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{\an8}It's time to hear the story from us.
The story of the golden generation.
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Balint, Lăcătuș, they were such players...
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Romania has been a great power in football
for two decades.
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In the 80s at the team level,
and in the 90s at the national team level.
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We qualified for the 1990 World Cup
and passed the groups.
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We qualified for the quarterfinals
at the 1994 World Cup.
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Hagi is the king of football.
This is my opinion. The king.
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Whoever said that, said it right.
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We qualified for Euro 96,
we passed the groups at the 1998 World Cup
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and we reached
the quarterfinals of Euro 2000.
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And we beat England whenever they played
against us. That means something.
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Romania!
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I was there for everything,
as a footballer or in the technical staff,
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and I really liked it
when I was hearing "Go, Romania!"
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Take one, date 19.
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{\an8}At team level, the 80s and 90s
were the best years in Romanian football.
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With Romanian players and coaches,
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with the playing fields
that don't exist anymore,
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training on clay surfaces,
which no longer exist today,
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without proper medication,
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without having a clue
about food, nutritionist, etc.
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Without a possibility for coaches
and even the players
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to be able to learn
what was happening abroad...
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{\an8}There were fantastic things
which our football managed to do.
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{\an8}But they seemed normal to us,
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{\an8}because we've grown up with those things
since childhood,
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due to the fact that we were playing
in very demanding sport clubs
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and which had created competitive teams.
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Our main opponents, especially after '84,
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were Craiova and Dinamo teams.
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Exactly as Mr. Valentin Ceaușescu
was saying,
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because we were joking sometimes
and saying,
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{\an8}"Well, how good would it be
if Dinamo would be dissolved,
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{\an8}and have no one to fight with
for the championship..."
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I remember him saying
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"Well, if we don't have teams
to fight domestically,
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rest assured that the international
accomplishments won't come either".
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And he was very right.
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Steaua's achievement was born
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after the achievement
of the University of Craiova team,
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when the big team
of the University of Craiova
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{\an8}was getting another performance
in the European Cups.
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{\an8}Steaua's performance was born also
thanks to Dinamo football club.
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When we started the 1985 championship
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and the European campaign,
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he said at one point,
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"This year I want us
to win the Champions Cup."
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That made me laugh.
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Mr. Valentin said:
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"Yes, why are you laughing?
Because that's what I want."
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And I thought to myself that,
maybe, that's how it should be.
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{\an8}He was like a psychologist.
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{\an8}Even though teams back then
didn't have those, we did.
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At home games we were starting
to be unstoppable.
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Basically, it was 1-0
from the out corridor.
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Before we got out on the field,
the opponent team was already feeling
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that they would begin the match
with a handicap.
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When we played Anderlecht,
we started hard on them.
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We scored quickly, as we already
used to do in Ghencea Stadium.
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The supporters were incredible
and we made it to the finals...
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we were qualified for the final
in Seville.
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Mr. Jenei used to say,
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"Well, guys, what else can they do
besides defeating us?"
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So, he was encouraging us with that.
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They can't do anything worse
besides defeating us.
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The ball doesn't get tired. Pass the ball,
because it doesn't get tired.
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...continues with its last part,
the penalty shootout.
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When we gathered in the midfield,
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I remember that a lot
of more experienced players,
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they had already started slowly
to take off their shoes,
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their shin pads, they had cramps...
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You have to know your players.
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{\an8}What player isn't nervous
when he takes the penalty kick?
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Strikes! And Urruti saves it!
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Duckadam saves it too!
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Well done, Duckadam!
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Lăcătuș asked me, over his shoulder:
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"Dude, what are we doing? Are you in?
Are we taking it too?"
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Fantastic!
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{\an8}And when I saw him so driven,
not to make a fool of myself, I said:
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{\an8}"It doesn't matter,
if he doesn't assign me..."
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{\an8}And I say "I'll take it, but he doesn't
ask me, don't you see? Yo, coach Emi!"
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"Do you want to become
the best coach of Europe tonight?"
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He says: "Yes!"
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"Well then, designate me and Balint."
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"What, are you crazy?
Do you want to take a penalty kick?"
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So that's what Lăcătuș said
in his madness!
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I was the kind of player
you could do anything to on the field,
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but don't take me for a fool.
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And the way Urruti was behaving,
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after saving the two penalty kicks
taken by Loți and Miți,
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I wasn't happy about it.
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Shoot... and goal!
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What Duckadam did... I didn't expect it.
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No one expected it, he didn't either,
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although it was not by chance,
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because we practiced
a lot of penalties kicks
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after each training session.
We used to make bets for 100 lei.
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Nobody ever won, only he won.
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No one could score
five out of five in a row.
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It's one thing to shoot at training,
when you have fun,
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and another when there are
60,000 whistles at the time you shoot.
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Shoot... and goal!
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Come on, Duckadam! Duckadam saves it!
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We won the Cup!
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European Champions Cup is for Bucharest!
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Meeting the fans
when we arrived in the country
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made us really realize
what we had accomplished.
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Before leaving for Seville,
we were promised an Aro car
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and if I'm not mistaken, 100,000 lei,
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which was a lot of money at the time.
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I said, "Oh, if we win the
European Champions Cup again,
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I think it's time to quit football."
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I'm offering to all of you
who played in Seville
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and to those who contributed
in organizing and preparing...
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the team,
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my warmest congratulations...
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I put a little water with sugar
on my hair, like it used to be done.
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The students at school who had big hair
were doing this too.
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I kind of hid it like this...
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Lăcătuș didn't care,
he said he wouldn't cut his hair anyway.
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At that celebration,
Ceaușescu reproached our boys,
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saying that we had to win the game
much earlier
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to spare him all the emotions,
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and all the supporters in the country.
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I was playing for two powerful clubs
during that period.
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And they were not powerful here
in Romania, they were powerful abroad,
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because we had good results
at international level.
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Steaua had played and won
a Champions League final.
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After that, they reached a semi-final,
then they reached a final again...
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At Dinamo, we had started qualifying
in the European Spring regularly,
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and we also managed to get into
a semi-final of the Cup Winners' Cup.
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In the Championship we fought
highly disputed matches
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and thus a powerful generation
was forming,
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because there was competition
and there were very high ambitions.
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We were rivals, but we were also
very good friends.
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When we were playing
for the national team,
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we had no problems with each other,
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we got along very well
we respected each other a lot.
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{\an8}In 1970, the team had its last chance
to qualify for a World Championship
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{\an8}and everybody put pressure on them.
If the team didn't qualify,
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{\an8}it didn't requalify for a World Cup,
so, there was a tremendous pressure.
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There were discussions about the players
not being passionate and focused
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in the national team,
that they saw it as a club's team.
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{\an8}Everything happened very quickly.
The 1990 World Championship came
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{\an8}and the memorable qualification
in the match against Denmark.
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I was playing for Steaua,
Răducioiu for Dinamo.
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Răducioiu was very young
at that moment, had no experience.
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He was a talented player, but he wasn't
in great shape at the time.
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Me, on the other hand, at Steaua,
I had started scoring goals.
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If you ask about feelings,
it's certain that these two matches
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represent a big test
for the Romanian national team.
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We trust that we'll qualify and we hope
to make our fans very happy.
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In our generation,
there are three players...
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who were at all the five
final tournaments:
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Hagi, Popescu and me.
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But Hagi was also there in '84.
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He was still young
at the 1984 European Championship.
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{\an8}ROMANIA -DENMARK, DECISIVE GAME
FOR 1990 WORLD CUP QUALIFICATION
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{\an8}GOOD LUCK TEAM!
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{\an8}We got the goal very quickly
and everyone probably expected...
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to lose that game and miss out
on the qualification.
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In such decisive matches,
someone always has to...
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someone has to stand out.
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When I was with the national team,
I was coming back after a long time,
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I... it crossed my mind,
I was thinking, and I said:
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"Well, destiny was always good to me".
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And there were
some important moments in life,
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because I believe a lot in destiny.
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Not in the sense
that we make our own destiny,
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but that destiny is made
for everyone, we just follow it.
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And I was thinking, "Well, what if
I would play a qualifying match?"
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So, here comes that match
that I was playing when I was little,
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in my house, with the ball
made from my mother's stockings.
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And I say "I'll score to qualify...
and I'll score"...
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It crossed my mind,
but I said, "No, it's too beautiful!"
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{\an8}Balint, Lăcătuș, they were great players,
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{\an8}and the other players
had also become very good.
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I think I gave my best performance
when I played for the national team.
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I had a discussion with Mr. Emerich Jenei
and Valentin Ceaușescu.
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I was told, in fact,
that I didn't deserve to play, like:
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"You shouldn't deserve to play tomorrow
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because your game in Denmark was poor,
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but because you played very good
in the Championship, at training,
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and in friendly games,
you'll be a starter".
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No, what he did with that goal,
that's enough for him!
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To stop! We are already in Italy.
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Coach Emi had the inspiration to begin
that game with Gabi as a starter.
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The fact that he managed
to score two goals
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was a big deal for us
and for him personally.
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Long live the team!
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Long live the team!
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{\an8}After many years, after 20 years,
we qualified once again
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{\an8}for a World Championship, in Italy,
and it was fantastic.
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Aren't we good?
Didn't we work at the big house?
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Some other time
We'll be better and better!
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We are a good, competitive team,
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and we dedicate this victory in honor
of the XIVth Congress of the Party.
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Bravo!
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Good job, Silvică!
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Long live Silviu Lung!
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Everyone goes to Melody tonight,
we don't split.
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Sure! I like women...
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Women who wear necklaces, bracelets...
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It was an enormous joy, like in Seville.
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I remember we had fun, we went out,
we drank, in the morning I was dizzy.
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I got home, the commander called me
around 7:00 in the morning,
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to tell me that I must go
on Romanian Television,
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to be in an army show,
dressed in military clothes.
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I was drunk, I couldn't even...
I was waking up, falling asleep again...
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Understanding that we too can put a flower
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in the achievements' bouquet in honor
of the XIVth Congress of the Party,
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we did our best
and fought with determination
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for the colors of the country's flag,
for the glory of Romanian sport.
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WE BUILD SOCIALISM WITH THE PEOPLE,
FOR THE PEOPLE
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CEAUȘESCU REELECTED AT XIVTH CONGRESS
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{\an8}I wanted to play with the best teams,
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{\an8}with the best players, because...
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{\an8}you meet them once in a lifetime
and the standard is so high
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{\an8}that if you don't face them now,
you won't have another chance.
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The USSR was drawn in our group.
The team was European vice-champion
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and had lost in '88 against
the Netherlands.
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We also had world champion Argentina,
with Maradona in his city, in Naples,
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and Cameroon, which, of course,
was an unknown team.
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Hagi, Popescu, Petrescu, Dumitrescu
and everyone else grew up in communism.
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{\an8}In '88 or '85 you couldn't dream that
after two matches Ajax will trade you,
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{\an8}you couldn't dream of having a yacht
or buy a car from anywhere.
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At the time, there weren't fashion models
yet, with or without boob jobs.
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You just said "Thank you" for being able
to turn a hobby into a job.
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{\an8}Most of the teams were going to Italy
more for shopping than to play football.
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{\an8}And I left with Craiova's team
on a tournament to Italy,
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where we were going to play a few matches
with second league teams.
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But actually, it was more
about hanging out and shopping.
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I saw the whole Revolution on TV
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and we returned before the New Year,
when things had settled down.
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May our soldiers be honored!
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We were extremely shocked
by what was happening in Romania,
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we saw it on Cyprus television
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and at one point we were so afraid
to go back to Romania...
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I think Ionuț remembers, I'm sure of this.
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I told him, "Ioane,
I'm not going back to Romania."
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We were so afraid.
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We were so afraid to return to Romania,
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because being the team of the Ministry
of Internal Affairs and Security,
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everyone would blame us, everyone would...
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Who knows what would happen.
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And we, the younger ones,
who were maybe more gullible,
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we were thinking about what would happen.
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"Come on, Flor, we leave here,
we stay here and go to Austria..."
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In the end, I said: "No, Ioane,
let's go back, we have parents..."
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And we returned. So...
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We arrived at Bucharest eventually,
at Otopeni airport,
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after Christmas, close to New Year.
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You know there were those events
with the people who were killed...
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the soldiers who were killed at Otopeni,
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and we also started to bring from abroad
all that we could:
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Bananas, oranges, everything
you didn't find those days.
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We brought whole packages with us
and we arrived at the airport.
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At the airport, we thought we would be,
I don't know, grabbed, arrested...
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but the people and the soldiers
who were there for days
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hugged us and kissed us.
We didn't know what else to give them.
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We had never fired a gun,
other than a water pistol.
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And I said: "What are we doing?"
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{\an8}Because they started to take weapons,
to distribute weapons.
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{\an8}Victory!
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- We won!
- We won! We are here!
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We won!
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What are we going to do
at this World Championship?
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We want Romania's national team
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to surpass what those before us
have achieved in Mexico, in the 70s,
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and bring a lot of joy
to this country, to football lovers.
