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#21 ·
there are only a few pending questions imo:

M. Niculae or Marica? i think Piti considers D.Niculae as Mutu replacement and not as the lonely starting striker.

2 out of these 3: Codrea, Cocis and Petre although Petre should have the biggest chances, Nicolita has slim chances to play instead of Petre...

i also think that there could be one big surprise: Ghionea instead of Tamas. Tamas wasn't good lately and Ghionea's big plus is that he is used to play with Goian very good together and Steaua's defensive record this season is impressive, like every year.

i don't know if Dica can make the squad because in this system there just isn't room for him...could he play Petre's position or is he completely wasted there?
 
#22 ·
I think Piti never tried with Dica there (in Petre´s position). He prefers more pure wingers in that position like Petre or Nicolita. If what the press says is true, Dica could play more in midfield, in creation tasks.

Piturca thinks on M.Niculae to hold the ball and look for Mutu coming from behind. Marica could be dangerous in the 2nd half due to his pace.
 
#23 ·
if Marica's morale is good he can be a strong weapon for us, perfect to bring on for the last half an hour or even from the beginning but i have my doubts after i saw a lot of games from him. if he's still not motivated (which would mean he's a 2nd Cernat considering he's playing such a big tournament) he could be completely useless for us and sometimes i have the feeling it doesn't take much for a defender to make him really pissed off. we are playing with 10 men if Marica decides he's not in the mood to play football today.
therefore i would start with Marius!

is Dica strong enough defensively for Codrea's/Cocis position or would this mean that Piti surprises us all and wants to play really offensive?!
 
#24 ·
GICA said:
In the first training session in Switzerland, Piti tried with this team:

Lobonţ - Contra, Goian, Ghionea, Raţ - Dică, Codrea, Chivu - Fl. Petre, M. Niculae, Mutu.


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THis pic looks funny at first glance but when you look closely you realize that they are not fooling around. They are really focused and I am sure they are discussing strategy...
 
#25 ·
The question is whether to use M. Niculae against France and Marica against Italy or vice versa. One is strong and the other fast. It will depend a lot of the opponents.
 
Discussion starter · #30 ·
NoName said:
is Dica strong enough defensively for Codrea's/Cocis position or would this mean that Piti surprises us all and wants to play really offensive?!
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Using Dica authomatically means being more offensive. He can help defensively but he is not in the field for that. It´s just a test anyway, but if Piti is actually considering him it´s because he sees the benefits of having another player who can score easily and has so much class, but won´t be marked as Mutu. The last friendly made that very clear, and we saw it in the qualification games where Dica played. Let me remind everyone here that Dica started against Germany with Mutu and Marica, and we played a great first half. But in the second we were outplayed and IMO that´s when Piturca decided we couldn´t risk that much against a big team.
 
#31 ·
Lupi said:
This time we'll be taller than the French:

http://www.gsp.ro/stire/sintem-peste-francezi-80575.html
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Granted, it's primarily due to their 'shrinking' 6 cm's (and us growing an average of 2), but it's good to know we're matched up physically. Wow at their 186 cm average in 2002 though.

Actually, now that I look at it one more time, it's funny how they only examined this stat after Viera was ruled out and replaced by Toulalan, as prior to it would be a tie in terms of average height.
 
#37 ·
Cocis already played as a Right midfielder in the past. It wouldn't be too difficult to play him there.


Playing with Fl. Petre against the French would be like playing in 10 men. Piturca must realise this.
 
Discussion starter · #39 ·
Lupi said:
Cocis already played as a Right midfielder in the past. It wouldn't be too difficult to play him there.


Playing with Fl. Petre against the French would be like playing in 10 men. Piturca must realise this.
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I know, but there´s no point in thinking on what we´d like. What matters now is what Piturca might do, and he never used Cocis as right wing. It´s either Petre or Nicolita, at least from the beginning.
 
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