 World Cup, and in 2000 - also at the Euro. After that, there were 2 appearances at the continental tournament, in 2008 and 2016, and then without leaving the group. Last year, in the qualification, the "yellows" managed to lose the dispute for the 2nd place of North Macedonia by 1 point. After that, the mentor changed, but Edward Yordenescu showed himself much worse than his father in the same post (although he also had players of a completely different class at his disposal). It seems that the results in the League of Nations were not a failure, they took 7 points there. But Montenegro had the same number, and according to additional indicators, it was the Romanians who fell to last place, which is why they will have to play in the C division in the next draw.
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Slovenia at one time, at the beginning of the century, gave a strong segment, and due to the ability to win in playoff fights. Both Ukrainians and Russians suffered from this then in the playoffs. Moreover, even now there are players of a fairly high level - Mevlja, Verbic, Kurtic, Bijol, Zajc and, most importantly, Oblak, although he is not at his peak now, like the rest of Atlético. But at the same time, in the qualification it turns out to take 4th, maximum 3rd place in the qualifying groups. So it was last year, when it was possible to create some sensations, but in the end there were no chances to compete for the leading positions either with the Croats or with the Russians. And within the framework of the League of Nations, Matyazh Kek's wards were able to score only 6 points - but this was enough to get ahead of the crisis in Sweden. Let's remember that Ilicic retired, but even last year he was a kind of "motor" on the field. It is worth noting that now the coaching staff has called the almost “combat” squad. There are only 3 players who do not have the experience of playing at this level, and a couple of them are young goalkeepers.
Although Slovenia is quite young, including in terms of football, it has already managed to play 7 matches with its neighbors. At first there were 2 draws with the victory of "fantier", then the Romanians won three times. But in 2012, they again lost in a fun shootout 3-4. Bookmakers believe that Romania has a chance to win - it plays at home. But this is a friendly match between rather mediocre teams so we expect less than 2.5 goals scored.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 scored goals.