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ITALY '90
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START OF WORLD CUP
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And now, an interview
with Ilie Dumitrescu. Please...
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- What?
- When?
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- Where?
- For what?
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Thanks a lot, you answered very well.
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And now, here...
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- Gică Popescu, did you change your mind?
- No.
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Good, very good... this is how we answer.
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- What about the sea?
- It's wet.
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- Italy?
- Hot.
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- And the championship?
- Tough.
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Very good. The best answer.
Mateuț won a Coca-Cola ball.
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We were thinking that at that moment
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we could play in an important
championship, earn some money,
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and be important players in Europe...
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Everyone was already thinking about that.
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And I was told by Mr. Jenei
on the day of the match against Russia:
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"Get ready to play, you must do that."
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It was still me and Răducioiu,
either me or him.
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We arrived at the stadium, in Bari.
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When we got there,
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the coach announced the team
in the locker room, with Răducioiu.
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I think that back then, Emerich Jenei
used the main players from Dinamo,
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because we were in good shape.
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If I'm not mistaken
seven starters came from Dinamo.
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It was the first match after 20 years
for Romania,
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so many Romanians had come to Bari
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and to our training camp.
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That's a whole story.
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It can't be called "training camp"
the base over there, where we stayed.
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We're not leaving here
We're not going home
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Until we win The beautiful cup!
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{\an8}And here goes Protasov...
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{\an8}I remember it was around minute 30
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and I practically hadn't made
any contribution,
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in the game, I mean,
to create good chances
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{\an8}and opportunities for my teammates.
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{\an8}I was quite dispirited
and I was really thinking
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about telling Mr. Jenei at halftime
to substitute me.
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Sabău... Lăcătuș... wasn't offside,
very good, Lăcătuș!
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Goal!
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{\an8}Marius Lăcătuș, 1-0 for Romania!
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The first goal of our team
in Italy '90! The 41st minute!
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Lăcătuș is the top striker!
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Hand ball Hidiatulin!
Right at the edge of the box!
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Apparently, Hidiatulin had his feet...
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No, it was outside the box.
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Lăcătuș strikes... goal!
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After that, my game worked out
very well the rest of the match.
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Even though I scored the second goal
from an alleged penalty.
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First of all, he had an...
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extraordinary psychological strength.
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He didn't care who was the opponent player
who was onto him. He was playing.
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After the game,
I think we got kind of arrogant,
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although we had no reason to,
because we had only won one match.
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And then, the rampage began.
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After the match against Russia,
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there were a lot of football men
from abroad, agents.
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The phones at reception were ringing
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because we didn't have phones in the room.
We were at Thelese Therme...
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{\an8}The moment when it started, sort to speak,
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{\an8}the fair for the trading
of Romanian players.
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The agents' area was filled,
with Romanians as well.
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The Becali brothers came...
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{\an8}I left with 100,000 marks cash
in my pocket for Thelese Therme
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{\an8}to have spending money.
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{\an8}In this job,
if you don't start with money,
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it's hard to make contacts.
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And I signed off most of the players
of the Romanian national team.
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And that's how the exodus
to the West began.
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When you excel, you go to the World Cup.
You are talented and good,
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so it's normal to be sought out.
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{\an8}Mircea Petrescu came to me,
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{\an8}the former agent, former CCA player
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and told me that Real Madrid
wanted to buy a center full-back.
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I wasn't famous enough
to be a Real Madrid player
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and get paid, I don't know,
$500,000 or $800,000
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or 100 or three million.
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I didn't know. And I took for granted
what the agent told me.
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Every penny I got was infinitely more
than what I got in Romania, yes?
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He gave me the contract, I said,
"Okay, let me think for two days."
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He gave me the contract
and I put it on the nightstand
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in the room I shared with Emil Săndoi,
because Emil was my roommate.
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And I remember that Emil
at one point told me:
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"Dude, sign, where do you want to go,
to the Moon? It's Real Madrid!"
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"There is no bigger team
than Real Madrid!"
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We were the first, through football,
that had the opportunity
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to go, to see, to experience,
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to face life in the west.
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As I said, I was very young.
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My temptations
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were extremely few,
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in the sense that I liked,
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I really liked, I like
and I'll always like girls.
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And this is where that confidence came in,
that told us and the supporters
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that if we won 2-0 against the USSR,
Cameroon will be a piece of cake.
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{\an8}CAMEROON-ROMANIA WC '90
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A random clear...
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We got defeated, but by the looks
of the game, we didn't deserve it.
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But that's how we are, perhaps, built,
we Romanians.
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If we are not in a desperate situation,
we don't react.
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It wasn't easy and Cameroon defeated us
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with a goal by Balint scored from offside.
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And they defeated us exactly
when the miners came to Bucharest,
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because a misfortune never comes alone.
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{\an8}JUNE 1990
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{\an8}Regarding to what was happening
in the country,
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{\an8}especially in Bucharest with the miners,
we had learnt something.
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Not how bad it was.
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The people paid more attention to football
and especially to the national team.
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In the 90s, starting with Italy
and what followed after that.
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And I think this was maybe the one...
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I think the one thing
that we were able to do for our country...
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I don't know, for the happiness
of the people back then,
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in those troubled times.
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You were playing at Naples,
you were playing in Maradona's city,
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with the world champion and it was...
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There was somehow a bigger fear
than for the other two matches.
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{\an8}Maybe it was destiny too.
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{\an8}Not to play in the first game,
and from the start in the second,
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to enter with Cameroon and score
an important goal, which mattered,
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and then to start against Argentina.
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Maybe if I hadn't played well,
I wouldn't have started against Argentina,
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the game everyone was waiting for.
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There are ten players
near the six-yards box,
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very dangerous corner kick!
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It was a match between equals.
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Hagi... switching with Lupescu...
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Lăcătuș... good cross... headed!
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Balint, headed! Goal!
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Gabi Balint! Gabi Balint had to score!
Our scorer!
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With this match, the golden generation
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that is talked about in football, began.
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I had never played
such a high-stakes game before.
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Because you're playing, for the first time
in the history of Romanian football,
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a match where you can get
past the group phase...
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and have the best performance
of a national team!
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Maradona prays to God!
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God is Romanian tonight!
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They were saying about me
that I was Maradona from the Carpathians,
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and it was a big challenge for me,
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but I think I was better than him.
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I played better
and I went in with my head held high.
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Romania qualified!
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We managed to do a very good game
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and I think that was the first,
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sort to speak, the first step, in 1990,
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the match with Argentina,
towards the great football.
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It had an important role
in the history of Romanian football.
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We taste the sweet fatigue
of the victorious end.
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"Victorious" is an understatement
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{\an8}because this equal score
brings us second place in group B.
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We were all now... seeing money...
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It was no longer that football
which I was fond of, which I loved,
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we were already thinking about money,
to have those expensive cars,
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to play in Spain, in Germany, in England,
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somewhere in a championship like those,
we were hypnotized.
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The fact that we were professionals
messed up our minds.
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After Argentina, we partied
three days and three nights
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with every man and woman
and with all the crowd,
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like it's done in Romania.
A bad thing to do.
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And that's why we didn't win the match.
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Because we didn't talk much
about that game against Ireland,
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which we lost on penalties,
because we weren't professionals.
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We were maybe a little, somehow,
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too confident that we will manage to win.
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And as time passed, we had
less and less opportunities to score
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and we reached the penalty shootout.
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We tried to do things,
we had opportunities to score,
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we didn't score,
and at the penalty shootout...
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Yes, there is a matter of chance.
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Everyone is nervous,
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with our hearts beating extremely strong...
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Daniel Timofte
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face to face with Bonner...
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Let's see...
Timofte strikes and Bonner saves it!
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Oh, boy!
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Oh, boy!
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Let's applaud however, dear viewers,
the performance of our team...
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And that was it. Unfortunately, it's over.
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I remember even now that we felt
very sorry after the match with Ireland,
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we realized we were wrong,
that we weren't fair to ourselves...
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I remember that I got a present
for myself back then, a car,
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I received some money
about 10,000 dollars,
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I got an Alfa Romeo for 7,000,
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which I regret that I sold,
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because it was a vintage car
and it was very cool.
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I think in Italy '90,
in terms of performance,
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all that could be obtained was obtained.
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The team was in the making, it was
to become the golden generation of '94.
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It was a premature trade,
so to speak, at 20 years old,
466
00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:24,440
and I disappointed, in a way,
the supporters of Dinamo in Bucharest,
467
00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:27,040
and the supporters in the country.
468
00:34:27,639 --> 00:34:31,480
I may have annoyed them a little,
but what I can say
469
00:34:35,199 --> 00:34:36,840
is that I thank them nevertheless
470
00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:39,760
that they were by my side
for better or for worse.
471
00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:42,719
A message for girls in Romania,
for these admirers
472
00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:46,239
who write hundreds of letters
to our editorial office and to Dinamo,
473
00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:47,920
we believe that at home too...
474
00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:50,560
Do you promise
you won't get married in Italy?
475
00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:53,800
I'm not even thinking
about that for the time being.
476
00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:58,120
The question... I'm not thinking about that.
477
00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:00,640
I promise, I can't do such a thing.
478
00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:03,520
I'm going there to play,
to do something else, it's another job.
479
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:05,440
The years after the Revolution
480
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:12,160
{\an8}were those when you had to talk
to generals, to colonels in uniform,
481
00:35:12,720 --> 00:35:15,760
{\an8}because they were all departmental clubs,
you realize, right?
482
00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:18,800
And there was a major or a colonel
483
00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:24,440
saying that he wanted to come
to Barcelona with the family, with...
484
00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:27,000
someone...
485
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:33,320
It was the Wild West
of the communist East.
486
00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:35,240
I remember some people's queues
in freedom.
487
00:35:35,240 --> 00:35:38,120
It's very interesting
to stand in line in freedom,
488
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:42,080
with the feeling that you are in
for something good,
489
00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:43,960
for something that you'll also get,
490
00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:46,120
because before you didn't know
if you would get.
491
00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:47,920
King Mihai!
492
00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:52,880
What else do I remember?
I remember the arrival of King Mihai...
493
00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:59,760
I remember Michael Jackson's concert.
I went to this concert.
494
00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:03,280
I didn't want to go, it was a job duty.
495
00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:06,040
On the list of his conquests,
496
00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:09,760
Michael Jackson added a new victim:
The Romanian fan.
497
00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:14,320
Girls, can I ask you
what is the reason for your sadness?
498
00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:18,360
He's gone and I'm sure
that he'll never come again!
499
00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:22,200
It was probably a new thing for all of us.
500
00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:25,760
To go abroad, to adapt
to everything that was there,
501
00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:28,920
to all the things over there.
We were used differently
502
00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:32,280
and suddenly there they were,
things probably happened too soon.
503
00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:36,240
It was seen that we weren't ourselves
504
00:36:36,240 --> 00:36:39,600
{\an8}at the level that we played
at the 1990 World Cup.
505
00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:46,040
I mean, our games for the European
Championship qualification
506
00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:47,680
weren't some of the bests.
507
00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:50,640
When the press gained power,
greater problems started.
508
00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:52,240
It wasn’t like that before.
509
00:36:52,240 --> 00:36:55,680
After Ceaușescu,
the press was still OK, calm.
510
00:36:56,440 --> 00:37:00,680
But when it started to be more aggressive,
then the big problems started too.
511
00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:04,840
They were publishing things...
right ones, but also wrong ones.
512
00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:10,760
'93 was a decisive year,
513
00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:12,320
kind of like to be or not to be.
514
00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:18,600
We had to change coach Cornel Dinu
to shock the team
515
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:24,280
and to create an extra perspective
regarding the chance for qualification.
516
00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:29,240
We had started well, we lost at Kosice,
we had the executive committee,
517
00:37:29,240 --> 00:37:33,240
the change was decided,
and we brought Iordănescu
518
00:37:33,240 --> 00:37:37,800
who, as we talked about, introduced
a little military discipline.
519
00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:41,320
Until a certain point, I think that no one
520
00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:46,440
could blame Cornel Dinu in terms of game,
accumulated points...
521
00:37:46,440 --> 00:37:50,760
But probably, there came
the game in Czechoslovakia,
522
00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:54,400
where our playing performance
was horrible.
523
00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:57,240
I mean, even we didn't expect
524
00:37:57,240 --> 00:38:02,240
to play football so bad.
525
00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:06,920
And maybe, who knows, I still believe
526
00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:11,280
that the leadership
of the federation at that time
527
00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:15,280
couldn't wait to see
a negative result of Mr. Dinu.
528
00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:17,120
I don't know the reasons why.
529
00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:18,680
Then came Anghel Iordănescu,
530
00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:23,240
who certainly had the best reputation
as a national team coach,
531
00:38:23,240 --> 00:38:25,760
because when you take the team so close
532
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:28,360
to a World Cup semi-final,
533
00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:32,320
you are placed very high.
534
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:37,480
Mr. Puiu was a person with...
535
00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:40,520
a coach with an incredible personality.
