Nicolae StanciuRomania’s midfielder, opened the scoring in the 3-0 win against Ukraine and was named best player of the match: “I know myself and my teammates, so I know that we won’t celebrate after this victory. Now we will concentrate only on Belgium,” he told UEFA’s official channels.
“The support from our fans was unique, we have never experienced anything like this before. My brothers, my father and my wife all had tears in their eyes. I would like to thank them all and I hope we made them very happy today. We must thank everyone and I hope they will celebrate. What we did today was simply sensational. The goal? It was the most important goal of my career. This shirt means everything to me, to score in the final phase of a European Championship and to win like we did simply incredible”.
The match scoreboard
Romania (4-2-3-1): Nita; Ratiu, Dragusin, Burca, Bancu; Marius Marin (75′ Rus), Razvan Marin; Stanciu (87′ Racovitan sv), Man (62′ Hagi); Coman (62′ Mihaila) Dragus 7 (75′ Puscas). Coach: Iordanescu.
Ukraine (4-3-3): Lunin; Konoplia (72′ Tymchyk), Zabarnyi, Matviyenko, Zinchenko; Shaparenko (63′ Yaremchuk), Stepanenko (62′ Brazhko), Sudakov (83′ Malinovsky sv); Tsygankov (63′ Yarmolenko), Dovbyk, Mudryk. Coach: Rebrov.
Referee: Nyberg
Booked: Konoplia (U), Razvan Marin (R)
Scorers: 29′ Stanciu (R), 53′ Marin (R), 57′ Dragus (R)