Radu Dragusindefender of Romania, spoke to the official channels of UEFA at the end of the round of 16 match against the Netherlands. The 0-3 final result condemns Iordanescu’s team to elimination: “I’m sad because we are going back home. We wanted to continue the tournament and make our fans happy again. But I’m proud and I know that we have created something through this experience, I’m sure that in the future we will achieve even better results. The Netherlands have the chance to win the European Championship, we are proud to have faced them in this way.
These moments are special, extraordinary. Our fans here in Germany and at home were fantastic. Everyone said they were wonderful, I’m just sorry I couldn’t give them more,” said the former Genoa player.
The scoreboard
Romania (4-1-4-1): Nita; Ratiu, Dragusin, Burca, Mogos (38′ Racovitan); M. Marin (27′ st Cicaldau); Man, Stanciu (43′ st Oralu), R. Marin, Hagi (27′ st Mihaila); Dragus (27′ st Alibec). All.: Iordanescu
Netherlands (4-2-3-1): Verbruggen; Dumfries, De Vrij, Van Dijk, Aké (24′ st Van de Ven); Schouten (24′ st Veerman), Reijnders; Bergwijn (1′ st Malen), Simons, Gakpo (84′ Weghorst); Depay (45’+2′ st Blind). Coach: Koeman
Referee: Zwayer
Goalscorers: 20′ Gakpo (O), 38′, 45’+3 st Malen (O)
Yellow cards: M. Marin (R), Dumfries (O), Stanciu (R)