536
00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:46,320
And to keep the players in check
as we kept were back then,
537
00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:49,800
with players from Barcelona,
Valencia, Leverkusen,
538
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:53,840
almost all from good teams,
you must have a certain personality.
539
00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:54,800
And he had it.
540
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:59,480
They said I was a tough coach,
a severe one.
541
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:01,480
It's not true.
542
00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:09,040
I was a demanding coach.
I was very close to my players.
543
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:11,600
I was glad when I came
to the national team.
544
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:13,160
I couldn't wait to be called.
545
00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:21,080
To use the word "family"...
546
00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:26,640
It was a... I don't know
if "family" is appropriate,
547
00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:30,320
but there was a relationship
filled with respect and of... I don't know,
548
00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:34,520
a beautiful, true and pure friendship...
549
00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:43,640
How the Cypriot players closed the game,
how they blocked...
550
00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:47,480
So, Rush was all the time
with Constantino.
551
00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:49,040
Constantino stood behind him,
552
00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:52,640
and you will see that he didn't move,
didn't leave him.
553
00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:58,160
There was a gap between the two.
Ioannou is the one... Stancas, sorry.
554
00:39:58,160 --> 00:39:59,400
And Sanders...
555
00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:01,400
Before Cardiff, they were...
556
00:40:02,240 --> 00:40:04,200
extremely focused
557
00:40:04,720 --> 00:40:07,040
and we were afraid that they would froze.
558
00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:08,480
They didn't even talk much,
559
00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:12,760
probably, in their rooms,
560
00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:18,040
but trainings were going perfectly,
without any argument, without any fuss,
561
00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:22,000
without fouls or...
What can I say, they were focused,
562
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:24,840
and I think they felt, as we also wished,
563
00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:28,920
they felt that they were close
to a World Cup qualification.
564
00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:46,000
It was as if my legs were heavier
in the beginning,
565
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:47,600
as if they didn't work,
566
00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:51,440
because there was a tension
and when you are tense...
567
00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:55,080
and having to run... it's a little harder.
568
00:40:55,080 --> 00:41:00,080
But after five or ten minutes,
we saw that we could again.
569
00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:04,560
Gică was outstanding with that shot.
570
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:06,800
Gică Hagi... Goal!
571
00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:12,760
There are moments in life,
572
00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:18,440
that can change the fate
of a generation, a person's fate,
573
00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:22,560
the fate of a team... and that's
what happened to us with that penalty.
574
00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:25,840
The score was 1-1
when they had a penalty kick...
575
00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:28,040
Crossbar!
576
00:41:30,720 --> 00:41:33,640
Once again, we got lucky!
What a dramatic game!
577
00:41:33,640 --> 00:41:36,440
Had he scored, would there have been
a golden generation?
578
00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:40,000
I believe so, because
it would have ended 3-2 for us.
579
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:42,800
Because if he had scored,
we would have had the power,
580
00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:47,440
we would have been so strong
to have reversed the result,
581
00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:51,680
regardless if they scored
from the penalty or not.
582
00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:56,120
No way we could have done it
without the help of God.
583
00:41:56,640 --> 00:42:00,400
Ilie Dumitrescu...
Once again, Ilie Dumitrescu...
584
00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:04,280
pass to Răducioiu... Goal!
585
00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:14,960
It's true, I had already demonstrated
that I was a much more mature player,
586
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:19,560
much more pragmatic, realistic,
much stronger mentally,
587
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:24,280
and I really managed to score nine goals
in five matches.
588
00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:27,920
They are basically numbers
that make you laugh today.
589
00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:31,200
I mean that nowadays, the great players
score in a season
590
00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:34,160
or in the qualifiers over 15-20 goals.
591
00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:38,520
I became the top scorer in Europe
with nine goals, not so many,
592
00:42:38,520 --> 00:42:41,160
in front of much greater players
593
00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:44,600
like Klinsmann, Chapuisat, Roberto Baggio...
594
00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:47,600
I also have my place in this...
595
00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:50,880
Mount Olympus of footballers,
among the great Romanian players.
596
00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:56,000
Radule, good job!
597
00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:09,120
ROMANIA - WALES 2-1
598
00:43:09,640 --> 00:43:13,920
I think that was the strongest squad
of the national team.
599
00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:16,120
When Sabău also played.
600
00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:18,920
I couldn't have accomplished anything
601
00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:22,560
without this genius called Gică Hagi.
602
00:43:23,120 --> 00:43:26,840
Next to him Ilie Dumitrescu,
with whom I have a special relationship
603
00:43:26,840 --> 00:43:32,800
and he is a dear friend of mine...
Yes, I managed to have this performance.
604
00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:35,320
I mean, I'm proud of myself.
605
00:43:35,320 --> 00:43:39,480
Honestly, I have... yeah, I'm thinking, wow!
606
00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:42,600
If you win and you are a winner,
607
00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:45,280
the opponent has no option
but to respect you.
608
00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:49,560
If not, I don't think...
So basically, the results count.
609
00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:04,000
Don't worry, it's OK.
610
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:05,400
Good job!
611
00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:11,480
Come on, Lăcătușu! Lăcătușu!
612
00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:17,200
You play seven games
in the World Cup qualifiers
613
00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:19,360
with a coach from Dinamo.
614
00:44:19,360 --> 00:44:21,680
Then comes a coach who was your teammate
615
00:44:21,680 --> 00:44:25,640
in the Champions Cup's final
616
00:44:26,280 --> 00:44:30,360
and you don't play in none of the matches...
617
00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:33,560
You don't play in any
of the remaining three matches,
618
00:44:33,560 --> 00:44:36,320
and you're not even going
to the World Cup...
619
00:44:36,320 --> 00:44:41,080
I don't think there is a man
who could simply get over it
620
00:44:41,080 --> 00:44:44,400
and say: "That didn't leave a scar".
It hurts!
621
00:44:44,880 --> 00:44:48,480
And mostly when, perhaps, these things
came from the people who,
622
00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:51,880
as coaches, were the closest to me.
623
00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:05,280
We also went through
a more special situation after the match,
624
00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:09,480
{\an8}when, even though
we were victorious and joyful,
625
00:45:10,640 --> 00:45:12,920
{\an8}we were considered felons
626
00:45:12,920 --> 00:45:18,680
{\an8}by the way we were treated
back then at Cardiff airport.
627
00:45:18,680 --> 00:45:21,680
They kept us in the airport
for about four or five hours.
628
00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:24,920
During the match, it seems that
629
00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:30,760
a firecracker or mini-bomb
hit someone somewhere,
630
00:45:30,760 --> 00:45:33,800
and it was thought that it came
from the Romanian fans' area.
631
00:45:33,800 --> 00:45:38,640
And as a reward for winning the match,
they kept us for about four hours.
632
00:45:38,640 --> 00:45:42,240
Instead of drinking properly,
we had to stay in the airport.
633
00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:48,760
Come on, finish it already, you bastards!
634
00:45:50,760 --> 00:45:55,360
ROMANIAN DELEGATION WAS BRUTALIZED
BY THE ORANGUTANS OF WELSH POLICE
635
00:45:55,360 --> 00:45:57,680
Welcome, congratulations!
636
00:45:57,680 --> 00:45:59,120
Thank you!
637
00:45:59,120 --> 00:46:01,640
- You must be dead tired.
- Close enough.
638
00:46:02,200 --> 00:46:03,000
They did it.
639
00:46:03,000 --> 00:46:07,280
They were angry because they lost.
That was probably what they came up with.
640
00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:08,640
Of course. Welcome!
641
00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:11,000
- And why did they do this?
- They harassed you.
642
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:39,480
George Păunescu promised
before the game against Wales
643
00:46:40,200 --> 00:46:43,000
a Mercedes in case
644
00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:46,840
the national team qualifies
at the World Championship.
645
00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:50,800
Even though I didn't play
in that game against Wales,
646
00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:55,040
Mr. Păunescu said
that he gave the Mercedes
647
00:46:55,680 --> 00:47:00,440
based on the players' attendance
throughout the qualification campaign.
648
00:47:02,080 --> 00:47:07,160
Maybe, somehow, Mr. Puiu
misunderstood the fact
649
00:47:07,160 --> 00:47:11,360
that I received the car from Mr. Păunescu
650
00:47:11,360 --> 00:47:17,360
and he didn't.
As if I would have told Mr. Păunescu
651
00:47:17,360 --> 00:47:21,520
that if he didn't take me
to the World Cup not to give him a car,
652
00:47:21,520 --> 00:47:26,280
because I had a closer relationship
with Viorel Păunescu
653
00:47:26,280 --> 00:47:29,640
and therefore with Mr. George Păunescu.
654
00:47:29,640 --> 00:47:31,880
I just wonder...
655
00:47:32,680 --> 00:47:36,160
When some of them,
656
00:47:36,160 --> 00:47:40,400
who played three games, got 80,000 dollars
657
00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:47,080
and I got 9,000 with seven games,
was I to be pitied?
658
00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:52,600
I wouldn't have wanted this
but, for the sake of discussion,
659
00:47:52,600 --> 00:47:56,920
I think it's good for them too to know
about how much Marius Lăcătuș got
660
00:47:56,920 --> 00:47:59,400
for those qualifiers,
661
00:47:59,880 --> 00:48:02,320
who took the national team
at the World Cup.
662
00:48:02,840 --> 00:48:04,480
He didn't take Lăcătuș.
663
00:48:05,160 --> 00:48:07,680
This is one of Iordănescu's big mistakes.
664
00:48:08,520 --> 00:48:11,400
Lăcătuș had his place there.
Even if he wouldn't play,
665
00:48:11,400 --> 00:48:14,520
he was a player who had to be
at the World Championship.
666
00:48:15,200 --> 00:48:18,280
Because he played in the qualifiers,
667
00:48:18,280 --> 00:48:24,200
he was a player who in 1990, '92, '93
668
00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:26,440
was a binder
for the national team players.
669
00:48:26,440 --> 00:48:32,200
A coach makes mistakes, that's clear.
And I personally have a big regret.
670
00:48:33,280 --> 00:48:38,320
At that Championship in the United States,
Marius Lăcătuș wasn't present.
671
00:48:39,240 --> 00:48:43,360
I am the only responsible for that
and I have done him a great injustice.
672
00:48:56,080 --> 00:49:00,400
We left almost a month
before the start of the Championship.
673
00:49:00,400 --> 00:49:03,000
First game... we went to Italy first.
674
00:49:03,640 --> 00:49:06,280
After that, after two weeks,
we arrived in the US...
675
00:49:18,720 --> 00:49:22,200
The going out to Disneyland
was extremely interesting for us,
676
00:49:22,200 --> 00:49:27,720
it was kind of a team-building
sort to speak,
677
00:49:27,720 --> 00:49:30,000
we did silly things over there...
678
00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:33,920
Now I remember I had a cap with a bra.
679
00:49:35,600 --> 00:49:37,920
I think one of them chose it for me.
"Take this cap."
680
00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:40,400
There were
all kinds of silly things there...
681
00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:43,040
They put on masks, they put all kinds of...
682
00:49:43,600 --> 00:49:47,080
I think I put... I don't know what mask
I was wearing... I had one too...
683
00:49:48,160 --> 00:49:49,680
- The actors!
- Wait!
684
00:49:52,080 --> 00:49:53,680
Let me see who you are.
685
00:49:59,360 --> 00:50:00,360
Hello?
686
00:50:00,840 --> 00:50:04,400
When I saw the group we were in,
I thought we would be coming home soon.
687
00:50:07,160 --> 00:50:10,040
Everyone saw Colombia as the favorite,
the world champion.
688
00:50:10,040 --> 00:50:13,040
They had some fantastic players
at the time:
689
00:50:13,040 --> 00:50:16,400
Asprilla, Valderama, Rincon, Cordoba...
690
00:50:17,320 --> 00:50:21,240
they were players who excelled in Europe.
691
00:50:26,040 --> 00:50:28,160
Stay here and narrow it down...
692
00:50:28,160 --> 00:50:32,560
After studying the Colombia team,
we were really scared.
693
00:50:32,560 --> 00:50:36,080
I was sharing a room with Popescu
and night after night we talked
694
00:50:36,080 --> 00:50:39,160
about how we could defeat them,
because it would be very difficult.
695
00:50:39,160 --> 00:50:43,440
{\an8}There were moments when Mr. Puiu,
Mr. Iordănescu,
696
00:50:43,440 --> 00:50:45,400
{\an8}was telling us even what the opponent ate.
697
00:50:45,400 --> 00:50:47,080
So, we knew everything about our opponent.
698
00:50:47,080 --> 00:50:49,000
He wrote a note,
699
00:50:49,800 --> 00:50:53,640
{\an8}a summary more like it,
for each opponent player
700
00:50:53,640 --> 00:50:55,440
and pinned them in their rooms.
701
00:50:56,720 --> 00:50:59,160
And to Prodan, my godson,
702
00:51:00,280 --> 00:51:05,640
an extraordinary boy, it's a pity
that God took him early, Asprilla.
703
00:51:06,480 --> 00:51:09,320
Asprilla was an extraordinary forward:
704
00:51:09,320 --> 00:51:14,240
Got speed, kicked with both legs,
dribbling, strength...
