Where to Watch the Historic Romania vs Moldova Friendly Match on TV from Bucharest

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Where to Watch the Historic Romania vs Moldova Friendly Match on TV from Bucharest

### Romania vs. Moldova: Historic Friendly Match at Arena Națională

Romania is set to host Moldova in an exciting friendly match at Arena Națională this Thursday at 21:00. Fans can catch the live text updates on Emegypt, featuring real-time information and images straight from the stadium. The match will also be broadcast on Prima TV, one of the official channels holding rights for Romania’s national team games under coach Mircea Lucescu.

### Key Prelim to World Cup Qualifier Against Austria

The friendly fixture against Moldova is a precursor to Romania’s World Cup qualifier against Austria, which takes place three days later. Coach Mircea Lucescu plans to evaluate several players who have had limited playing time in the national team. Among them is the dual-nationality center-back, Lisav Eissat, who also holds Israeli citizenship and will be making his first appearance for Romania.

### First-Ever Romania-Moldova Match in Bucharest

This friendly match marks a historic first meeting between Romania and Moldova on Romanian soil in the official UEFA record, as announced by the Romanian Football Federation (FRF). So far, Romania has dominated in their five encounters, with four wins and one draw. Their most recent clash on November 20, 2022, resulted in a 5-0 victory for Romania under the leadership of then-coach Edi Iordănescu.

### Romania’s Squad for Moldova and Austria Matches

Here is the complete squad list for the upcoming matches against Moldova and Austria:

Position Players
Goalkeepers
  • Ionuț RADU (Celta de Vigo, Spain, 4/0)
  • Ștefan TÂRNOVANU (FCSB, 3/0)
  • Răzvan SAVA (Udinese, Italy, 0/0)
Defenders
  • Andrei RAȚIU (Rayo Vallecano, Spain, 33/1)
  • Cristian MANEA (FC Rapid 1923, 25/2)
  • Andrei BURCĂ (Yunnan Yukun, China, 43/1)
  • Virgil GHIȚĂ (Hannover 96, Germany, 5/0)
  • Bogdan RACOVIȚAN (Raków, Poland, 4/0)
  • Mihai POPESCU (FCSB, 5/1)
  • Lisav EISSAT (Maccabi Haifa, Israel, 0/0)
  • Alexandru CHIPCIU (Universitatea Cluj, 47/6)
  • Raul OPRUȚ (Dinamo, 4/0)
  • Kevin CIUBOTARU (Hermannstadt, 0/0)
Midfielders
  • Marius MARIN (Pisa, Italy, 33/0)
  • Vladimir SCRECIU (Universitatea Craiova, 4/0)
  • Răzvan MARIN (AEK Athens, Greece, 70/12)
  • Vlad DRAGOMIR (Pafos, Cyprus, 1/0)
  • Dennis MAN (PSV, Netherlands, 39/10)
  • Olimpiu MORUȚAN (Aris Thessaloniki, Greece, 16/1)
  • Ianis HAGI (Alanyaspor, Turkey, 47/6)
  • Florin TĂNASE (FCSB, 23/5)
  • Cătălin CÎRJAN (Dinamo, 0/0)
  • Ștefan BAIARAM (Universitatea Craiova, 0/0)
  • Valentin MIHĂILĂ (Caykur Rizespor, Turkey, 31/5)
  • Alexandru DOBRE (FC Rapid 1923, 4/0)
Forwards
  • Louis MUNTEANU (CFR Cluj, 1/0)
  • Daniel BÎRLIGEA (FCSB, 4/1)
  • David MICULESCU (FCSB, 4/0)

With anticipation building for both matches, Romanian fans hope to see their team maintain its strong performance and emerge victorious in these key games.