705
00:51:15,040 --> 00:51:19,440
and Didi looked at what was written there...
706
00:51:19,440 --> 00:51:23,480
"Well, Mr. Puiu, but that one
doesn't have a thing, a weakness?"
707
00:51:23,480 --> 00:51:26,320
-"Well, he's a little afraid."
- Why don't you say so?"
708
00:51:26,320 --> 00:51:29,440
And after the first tackle,
he stopped coming to Didi.
709
00:51:29,440 --> 00:51:33,280
He was going to the left, to the right.
Didi was in the center and defending
710
00:51:33,280 --> 00:51:36,440
with all the center full-backs,
which were quite a few.
711
00:51:44,360 --> 00:51:48,720
Gică Hagi, we wish you
and all the players, good luck.
712
00:51:48,720 --> 00:51:52,640
Thank you
and don't worry, it will be fine.
713
00:51:53,600 --> 00:51:58,480
When we entered the locker room,
we were all a bit like...
714
00:51:59,480 --> 00:52:02,280
we had those emotions before the match...
715
00:52:02,280 --> 00:52:06,480
and Gică saw that and he told us:
716
00:52:09,120 --> 00:52:12,160
"Guys, rely on me today,
717
00:52:12,160 --> 00:52:17,000
please rely on me
because I can win this match."
718
00:52:17,720 --> 00:52:23,200
Look, I'm getting goosebumps.
And that's exactly what happened.
719
00:52:27,280 --> 00:52:30,160
They say, and from my experience
I can confirm this,
720
00:52:30,160 --> 00:52:33,440
that the first match is very important
at such a final tournament.
721
00:52:33,440 --> 00:52:39,880
And we started extremely well...
722
00:52:45,040 --> 00:52:48,280
My first goal
is due to the fact that Gică Mihali
723
00:52:48,280 --> 00:52:51,400
intercepts the ball meant for Asprilla
or Rincon...
724
00:52:51,400 --> 00:52:54,040
passes to Gică Hagi and from there
725
00:52:54,040 --> 00:52:56,880
the action develops and ends with a goal.
726
00:52:57,680 --> 00:53:00,200
This spirit of sacrifice
which the guys have had all along,
727
00:53:00,200 --> 00:53:04,480
because I know, I've been there,
up close, I know what it meant,
728
00:53:04,480 --> 00:53:07,080
I know how focused they had to be,
729
00:53:07,080 --> 00:53:09,400
not to make unnecessary fouls...
730
00:53:09,400 --> 00:53:13,520
{\an8}I had an opponent, a forward, Valencia,
who was playing at Bayern Munich,
731
00:53:13,520 --> 00:53:16,560
and when you looked at him,
believe me, you were a little scared.
732
00:53:16,560 --> 00:53:19,760
Because he had a serious face
and his hair... he was aggressive.
733
00:53:19,760 --> 00:53:23,880
And he was always talking and swearing
and was spiting and provoking me.
734
00:53:26,360 --> 00:53:27,240
Perez.
735
00:53:30,680 --> 00:53:35,840
Valencia struck and Bogdan Stelea
cleared with an extraordinary reflex!
736
00:53:35,840 --> 00:53:38,920
Well done, Bogdan! Minute 19!
737
00:53:38,920 --> 00:53:41,680
I was upset, because I had played
the last match at Cardiff.
738
00:53:41,680 --> 00:53:43,760
{\an8}And I was a substitute.
I started mumbling.
739
00:53:43,760 --> 00:53:46,000
{\an8}Stelică would have done it too
if he wasn't playing.
740
00:53:46,000 --> 00:53:47,560
{\an8}We didn't like it,
although we were friends,
741
00:53:47,560 --> 00:53:50,480
{\an8}and we were still bickering at trainings.
742
00:53:50,480 --> 00:53:55,120
I was the player in charge
to annihilate the best player
743
00:53:56,000 --> 00:53:57,200
of our opponent.
744
00:53:57,200 --> 00:54:02,040
We are in the 23rd minute
of the first half, Romania-Colombia 1-0
745
00:54:02,640 --> 00:54:05,280
and there's another corner kick
for Colombians
746
00:54:05,280 --> 00:54:10,400
and the ball... extraordinary
saving by Stelea in front of...
747
00:54:10,400 --> 00:54:14,320
{\an8}Stelică was incredible.
From a young age he worked...
748
00:54:14,320 --> 00:54:16,600
I was looking at him
and I couldn't believe it.
749
00:54:16,600 --> 00:54:18,480
Actually, that's what counted.
750
00:54:19,400 --> 00:54:22,600
He was talented,
but not very very talented,
751
00:54:22,600 --> 00:54:25,120
and by working hard,
he did extraordinary things.
752
00:54:25,760 --> 00:54:27,560
My performance was appreciated then
753
00:54:27,560 --> 00:54:32,320
but it was normal to be appreciated more...
754
00:54:32,320 --> 00:54:35,720
Okay, the goal Hagi scores...
755
00:54:39,040 --> 00:54:41,800
{\an8}I've only seen him scoring goals
like these,
756
00:54:41,800 --> 00:54:43,360
{\an8}because he did it afterwards.
757
00:54:43,360 --> 00:54:47,000
It would have been awkward
not to talk more about that goal.
758
00:54:47,000 --> 00:54:49,840
From my point of view, it's a masterpiece.
759
00:54:49,840 --> 00:54:51,600
Let's see what will happen next.
760
00:54:55,200 --> 00:54:58,720
Extraordinary! Goal!
761
00:54:58,720 --> 00:55:00,920
Hagi!
762
00:55:02,040 --> 00:55:06,960
{\an8}-And goal, Hagi!
- Hagi! The 23rd goal scored for Romania.
763
00:55:06,960 --> 00:55:08,560
{\an8}2-0 for Romania!
764
00:55:08,560 --> 00:55:13,240
Gică Hagi managed to catch
the Colombian goalkeeper Cordoba
765
00:55:13,240 --> 00:55:16,400
out of the goal,
which he also tried a bit earlier...
766
00:55:17,480 --> 00:55:21,040
For example, I knew that the goalkeeper
wasn't defending the goal
767
00:55:21,040 --> 00:55:23,360
and then we prepared slowly...
768
00:55:24,040 --> 00:55:28,200
We prepared our success step by step,
which came in the field at some point.
769
00:55:35,680 --> 00:55:38,080
And a goal scored by Colombia...
770
00:55:40,040 --> 00:55:41,760
When we had to attack, we knew what to do,
771
00:55:41,760 --> 00:55:44,120
when we had to dominate,
we knew how to do it,
772
00:55:44,120 --> 00:55:45,560
so practically we were complete.
773
00:55:45,560 --> 00:55:47,400
We were complete.
We were ready for anything.
774
00:55:47,400 --> 00:55:53,360
Seven players
who could play defensively very well
775
00:55:53,360 --> 00:55:56,280
and three forward players
that made the difference.
776
00:55:56,280 --> 00:56:00,440
So, speed, technique, vision, passes...
777
00:56:02,360 --> 00:56:04,240
I think we were among the best there.
778
00:56:04,240 --> 00:56:10,360
3-1! Florin Răducioiu scored
in the 89th minute.
779
00:56:10,880 --> 00:56:13,000
Romania-Colombia 3-1!
780
00:56:14,520 --> 00:56:18,680
Răducioiu was playing at Milan.
781
00:56:20,680 --> 00:56:22,440
So...
782
00:56:24,440 --> 00:56:27,560
to be next to Baresi, Maldini, Costacurta,
783
00:56:28,360 --> 00:56:34,600
Savicevici... I don't remember
what players were at Milan,
784
00:56:35,480 --> 00:56:41,040
so, he had grown
and had already reached a top level,
785
00:56:41,920 --> 00:56:45,160
gained a self-confidence there,
some fantastic executions.
786
00:56:45,160 --> 00:56:50,680
{\an8}Two goals in the 16th and 89th minutes,
Hagi in the 34th minute...
787
00:56:50,680 --> 00:56:56,280
Eleven, actually, 12 Romanian footballers
obtain a splendid victory,
788
00:56:56,280 --> 00:56:59,200
defeating many specialists' favorite!
789
00:57:01,520 --> 00:57:04,200
We brought great joy to the people at home
790
00:57:04,720 --> 00:57:10,560
and without exaggerating,
almost all of us here
791
00:57:10,560 --> 00:57:16,520
thought about what
a good result means for those at home,
792
00:57:16,520 --> 00:57:23,400
for those who always were
heart and soul by our side.
793
00:57:23,400 --> 00:57:28,120
An important win, a good start,
a start for the peace of mind,
794
00:57:28,120 --> 00:57:34,000
but also, probably, a mistake made
by our national team's coach.
795
00:57:34,560 --> 00:57:39,120
I made a decision to celebrate that match
796
00:57:39,120 --> 00:57:42,520
with families,
797
00:57:42,520 --> 00:57:46,600
with friends,
close relatives of the players,
798
00:57:46,600 --> 00:57:51,280
including my family, my wife.
The extended party
799
00:57:52,480 --> 00:57:57,920
and, probably, the more casual program
for our boys
800
00:57:57,920 --> 00:58:02,640
were all felt in the second match
against Switzerland.
801
00:58:04,760 --> 00:58:07,200
IN CLUJ, YOUNGSTERS DOVE FULLY DRESSED
802
00:58:07,200 --> 00:58:10,120
IN THE FOUNTAIN
IN FRONT OF AVRAM IANCU'S STATUE
803
00:58:10,120 --> 00:58:13,680
I also want to experience, why not,
804
00:58:13,680 --> 00:58:17,840
those moments which hundreds of thousands,
maybe millions of Romanians
805
00:58:17,840 --> 00:58:20,480
experienced in those years
by going out in the street,
806
00:58:20,480 --> 00:58:22,760
to enjoy a...
807
00:58:24,320 --> 00:58:27,520
a great success like the one we had.
808
00:58:27,520 --> 00:58:30,720
Here is... I don't know,
I hope to live until then
809
00:58:30,720 --> 00:58:32,960
and experience those moments,
810
00:58:32,960 --> 00:58:36,600
because football lives due to them,
due to all these football fans...
811
00:58:36,600 --> 00:58:39,720
May be honored!
Our players may be honored!
812
00:58:39,720 --> 00:58:42,880
Hagi!
813
00:58:44,760 --> 00:58:48,480
Yes, we were shown how the people
were chanting on the street...
814
00:58:49,160 --> 00:58:51,840
When you do well, everyone praises you.
815
00:58:52,720 --> 00:58:55,200
After the Columbia match euphoria,
you can imagine.
816
00:58:55,200 --> 00:58:58,120
The only one who wasn't euphoric
was the coach, naturally.
817
00:58:58,640 --> 00:59:00,640
And today I know this, as I'm a coach too.
818
00:59:00,640 --> 00:59:03,160
After a win, I'm the only one
who's not euphoric.
819
00:59:03,800 --> 00:59:06,360
He wanted to keep us down to earth,
but we were very happy,
820
00:59:06,360 --> 00:59:08,640
we were like "that's it, we're the best".
821
00:59:08,640 --> 00:59:11,280
We knew that Colombia
was an extraordinary team
822
00:59:12,280 --> 00:59:17,920
and maybe, with Switzerland, we started
a little bumptious, as they say,
823
00:59:17,920 --> 00:59:19,160
too confident,
824
00:59:19,840 --> 00:59:22,240
although we knew that Switzerland
was difficult.
825
00:59:29,440 --> 00:59:31,640
{\an8}Is looking for Chapuisat.
826
00:59:31,640 --> 00:59:33,680
{\an8}Sutter and is a goal this time!
827
00:59:34,480 --> 00:59:36,360
And we play against Switzerland,
828
00:59:36,360 --> 00:59:40,160
which was not today's Switzerland,
better than Romania.
829
00:59:40,160 --> 00:59:43,040
At that time, we were better,
but those conditions,
830
00:59:43,040 --> 00:59:46,480
the indoor field, the pressure, anyway,
831
00:59:47,000 --> 00:59:49,320
with the stupid things we did,
we got defeated.
832
00:59:49,800 --> 00:59:53,720
Gică Hagi with the 24th goal for Romania!
833
00:59:54,840 --> 00:59:56,360
They scored first, Gică settled the score,
834
00:59:56,360 --> 00:59:59,440
but the second goal
also had a very important role,
835
00:59:59,440 --> 01:00:01,400
because with today's VAR,
836
01:00:01,400 --> 01:00:04,320
they would say that Sforza
touched the ball with his hand.
837
01:00:04,920 --> 01:00:08,120
Formidable! Sforza prefers
to go by himself,
838
01:00:08,120 --> 01:00:11,120
very dangerous, passes to Alain Sutter...
839
01:00:11,640 --> 01:00:14,160
It's 3-1!
840
01:00:17,040 --> 01:00:18,560
And 4-1!
841
01:00:20,240 --> 01:00:26,760
Jean was sent to warm up,
then Mr. Puiu called him
842
01:00:28,000 --> 01:00:33,640
{\an8}and began to give him some pointers,
then encouraged him.
843
01:00:33,640 --> 01:00:38,480
I started telling to Basarab,
to Panduru, I say...
844
01:00:39,040 --> 01:00:43,160
"it's not good",
because I knew Jean from Pitești
845
01:00:43,160 --> 01:00:45,040
and I told him:
846
01:00:45,040 --> 01:00:49,440
{\an8}"Jean doesn't need to be motivated,
because he's always super motivated."
847
01:00:49,440 --> 01:00:55,720
{\an8}He entered and, out of desire to do well
and to help the team, he got a red card.
848
01:01:01,440 --> 01:01:06,040
At his first tackle, Jean Vlădoiu
gets hopefully
849
01:01:06,040 --> 01:01:09,040
only the yellow card... no, the red card!
850
01:01:09,800 --> 01:01:12,560
That's how I became known
at the World Championship.
851
01:01:12,560 --> 01:01:16,760
{\an8}My first World Championship in '94,
by taking that red card.
852
01:01:16,760 --> 01:01:18,480
{\an8}I didn't play for more than three minutes.
853
01:01:18,480 --> 01:01:21,120
{\an8}I think I broke a record,
something like that.
854
01:01:21,120 --> 01:01:24,480
And then, of course,
they made this decision,
855
01:01:26,120 --> 01:01:28,360
to return home early,
856
01:01:28,360 --> 01:01:31,200
because I was no longer
useful to the national team.
857
01:01:31,760 --> 01:01:34,560
{\an8}And I remember that on the plane
858
01:01:35,240 --> 01:01:38,160
{\an8}I sat next to a very nice lady,
859
01:01:38,160 --> 01:01:40,440
{\an8}who looked at me and asked:
860
01:01:40,440 --> 01:01:42,800
"Are you that person?"
861
01:01:42,800 --> 01:01:45,200
"Yes, ma'am, hello,
it's me, I'm returning home".
862
01:01:45,200 --> 01:01:48,440
"Ah, brutal... brutal foul!
You're in all the newspapers."
863
01:01:48,440 --> 01:01:51,760
And when I looked, I was like...
there were three seats and we had...
864
01:01:51,760 --> 01:01:56,760
you know that on the plane, at the middle
or at the quarter, you have newspapers.
865
01:01:56,760 --> 01:01:59,760
All the newspapers... the first
was Efenberg, I'll never forget,
866
01:01:59,760 --> 01:02:02,960
the second was Maradona,
sent due to the problems he had,
867
01:02:02,960 --> 01:02:08,040
and the third, of course, a no name
from the Romanian national team.
868
01:02:09,560 --> 01:02:13,320
Iordănescu also had this skill
869
01:02:13,320 --> 01:02:16,040
to ask you what happened,
how did it happen,
870
01:02:16,040 --> 01:02:18,120
how we felt in the field certain things.
871
01:02:20,920 --> 01:02:26,240
There was one of those things,
like a group session, a soul thing,
872
01:02:27,360 --> 01:02:29,480
we licked our wounds, yeah...
873
01:02:31,200 --> 01:02:34,400
"Heads up, we're the ones
who will fix it", that was the message.
874
01:02:34,920 --> 01:02:37,640
For the first time
since I was in the national team,
875
01:02:37,640 --> 01:02:42,520
Iordănescu talked to us
in a different way.
876
01:02:43,720 --> 01:02:46,680
I remember we went to a park
877
01:02:46,680 --> 01:02:53,320
and we started talking
about the match against Switzerland.
878
01:02:53,320 --> 01:02:56,560
And he managed to create a dialogue
879
01:02:56,560 --> 01:03:01,240
and some of us started
to speak and had their say.
880
01:03:01,240 --> 01:03:03,760
It had never happened before
in the national team,
881
01:03:03,760 --> 01:03:08,840
at least in a meeting,
when we were all there talking.
882
01:03:08,840 --> 01:03:10,440
The problem was raised by Dan Petrescu.
883
01:03:10,440 --> 01:03:17,440
He said he can't play well
as a right full-back
884
01:03:17,440 --> 01:03:21,200
if he doesn't have a midfielder
to stay always on his side.
885
01:03:21,200 --> 01:03:23,320
At the next match against America,
886
01:03:23,320 --> 01:03:25,920
he put Dorinel Munteanu
on the right, next to me.
887
01:03:26,480 --> 01:03:29,240
And God made it
so I can score the winning goal.
888
01:03:29,240 --> 01:03:30,440
So, after all,
889
01:03:30,440 --> 01:03:32,760
I think I was right
about what I wanted most,
890
01:03:32,760 --> 01:03:36,960
to have a more defensive player
next to me,
891
01:03:36,960 --> 01:03:38,760
to deliver quality...
892
01:03:38,760 --> 01:03:42,360
Strikes and goal! Goal Romania!
893
01:03:42,360 --> 01:03:45,480
Only he saw how to get it into the net,
894
01:03:45,480 --> 01:03:49,200
while the rest of us expected him
to cross, and he scored.
895
01:03:50,480 --> 01:03:51,920
No chance to score from there.
896
01:03:52,720 --> 01:03:56,440
I looked at the box, there was no one,
why don't I strike to goal?
897
01:03:56,440 --> 01:04:00,160
{\an8}My luck was that the goalkeeper thought
I will cross and I surprised him.
898
01:04:00,640 --> 01:04:01,760
Good job, boys!
899
01:04:01,760 --> 01:04:05,400
We were all at the age that is considered
900
01:04:05,400 --> 01:04:10,800
to be the best for top performance,
between 27 and 30 years.
901
01:04:10,800 --> 01:04:15,000
They say that's the right age
to play at the highest level,
902
01:04:15,000 --> 01:04:19,160
because you have experience,
you are in your best shape,
903
01:04:19,160 --> 01:04:22,280
you are grown up physically...
904
01:04:22,280 --> 01:04:23,920
and that's where we all were at.
905
01:04:29,280 --> 01:04:30,920
Romania!
906
01:04:32,400 --> 01:04:33,840
Romania!
907
01:04:35,320 --> 01:04:37,400
{\an8}I am very happy about this victory
908
01:04:37,400 --> 01:04:43,200
{\an8}and I want to dedicate it
primarily to my wife, my daughter
909
01:04:43,200 --> 01:04:45,800
and to everyone in Romania.
910
01:04:45,800 --> 01:04:47,640
I think they're on the streets,
they're happy...
911
01:04:47,640 --> 01:04:48,680
Eventually, just tell me.
912
01:04:48,680 --> 01:04:53,360
How many kilos did the player Dumitrescu
lose after the match against USA?
913
01:04:53,360 --> 01:04:56,320
I personally had the curiosity,
and also Gică Hagi.
914
01:04:56,320 --> 01:04:59,600
We are always around the scale,
915
01:04:59,600 --> 01:05:02,600
it's an obsession.
I think we are obsessed by this...
916
01:05:02,600 --> 01:05:05,000
I lost four kilograms.
917
01:05:05,000 --> 01:05:07,400
- And Gică?
- Gică, I think he lost three or so.
918
01:05:07,400 --> 01:05:10,360
{\an8}We are happy because we made a country...
919
01:05:10,360 --> 01:05:13,000
{\an8}As we made them sad
after the match against Switzerland,
920
01:05:13,000 --> 01:05:14,200
we now made them happy
921
01:05:14,200 --> 01:05:17,560
and they really deserved it,
mostly those who are far from us.
922
01:05:18,800 --> 01:05:21,360
We know they stand by us
although they are far away.
923
01:05:22,360 --> 01:05:26,720
I vividly remember that image
of this woman who said:
924
01:05:27,320 --> 01:05:31,760
"Oh, look, we beat the Americans,
so they can see where we are on the map",
925
01:05:31,760 --> 01:05:33,040
or something like that.
926
01:05:35,400 --> 01:05:37,280
That's how the Americans will know us!
927
01:05:37,280 --> 01:05:40,440
They didn't even know where we were
on the world map!
928
01:05:40,440 --> 01:05:44,680
That woman for me will be iconic...
929
01:05:44,680 --> 01:05:48,360
the icon of that World Championship
for us,
930
01:05:48,360 --> 01:05:54,480
so, she is a part of our unique adventure
with Romanian football.
931
01:06:07,000 --> 01:06:09,520
A World Cup or an European Championship
932
01:06:10,200 --> 01:06:12,480
starts from the KO match phase.
933
01:06:12,480 --> 01:06:16,480
Because there is no tie game,
someone has to win.
934
01:06:17,480 --> 01:06:22,200
There are things, you know,
that coaches tell you or don't tell you.
935
01:06:22,200 --> 01:06:25,280
But there are many things that you feel,
936
01:06:25,280 --> 01:06:27,760
you feel the opponent behind you,
his breath,
937
01:06:27,760 --> 01:06:31,200
you feel that today he's not that strong...
938
01:06:31,800 --> 01:06:34,080
We were talking to our boys
939
01:06:34,080 --> 01:06:38,000
and many of them regretted
that Maradona wasn't playing.
940
01:06:38,000 --> 01:06:44,440
We knew back then
that Maradona was tested positive,
941
01:06:45,600 --> 01:06:48,480
but no one told me
until the day before the match.
942
01:06:52,120 --> 01:06:57,880
Temperature, 35 degrees Celsius.
Huge interest around this match,
943
01:06:58,480 --> 01:07:04,560
which brings the novelty
of definitive retirement from football
944
01:07:04,560 --> 01:07:08,800
{\an8}of the great Argentinian player
Diego Armando Maradona.
945
01:07:08,800 --> 01:07:12,080
Mr. Puiu was often
doing some things before matches,
946
01:07:12,080 --> 01:07:15,320
he was taking certain players,
those with more experience,
947
01:07:15,320 --> 01:07:17,520
and talked to them, asked questions,
948
01:07:17,520 --> 01:07:22,080
he was consulting the players
with more experience,
949
01:07:22,080 --> 01:07:25,480
and he was doing very well,
because, as a player, you feel things.
950
01:07:25,480 --> 01:07:28,360
And he decided to substitute...
not to start with Ilie.
951
01:07:28,840 --> 01:07:33,080
Ilie hadn't played well
until the game against Argentina.
952
01:07:33,080 --> 01:07:36,560
"Mr. Puiu, I wouldn't substitute Ilie."
953
01:07:36,560 --> 01:07:39,320
"He played poorly those three group games,
954
01:07:39,320 --> 01:07:41,560
but he has to play well at one point."
955
01:07:41,560 --> 01:07:43,160
I go to Panduru and say:
956
01:07:43,160 --> 01:07:47,280
"Listen, Puiu is giving up a little
on Ilie Dumitrescu,
957
01:07:47,280 --> 01:07:49,600
so tell him you will play there."
958
01:07:50,160 --> 01:07:52,400
And he says: "Mr. Țiți,
959
01:07:52,400 --> 01:07:56,720
I can't do that, to play,
if I don't wear number ten".
960
01:07:57,600 --> 01:08:00,400
"Well, boy, number ten,
961
01:08:01,080 --> 01:08:03,840
in Romania, for Romanians,
only Hagi wears."
962
01:08:04,520 --> 01:08:06,120
"If you can wear it for Argentinians,
963
01:08:06,120 --> 01:08:10,120
because Maradona was tested positive
964
01:08:10,120 --> 01:08:12,320
and was eliminated, talk to him."
965
01:08:13,400 --> 01:08:20,399
At midnight, Iordănescu entered
in my room...
966
01:08:20,399 --> 01:08:23,680
I was sharing a room with Belo.
He came into our room...
967
01:08:23,680 --> 01:08:29,920
I had two chocolate cakes under the bed
968
01:08:29,920 --> 01:08:32,560
and I say: "I don't think he came
to control me now,
969
01:08:32,560 --> 01:08:36,120
to see if I eat chocolate
or eat something sweet, or..."
970
01:08:36,120 --> 01:08:40,640
And he said:
"You'll play number 9 tomorrow".
971
01:08:41,840 --> 01:08:43,200
Now it's called "fake 9".
972
01:08:43,200 --> 01:08:46,160
The first coach who played with fake 9
was Iordănescu.
973
01:08:46,160 --> 01:08:49,200
Five Romanian players in front of the goal
protected by Islas.
974
01:08:49,200 --> 01:08:52,279
Curved... Goal!
975
01:08:58,479 --> 01:09:01,120
Ilie Dumitrescu!
976
01:09:01,880 --> 01:09:07,399
1-0 for Romania
in the 11th minute of the match!
977
01:09:07,399 --> 01:09:10,399
Today should be Ilie Dumitrescu's day!
978
01:09:10,399 --> 01:09:12,520
I don't know what came over me,
I sent my wife home.
979
01:09:12,520 --> 01:09:15,160
When I saw that we would
play with Argentina, I said:
980
01:09:15,160 --> 01:09:17,720
"I think we're going home soon,
we have no chance."
981
01:09:17,720 --> 01:09:21,720
And then happened what happened.
There were tough moments in that match,
982
01:09:21,720 --> 01:09:26,120
I remember we didn't really get out
of the box in the first 20 minutes.
983
01:09:26,600 --> 01:09:29,920
But that penalty came,
easily awarded to Batistuta...
984
01:09:31,040 --> 01:09:34,120
Here is the duel, Batistuta-Prodan.
985
01:09:35,319 --> 01:09:37,319
Come on, Florin, pay attention!
986
01:09:37,319 --> 01:09:40,560
But he shot to the right and it's 1-1!
987
01:09:45,640 --> 01:09:50,040
Prodan, in the close up, has the toughest
mission in our defense,
988
01:09:50,040 --> 01:09:53,040
having Gabriel Batistuta as an opponent.
989
01:09:53,040 --> 01:09:57,120
Our great regret is
that Didi Prodan is no longer with us
990
01:09:57,120 --> 01:10:03,520
because a young boy,
a boy with a special heart,
991
01:10:03,520 --> 01:10:07,920
in the sense that he was a guy
you could trust,
992
01:10:07,920 --> 01:10:11,240
and who gave his all
to the team and to you...
993
01:10:11,240 --> 01:10:13,600
If you needed something, he helped you,
994
01:10:14,440 --> 01:10:18,960
and he was a guy who gave
a certain aggressiveness to the team
995
01:10:18,960 --> 01:10:20,960
in the rough moments.
996
01:10:20,960 --> 01:10:26,240
Batistuta and Prodan starting
very good, getting first to the ball.
997
01:10:27,680 --> 01:10:30,080
Hagi has the ball...
998
01:10:30,080 --> 01:10:32,760
Ionuț Lupescu runs,
he gets in open space very well...
999
01:10:33,720 --> 01:10:35,360
Combination with Hagi...
1000
01:10:38,000 --> 01:10:42,240
Cross by Hagi... Ilie Dumitrescu... Goal!
1001
01:10:48,120 --> 01:10:51,560
Ilie Dumitrescu!
1002
01:10:52,400 --> 01:10:57,480
Hagi had the ball,
goes inside, raised his head.
1003
01:10:57,480 --> 01:11:00,640
That was the sign
that when he raises his head
1004
01:11:00,640 --> 01:11:02,760
I have to attack the open space.
1005
01:11:03,600 --> 01:11:05,720
Exceptional pass by Gică Hagi!
1006
01:11:05,720 --> 01:11:09,320
Yes, Mr. Puiu found his position,
because before he had to run
1007
01:11:09,320 --> 01:11:12,080
and had to play defense on that heat.
1008
01:11:12,080 --> 01:11:14,800
From my point of view,
he was coming too far...
1009
01:11:14,800 --> 01:11:20,280
That pass was, in my opinion,
95% of the goal.
1010
01:11:20,280 --> 01:11:25,200
Do you see what a coach is all about?
Well, he pushed Ilie
1011
01:11:25,200 --> 01:11:27,080
and rewarded him with two goals.
1012
01:11:27,080 --> 01:11:29,000
He came and hugged me first,
1013
01:11:29,000 --> 01:11:32,280
he ran from... the touch line to me.
1014
01:11:32,280 --> 01:11:36,360
I said: "Dude, you'll be a starter
tomorrow and you'll score two goals."
1015
01:11:36,880 --> 01:11:39,080
Word for word,
ask Ilie, that's what I said:
1016
01:11:39,080 --> 01:11:41,280
"Dude, you'll score two, listen to me!"
1017
01:11:41,280 --> 01:11:43,400
And so it was, he scored two goals.
1018
01:11:43,400 --> 01:11:46,400
The same thing with Selimeș,
I remember that phase with Tibi,
1019
01:11:46,400 --> 01:11:49,200
when he was leaning
and he rolled his hands like this,
1020
01:11:49,200 --> 01:11:50,160
you couldn't catch him.
1021
01:11:50,160 --> 01:11:53,120
At the third goal, there was a phase
of two or three passes,
1022
01:11:53,120 --> 01:11:56,080
I reached the net and the third goal came.
1023
01:11:56,080 --> 01:11:59,000
...and the second appeared,
Ilie Dumitrescu waits,
1024
01:11:59,000 --> 01:12:01,000
passes on the right side to Hagi!
1025
01:12:01,000 --> 01:12:03,440
Goal!
1026
01:12:03,440 --> 01:12:06,720
When I left the World Championship,
I was first place.
1027
01:12:07,640 --> 01:12:11,680
If I'm not mistaken...
I think the statistics is... so...
1028
01:12:11,680 --> 01:12:16,280
Yes, afterwards I had to reach
the semi-final and final.
1029
01:12:16,920 --> 01:12:18,840
There is always room for more.
1030
01:12:19,880 --> 01:12:22,480
To win a Golden Ball,
1031
01:12:23,120 --> 01:12:26,120
to win the World Cup too, to go there...
1032
01:12:26,120 --> 01:12:28,080
I would've gone, but...
1033
01:12:29,080 --> 01:12:34,320
although we are Romania,
I'm Romanian, it's not bad,
1034
01:12:34,320 --> 01:12:37,320
so, I am thankful
for what God has given me
1035
01:12:37,320 --> 01:12:40,600
and I'm proud of what I did.
1036
01:12:40,600 --> 01:12:42,800
{\an8}Gheorghe Hagi!
1037
01:12:44,000 --> 01:12:46,120
{\an8}It was a good pass
1038
01:12:46,120 --> 01:12:48,680
and somehow, I managed
1039
01:12:48,680 --> 01:12:55,360
to return Hagi the favor
he did for me on the second goal.
1040
01:12:56,120 --> 01:12:58,360
Hagi scores with the right foot and...
1041
01:13:01,440 --> 01:13:06,760
In Bucharest, the traffic stopped
and everyone was...
1042
01:13:07,760 --> 01:13:10,080
Victory!
1043
01:13:11,920 --> 01:13:14,360
Victory!
1044
01:13:15,680 --> 01:13:21,520
Romania defeats Argentina 3-2!
1045
01:13:24,840 --> 01:13:29,120
I was the most decisive player.
Declared the most decisive.
1046
01:13:29,120 --> 01:13:32,480
I congratulate the representative
of our country for the result
1047
01:13:32,480 --> 01:13:37,080
and because these days, thanks to them,
in the US and around the sports world...
1048
01:13:37,080 --> 01:13:40,960
Clearly, it's an iconic match
for me personally,
1049
01:13:40,960 --> 01:13:44,760
to be the player of the match
at the end of the game.
1050
01:13:44,760 --> 01:13:48,240
It marked my life, my career...
1051
01:13:49,640 --> 01:13:52,200
I finish my activity of football anchor
1052
01:13:52,200 --> 01:13:54,440
with the regret, even with the sadness
1053
01:13:54,440 --> 01:13:56,680
that football,
the most loved sport in the world,
1054
01:13:56,680 --> 01:14:01,920
wrote here, in America, in its history,
a chapter that can hardly be forgotten:
1055
01:14:01,920 --> 01:14:05,240
The definitive retirement of one
of the best players in the world
1056
01:14:05,240 --> 01:14:06,960
the Argentinian Maradona,
1057
01:14:06,960 --> 01:14:10,280
suspended the second time
for using of doping substances,
1058
01:14:10,880 --> 01:14:13,840
and the killing of a 27 years old
Colombian player
1059
01:14:13,840 --> 01:14:16,040
because the supporters
of his national team
1060
01:14:16,040 --> 01:14:19,440
couldn't treat a sporting defeat
with dignity.
1061
01:14:19,440 --> 01:14:23,600
The first phone call I made...
I called my mom and dad...
1062
01:14:24,400 --> 01:14:30,880
She was telling me
about the atmosphere in front of the block
1063
01:14:32,680 --> 01:14:35,920
because they organized,
for that match, to take out...
1064
01:14:36,480 --> 01:14:41,920
All my neighbors got the TV out,
the TVs, in front of the block.
1065
01:14:41,920 --> 01:14:45,760
My mom took out everything she had
in the fridge to eat and drink,
1066
01:14:45,760 --> 01:14:49,520
and she gave to everyone...
she was caring for people...
1067
01:14:52,760 --> 01:14:57,760
After that, with everything that happened,
she got to University,
1068
01:14:58,640 --> 01:15:02,520
with my brother and my dad and told me...
My mother told me like this:
1069
01:15:03,240 --> 01:15:07,480
"I am proud, I am happy
and I can die right now."
1070
01:15:09,200 --> 01:15:13,920
It was clear that it started with Hagi
and there was a moment when
1071
01:15:14,680 --> 01:15:16,560
the whole University Square
chanted my name.
1072
01:15:16,560 --> 01:15:19,360
Well, that thing for her was so...
1073
01:15:19,360 --> 01:15:20,920
Her and my dad were...
1074
01:15:24,320 --> 01:15:27,240
satisfied, happy and proud
1075
01:15:27,240 --> 01:15:30,880
and I thanked them
for everything they did for me.
1076
01:15:38,200 --> 01:15:40,400
I'm not king, I'm not... I don't know...
1077
01:15:40,400 --> 01:15:44,040
I am... I have a name, my name is Gică.
1078
01:15:44,040 --> 01:15:46,800
Hagi also,
because that's my parents last name,
1079
01:15:46,800 --> 01:15:53,400
which I bear with pride and I believe
I earned respect with,
1080
01:15:53,400 --> 01:15:57,600
be known by everyone.
I don't need anything else.
1081
01:15:58,480 --> 01:16:03,040
Romania!
1082
01:16:04,120 --> 01:16:06,360
The happiness bus, the bus of winners.
1083
01:16:06,360 --> 01:16:09,560
I am very glad that we managed
to bring another great joy
1084
01:16:10,400 --> 01:16:13,320
to our people from home, in our country...
1085
01:16:13,320 --> 01:16:17,320
I say to go further, because we want
to stay here more, because it's beautiful.
1086
01:16:17,320 --> 01:16:20,960
We are not leaving here
We are not going home
1087
01:16:20,960 --> 01:16:24,440
Until we win The beautiful cup!
1088
01:16:24,440 --> 01:16:28,160
We are not leaving here
We are not going home
1089
01:16:28,160 --> 01:16:31,680
Until we win The beautiful cup!
1090
01:16:32,280 --> 01:16:34,240
I think it's really fascinating,
1091
01:16:34,240 --> 01:16:36,840
really fantastic, when dreams come true.
1092
01:16:37,640 --> 01:16:41,840
{\an8}Indeed, what you told me
first thing in the morning, after coffee...
1093
01:16:42,560 --> 01:16:45,160
The first word you said to me
after "good morning"...
1094
01:16:45,160 --> 01:16:48,080
You said you dreamed
that I'll score two goals.
1095
01:16:48,080 --> 01:16:50,480
I really couldn't believe it,
1096
01:16:51,160 --> 01:16:53,800
I knew that I was feeling better
than in the other matches
1097
01:16:53,800 --> 01:16:57,000
and you realize
that you can't know in advance,
1098
01:16:57,000 --> 01:16:59,080
and I hate to predict.
1099
01:16:59,080 --> 01:17:01,680
Indeed, it is the most beautiful
day of my life...
1100
01:17:01,680 --> 01:17:08,280
A World Championship means more
than what is known.
1101
01:17:08,760 --> 01:17:13,400
It actually means a pressure, a tension,
1102
01:17:13,400 --> 01:17:17,280
means long travels, time zone differences,
1103
01:17:17,800 --> 01:17:22,200
it means a physical and mental resilience,
1104
01:17:22,200 --> 01:17:24,000
and last but not least,
1105
01:17:24,000 --> 01:17:30,400
it means joining a very strict program,
a tough schedule,
1106
01:17:31,040 --> 01:17:36,320
which often, if there is no tact,
diplomacy and wisdom,
1107
01:17:36,840 --> 01:17:40,160
it can turn into a rebellion.
1108
01:17:40,160 --> 01:17:43,520
I don't want to make promises,
1109
01:17:44,280 --> 01:17:47,640
it's a match we all hoped to reach,
1110
01:17:47,640 --> 01:17:51,520
but I also hope that in the end
we'll be happy again,
1111
01:17:51,520 --> 01:17:56,800
and be able to spend an evening
like the one in Bucharest right now.
1112
01:17:57,440 --> 01:18:01,640
The results made him a believer.
1113
01:18:01,640 --> 01:18:05,400
And he started with all kinds of icons
1114
01:18:05,400 --> 01:18:08,480
and things like that,
1115
01:18:08,480 --> 01:18:11,760
{\an8}to show up at matches
and keep kissing them,
1116
01:18:11,760 --> 01:18:15,080
believing that God would help him.
1117
01:18:15,080 --> 01:18:20,400
God doesn't help you because,
in a competition, there is another who,
1118
01:18:20,400 --> 01:18:25,720
if God help you,
He disadvantages the other.
1119
01:18:25,720 --> 01:18:27,120
There is no such thing.
1120
01:18:27,120 --> 01:18:30,920
You must pray to God
to finish the match well,
1121
01:18:30,920 --> 01:18:34,760
to be healthy, to have no injuries,
not have bad luck...
1122
01:18:34,760 --> 01:18:38,040
A MATCH FOR THE BRONZE MEDAL
1123
01:18:38,040 --> 01:18:41,760
{\an8}DON'T BE SCARED, SWEDES FALL!
FIFA MAKES US PLAY IN RED!
1124
01:18:41,760 --> 01:18:44,600
I think that we were stupid in that match,
1125
01:18:47,400 --> 01:18:48,360
to be frank.
1126
01:18:48,360 --> 01:18:51,440
Because God gave you
three chances to win the match.
1127
01:18:51,440 --> 01:18:54,080
You recovered from 0-1, you made it 2-1,
1128
01:18:54,840 --> 01:18:57,160
Schwarz got a red card
1129
01:18:57,920 --> 01:18:59,880
and they missed the first penalty kick.
1130
01:19:00,520 --> 01:19:02,160
What more do you want?
1131
01:19:02,160 --> 01:19:04,760
If we were the third
or fourth generation of players
1132
01:19:04,760 --> 01:19:07,040
who would have played abroad
1133
01:19:07,040 --> 01:19:09,680
and if we had a coach as well,
1134
01:19:09,680 --> 01:19:13,160
who would have trained abroad
or at the World Championship,
1135
01:19:14,480 --> 01:19:17,320
maybe the match with Sweden
would have been different.
1136
01:19:18,200 --> 01:19:22,520
But that's not a complaint
towards someone. It was what it was.
1137
01:19:22,520 --> 01:19:24,480
Iordănescu had,
until the World Championship,
1138
01:19:24,480 --> 01:19:27,080
three official matches
as coach at the national team.
1139
01:19:27,080 --> 01:19:29,000
{\an8}He hasn't been a coach of a national team,
1140
01:19:29,000 --> 01:19:31,480
{\an8}he has never been to a World Championship...
1141
01:19:31,480 --> 01:19:35,280
If I'm not mistaken, in minute 70 or so,
1142
01:19:35,280 --> 01:19:40,280
there was a free kick
which ended it all for us,
1143
01:19:40,280 --> 01:19:44,280
{\an8}we were totally uncoordinated,
totally unfocused.
1144
01:19:44,280 --> 01:19:48,520
I said: "What are we doing here? There are
a few minutes left and bye-bye America",
1145
01:19:48,520 --> 01:19:51,160
we are going back home".
I say: "No, let's try to..."
1146
01:19:52,640 --> 01:19:55,680
And after that, we somehow
get possession of the ball,
1147
01:19:55,680 --> 01:20:00,160
we manage to get closer, but not quite...
1148
01:20:00,160 --> 01:20:06,080
not very incisive, we weren't very...
I mean, it was hard, extremely hard.
1149
01:20:07,600 --> 01:20:10,560
I score this goal, luckily,
from a free kick,
1150
01:20:11,760 --> 01:20:17,640
deviated, if I'm not mistaken,
by Anderson...
1151
01:20:18,240 --> 01:20:25,160
{\an8}We manage to stay in the game,
so practically from agony to ecstasy.
1152
01:20:28,000 --> 01:20:31,400
I think it really was
the best period of my career,
1153
01:20:31,400 --> 01:20:33,600
starting with Brescia, Milan
1154
01:20:33,600 --> 01:20:36,320
and the peak was
the 1994 World Championship.
1155
01:20:39,280 --> 01:20:43,240
Ilie Dumitrescu... Răducioiu...
1156
01:20:50,720 --> 01:20:56,640
Didi and I were talking before...
there were seven or eight minutes left
1157
01:20:56,640 --> 01:21:02,360
{\an8}and I was sure they started
to throw the ball into the box, to cross,
1158
01:21:02,360 --> 01:21:05,560
{\an8}to throw it in the box,
and I was sure they had no chance,
1159
01:21:05,560 --> 01:21:09,160
because it was in front of me,
I was jumping well at the head game...
1160
01:21:11,760 --> 01:21:15,560
Unfortunately, came this long pass
in our box
1161
01:21:15,560 --> 01:21:21,160
for which Florin Prunea makes
the worst decision to get out of the net,
1162
01:21:24,000 --> 01:21:28,720
totally uncoordinated, gets out,
waiting for the ball...
1163
01:21:28,720 --> 01:21:32,560
He obviously doesn't realize
that one yard away is Kennet Andersson,
1164
01:21:32,560 --> 01:21:35,400
who is almost 6.5 feet high or something...
1165
01:21:35,400 --> 01:21:41,200
Well, at the respective phase
I was with Andersson and he left.
1166
01:21:41,200 --> 01:21:45,520
He left behind me,
I lost him and when I ran,
1167
01:21:45,520 --> 01:21:49,360
I went towards him, saw Florin coming out,
but I already had lost Andersson.
1168
01:21:50,440 --> 01:21:55,120
My defense colleagues weren't to blame,
because they practically looked at me,
1169
01:21:55,120 --> 01:21:57,760
I remember the phase well
because it was a goalkeeper ball,
1170
01:21:57,760 --> 01:21:59,160
they had nothing to do with it,
1171
01:21:59,160 --> 01:22:02,360
they couldn't protect me,
because I was playing the ball.
1172
01:22:02,360 --> 01:22:04,760
I was the only one to blame at that phase.
1173
01:22:05,880 --> 01:22:09,160
I didn't know
how the ball got into the net.
1174
01:22:09,880 --> 01:22:12,440
From the top of the stand
where we were sitting,
1175
01:22:13,080 --> 01:22:16,560
I saw the ball in Prunea's hands.
1176
01:22:16,560 --> 01:22:18,960
If I hadn't stricken out,
nothing would have happened,
1177
01:22:18,960 --> 01:22:22,320
we would have won the match.
We were clearly aware of that.
1178
01:22:22,320 --> 01:22:26,440
It was the mistake that basically
meant our returning home
1179
01:22:26,440 --> 01:22:28,680
and I'm sorry. If I could turn back time,
1180
01:22:28,680 --> 01:22:31,400
I'm sure that I would've thought
differently,
1181
01:22:31,400 --> 01:22:33,040
I would have taken one step...
1182
01:22:33,040 --> 01:22:35,680
But I repeat, I didn't see him,
because if I saw him...
1183
01:22:36,400 --> 01:22:40,640
I would've been faster,
he would've bumped into me or make a foul...
1184
01:22:40,640 --> 01:22:47,080
We probably felt as winners
and that's where history was written.
1185
01:22:47,080 --> 01:22:50,440
Before that match, I remember
that I had Marseille and Eindhoven.
1186
01:22:50,440 --> 01:22:53,840
{\an8}My agent was negotiating,
Mr. Mircea Petrescu, God rest his soul...
1187
01:22:53,840 --> 01:22:57,280
After that phase,
the phone stopped ringing.
1188
01:22:58,640 --> 01:23:03,160
When the misfortune happened,
I wanted to dig a hole there,
1189
01:23:03,160 --> 01:23:06,880
cover myself with dirt
and run from everyone.
1190
01:23:09,760 --> 01:23:12,720
It would've been better to substitute me,
because, going back,
1191
01:23:12,720 --> 01:23:15,280
I'm sure that Stelică
would have done better.
1192
01:23:17,400 --> 01:23:22,720
You see, we were so close to play
the semi-final with Brazil
1193
01:23:22,720 --> 01:23:26,720
at the World Championship,
semi-final, something... extraordinary.
1194
01:23:27,240 --> 01:23:30,760
I was here, in the field. I remember.
Mr. Puiu was sitting on the bench.
1195
01:23:31,400 --> 01:23:34,800
And when we received the goal...
I was a coach then, I think.
1196
01:23:34,800 --> 01:23:36,520
I said: "Mr. Puiu, substitute him."
1197
01:23:36,520 --> 01:23:39,680
But he wasn't looking at me.
"Mr. Puiu, substitute him.
1198
01:23:40,600 --> 01:23:42,480
Substitute him with Stelea".
1199
01:23:44,000 --> 01:23:47,360
He didn't say anything, just sat there.
Something blocked him,
1200
01:23:47,360 --> 01:23:50,560
their goal or the pressure, I don't know.
1201
01:23:50,560 --> 01:23:53,040
I asked to substitute him.
Not that I was against...
1202
01:23:53,040 --> 01:23:56,280
but I was thinking
that he was no longer in good spirits.
1203
01:23:56,280 --> 01:23:57,840
I stayed next to him the whole time.
1204
01:23:57,840 --> 01:24:00,040
Then there was Dumitriu,
the assistant coach
1205
01:24:00,040 --> 01:24:02,480
and the other, the goalkeeper, Moraru.
1206
01:24:02,480 --> 01:24:06,080
And they... "Tell him to get Stelea in.
1207
01:24:06,600 --> 01:24:08,840
There are a few minutes left,
Stelică is good at penalties."
1208
01:24:08,840 --> 01:24:12,000
And indeed, he was.
I told him... he looked at me like that...
1209
01:24:12,000 --> 01:24:15,760
This had never been done before,
at least I didn't know about it.
1210
01:24:15,760 --> 01:24:19,480
How to substitute the goalie now,
what, are we playing handball?
1211
01:24:19,480 --> 01:24:21,280
No, this is not how it's done.
1212
01:24:21,280 --> 01:24:25,440
He wasn't the man to do something crazy.
1213
01:24:25,440 --> 01:24:29,320
He liked to plan everything,
to have everything under control...
1214
01:24:30,840 --> 01:24:36,200
Although, at that time, nothing was
under control anymore, it had become...
1215
01:24:36,920 --> 01:24:39,080
OK, at 12 yards it really was a hazard.
1216
01:24:39,080 --> 01:24:44,480
Probably Stelea would have been better
at those penalty kicks,
1217
01:24:45,120 --> 01:24:51,080
as I think maybe I was wrong
with designations too
1218
01:24:51,680 --> 01:24:54,600
for the penalties we kicked.
1219
01:24:55,480 --> 01:25:00,480
But there were some players who,
after overtime was over,
1220
01:25:00,480 --> 01:25:04,840
took off their shoes
and they gave up striking.
1221
01:25:05,440 --> 01:25:08,560
They were afraid, I don't know,
but you can't force a man.
1222
01:25:09,640 --> 01:25:10,960
They were a few, about four.
1223
01:25:10,960 --> 01:25:17,760
I didn't do it because I had a strain
towards the end of the second half,
1224
01:25:18,440 --> 01:25:22,400
I wanted to go out, yes... And Mr. Puiu
told me to stay on the field and continue.
1225
01:25:22,400 --> 01:25:26,320
I endured, but probably,
if would have end up
1226
01:25:26,320 --> 01:25:28,480
to the sixth and seventh penalty.
1227
01:25:28,480 --> 01:25:33,480
I probably would have kicked it
no matter the strain.
1228
01:25:33,480 --> 01:25:36,560
In those five or six minutes,
a lot of commotion,
1229
01:25:36,560 --> 01:25:42,160
the people were talking,
everyone was shouting, it...
1230
01:25:42,160 --> 01:25:44,520
It was, if I'm not mistaken,
1231
01:25:44,520 --> 01:25:47,920
although I was worried...
I said: "We'll lose this match, for sure.
1232
01:25:47,920 --> 01:25:50,240
No, we can't be that close."
1233
01:25:50,240 --> 01:25:53,040
We lose it because I saw
what was happening in their team
1234
01:25:53,040 --> 01:25:57,480
and what was happening in ours.
How much more could God give us?
1235
01:25:57,480 --> 01:26:02,200
We really started very...
they miss, actually secondo me...
1236
01:26:02,200 --> 01:26:09,280
Not secondo me. In my opinion,
Mild was the most emotional player,
1237
01:26:09,280 --> 01:26:14,000
he was the least Swedish at that moment,
because he kicks it terribly wrong.
1238
01:26:17,480 --> 01:26:20,120
{\an8}And afterwards, I open this series...
1239
01:26:21,360 --> 01:26:23,480
I was very sure that I would score,
no problem,
1240
01:26:23,480 --> 01:26:25,560
although I thought we wouldn't qualify.
1241
01:26:25,560 --> 01:26:29,800
When I scored, if you look,
I score, I'm not happy at all.
1242
01:26:29,800 --> 01:26:32,360
Obviously,
because it was the first penalty,
1243
01:26:32,360 --> 01:26:36,560
but I said... I was firmly convinced
that we won't qualify, which happened.
1244
01:26:36,560 --> 01:26:40,840
That's why I'm saying that Florin Prunea
was broken psychologically,
1245
01:26:40,840 --> 01:26:45,600
he didn't have any focus left,
1246
01:26:45,600 --> 01:26:49,120
he didn't realize he had to focus
1247
01:26:49,120 --> 01:26:51,440
to save at least one penalty,
but I repeat...
1248
01:26:51,440 --> 01:26:54,320
It's not his fault,
1249
01:26:54,320 --> 01:26:57,680
in those moments
one player can make the difference,
1250
01:26:57,680 --> 01:27:00,480
and he had to make a difference,
in my opinion.
1251
01:27:01,480 --> 01:27:04,760
I claim that Florin
can guess the direction of the shot...
1252
01:27:05,680 --> 01:27:09,480
He always dives on the ground
before the kick...
1253
01:27:09,480 --> 01:27:11,440
before the player reaches the ball.
1254
01:27:11,440 --> 01:27:14,600
Goal, Romania!
1255
01:27:15,160 --> 01:27:19,240
This indicated that he had
to be substituted.
1256
01:27:22,200 --> 01:27:28,160
My opinion is that it was very wrong
that I was benched after the Sweden match.
1257
01:27:28,160 --> 01:27:29,440
Not Sweden... with Switzerland.
1258
01:27:29,440 --> 01:27:32,760
If you ask me about frustrations,
this was a frustration.
1259
01:27:33,480 --> 01:27:34,760
Because...
1260
01:27:36,680 --> 01:27:39,440
I had such an illusion
and I was so motivated,
1261
01:27:39,440 --> 01:27:41,560
I knew I could do things,
1262
01:27:42,680 --> 01:27:46,760
and the match with Colombia
had given me so much confidence,
1263
01:27:46,760 --> 01:27:50,000
that this match with Switzerland
couldn't have shaken me.
1264
01:27:50,000 --> 01:27:52,360
Dan Petrescu strikes.
1265
01:27:53,920 --> 01:27:55,920
Our admirable Dănuț.
1266
01:27:56,800 --> 01:27:58,280
Very short step back...
1267
01:28:00,720 --> 01:28:03,000
Penalty. I never won,
1268
01:28:03,000 --> 01:28:05,640
neither as a coach, nor as a player, never.
1269
01:28:06,680 --> 01:28:10,080
{\an8}So, it's incredible.
As a player, never on penalties.
1270
01:28:10,840 --> 01:28:13,160
As coach, I think I had
about five matches in my career,
1271
01:28:13,160 --> 01:28:14,680
I lost them all on penalties.
1272
01:28:15,200 --> 01:28:17,640
Ravelli was gesticulating to me,
was smiling...
1273
01:28:17,640 --> 01:28:24,120
he kind of monkeyed around,
was doing a psychological game with me...
1274
01:28:25,520 --> 01:28:31,600
It was hard to swallow,
to accept this monkeying around.
1275
01:28:33,360 --> 01:28:36,000
God help me not to miss this shot,
1276
01:28:36,000 --> 01:28:38,080
because then I won't care,
I can miss them all.
1277
01:28:38,080 --> 01:28:39,200
Go, Ilie!
1278
01:28:40,240 --> 01:28:41,640
Goal!
1279
01:28:43,040 --> 01:28:45,720
It was the breaking point.
I went towards him...
1280
01:28:47,520 --> 01:28:53,600
I think it was seen that I used
offensive words, but I was...
1281
01:28:54,160 --> 01:28:55,680
I had something to say to him.
1282
01:28:55,680 --> 01:28:58,840
Goal! 4-4!
1283
01:28:58,840 --> 01:29:02,760
And I returned to the center of the field,
everyone was happy...
1284
01:29:03,480 --> 01:29:08,920
The score is 4-4 on penalties,
6-6 the final score.
1285
01:29:08,920 --> 01:29:10,680
Larsson... goal!
1286
01:29:13,440 --> 01:29:14,640
Get Belo to strike,
1287
01:29:14,640 --> 01:29:17,680
because he struck
with Red Star Belgrade in the final,
1288
01:29:17,680 --> 01:29:22,760
he scored, he's Belo, he's physically
fine... He designates Belo.
1289
01:29:22,760 --> 01:29:26,080
And I got up and went to strike.
1290
01:29:30,240 --> 01:29:33,480
And when I wanted to go
towards Balint to ask him something...
1291
01:29:33,480 --> 01:29:36,400
I wanted to ask him... When I got up,
1292
01:29:36,400 --> 01:29:39,040
he turned and ran away
to the substitutes bench.
1293
01:29:39,720 --> 01:29:41,400
And I needed you a lot in that moment,
1294
01:29:41,400 --> 01:29:44,360
but you turned back,
you were busy with others,
1295
01:29:44,360 --> 01:29:47,800
and I'm sorry you didn't talk to me,
maybe you could've helped me then.
1296
01:29:47,800 --> 01:29:52,680
And then I thought it would have been good
for someone to encourage him.
1297
01:29:52,680 --> 01:29:54,440
Fingers crossed for Belo!
1298
01:30:03,600 --> 01:30:06,680
I really burst into tears like a baby,
1299
01:30:06,680 --> 01:30:09,920
I fell on the ground, in the midfield,
1300
01:30:09,920 --> 01:30:13,840
where I was waiting, instead of crying,
to celebrate,
1301
01:30:13,840 --> 01:30:20,000
to dance a Romanian hora...
Unfortunately, it wasn't meant to be.
1302
01:30:20,840 --> 01:30:23,080
I repeat, our emotions betrayed us,
1303
01:30:23,080 --> 01:30:26,680
not the fact that we didn't know
to strike better the penalties
1304
01:30:26,680 --> 01:30:28,560
or more than the Swedes.
1305
01:30:28,560 --> 01:30:32,520
The Swedes were much more focused,
much calmer. That was it.
1306
01:30:32,520 --> 01:30:36,440
So here I would talk a little bit
about the DNA of our people.
1307
01:30:38,120 --> 01:30:40,680
I think it was the day
when I cried the most.
1308
01:30:41,600 --> 01:30:47,480
After the match with Sweden.
Because we were so close,
1309
01:30:47,480 --> 01:30:50,480
we were only six minutes away
from a world semi-final
1310
01:30:51,360 --> 01:30:55,160
and it was hard to accept that defeat,
1311
01:30:55,160 --> 01:30:58,240
because we were thinking
how close we were.
1312
01:30:58,240 --> 01:31:02,600
Maybe if they would've won 3-0 straight,
OK, 3-0, they were better...
1313
01:31:02,600 --> 01:31:06,960
But we felt that we were so close,
we felt it was...
1314
01:31:06,960 --> 01:31:08,280
That it could've been our day,
1315
01:31:08,280 --> 01:31:11,760
that we could've been
in a world championship semi-final,
1316
01:31:11,760 --> 01:31:13,160
and that hurt.
1317
01:31:13,160 --> 01:31:15,840
I was sharing a room with Dan Petrescu,
1318
01:31:15,840 --> 01:31:19,800
each one in our beds, and I think
I cried continuously for two hours.
1319
01:31:19,800 --> 01:31:23,600
{\an8}The best team of our country
in the history of Romanian football.
1320
01:31:24,800 --> 01:31:26,480
A NIGHT OF FIRE ROMANIA - SWEDEN 2-2
1321
01:31:26,480 --> 01:31:30,600
We missed
one of the greatest opportunities
1322
01:31:31,480 --> 01:31:36,160
of the Romanian team,
to play a World Cup semi-final,
1323
01:31:36,160 --> 01:31:41,040
which I think it will...
I don't want to anticipate,
1324
01:31:41,040 --> 01:31:45,800
but I think many generations
will have to pass
1325
01:31:45,800 --> 01:31:48,200
before we can reach this level again.
1326
01:31:48,200 --> 01:31:50,000
"What if"...
1327
01:31:50,600 --> 01:31:55,600
If the coach was more inspired
1328
01:31:57,320 --> 01:32:02,920
and made himself heard by Ilie Dumitrescu,
1329
01:32:03,720 --> 01:32:08,040
maybe he had played very well
to block right full-back Nilsson
1330
01:32:08,800 --> 01:32:13,320
to stop crossing repeatedly...
1331
01:32:14,280 --> 01:32:16,360
If the coach on the bench
1332
01:32:17,520 --> 01:32:21,360
was keeping Florin Prunea under control...
1333
01:32:22,560 --> 01:32:28,600
If the coach on the bench
was making some substitutes
1334
01:32:28,600 --> 01:32:31,920
before the end and before penalties...
1335
01:32:31,920 --> 01:32:35,160
If the coach...
1336
01:32:37,360 --> 01:32:43,000
I am, so to speak...
I am at peace with myself, I am OK.
1337
01:32:44,520 --> 01:32:48,520
Nobody can tell me anything to...
1338
01:32:52,440 --> 01:32:54,640
Yes, it's hard to...
1339
01:32:56,000 --> 01:32:57,960
I'm a little emotional at the moment
1340
01:32:57,960 --> 01:33:01,120
because you're unsettling me a bit...
1341
01:33:06,080 --> 01:33:07,400
Yes, OK...
1342
01:33:09,200 --> 01:33:10,640
I don't know what's wrong.
1343
01:33:12,600 --> 01:33:14,720
It's old age, you know?
1344
01:33:15,400 --> 01:33:16,800
Yes, what can I say?
1345
01:33:23,840 --> 01:33:26,240
So yeah, that's about it.
1346
01:33:26,760 --> 01:33:31,280
Dreams, hard work was shattered...
1347
01:33:35,640 --> 01:33:39,480
It's a beautiful story of our generation.
1348
01:33:42,480 --> 01:33:45,840
It was that feeling
that I'm not going home,
1349
01:33:45,840 --> 01:33:48,280
that it is not over for me.
1350
01:33:53,480 --> 01:33:59,560
Why? Because we hadn't lost on the field,
we hadn't lost the match.
1351
01:34:00,320 --> 01:34:01,760
And this was the second time.
1352
01:34:04,320 --> 01:34:08,360
Romania!
1353
01:34:08,360 --> 01:34:12,040
I think it would have been
an interesting match with Brazil.
1354
01:34:12,720 --> 01:34:13,560
It's a shame,
1355
01:34:13,560 --> 01:34:17,120
but I think everything happens
to make room for other matches,
1356
01:34:17,120 --> 01:34:21,520
let the others come, these young people,
let them go further than us.
1357
01:34:22,360 --> 01:34:24,080
Because you have to know
how to use history.
1358
01:34:24,080 --> 01:34:26,920
If not, you'll never have a future.
1359
01:34:26,920 --> 01:34:29,360
There was that saying in Romania:
1360
01:34:29,360 --> 01:34:32,640
"Let's get to America,
it's so good to see America!"
1361
01:34:33,520 --> 01:34:36,120
and it was something great
and you gave your best.
1362
01:34:36,640 --> 01:34:38,160
We all had a good time,
1363
01:34:38,160 --> 01:34:40,800
because if you give, you're happy
and you feel good,
1364
01:34:40,800 --> 01:34:43,600
you play your best,
you do everything with pleasure.
1365
01:34:43,600 --> 01:34:45,840
Maybe others will go
and do better than us.
1366
01:34:45,840 --> 01:34:49,520
God, let them go, the young ones,
to do it better than us.
1367
01:34:50,720 --> 01:34:53,960
The story did not end in 1994.
1368
01:34:53,960 --> 01:34:56,560
The referees did wrong by us in 1996...
1369
01:34:56,560 --> 01:34:59,520
{\an8}The ball was five feet into the net.
1370
01:34:59,520 --> 01:35:02,400
{\an8}Dan Petrescu as forward,
Dan Petrescu enters the box,
1371
01:35:02,400 --> 01:35:03,640
{\an8}Dan Petrescu...
1372
01:35:04,480 --> 01:35:07,280
{\an8}Goal!
1373
01:35:07,280 --> 01:35:09,600
{\an8}I never thought
I will score the winning goal.
1374
01:35:10,240 --> 01:35:12,040
Honestly, it turned out like this...
1375
01:35:12,040 --> 01:35:15,040
The greatest idiotic thing
I have done in my life.
1376
01:35:16,600 --> 01:35:19,280
{\an8}We dyed our hair blonde in 1998.
1377
01:35:21,480 --> 01:35:26,280
{\an8}And I heard Prunea saying:
"Come on, we don't look that bad."
1378
01:35:26,280 --> 01:35:28,600
{\an8}We resembled the Swedes like that...
1379
01:35:28,600 --> 01:35:31,400
{\an8}The day has come when I must say
1380
01:35:32,920 --> 01:35:36,720
{\an8}"goodbye" or "thank you"
to the national team...
1381
01:35:37,720 --> 01:35:40,520
{\an8}We defeated England
at the European Championship in 2000.
1382
01:35:44,600 --> 01:35:46,160
Luck, a lot of luck...
1383
01:35:46,640 --> 01:35:49,720
Ionel Ganea assumes
the difficult task... and scores!
1384
01:35:49,720 --> 01:35:52,480
{\an8}Even if Romania didn't win any trophies,
1385
01:35:52,480 --> 01:35:55,480
{\an8}Hagi's generation
was the unforgettable generation.
1386
01:35:56,680 --> 01:35:59,440
{\an8}We are in the quarter finals!
1387
01:35:59,440 --> 01:36:04,200
We built an image of a team
that sat at the table of the rich
1388
01:36:04,200 --> 01:36:06,360
because they got us used to that.
1389
01:36:06,360 --> 01:36:09,800
{\an8}The problem is that we didn't have
the foundation to achieve that.
1390
01:36:09,800 --> 01:36:14,920
{\an8}I liked one phrase in which someone said
that we asked the score not to score.