Romania ratings in the 1994 World Cup

 

7,10 Gheorghe Hagi
6,60 Florin Răducioiu
6,25 Miodrag Belodedici, Bogdan Stelea
6,15 Ioan Lupescu
6,10 Dan Petrescu
6,00 Gheorghe Popescu
5,90 Daniel Prodan, Ilie Dumitrescu
5,75 Florin Prunea

Player ratings Romania 0-3 Netherlands

 0-1 20' Cody Gakpo (Xavi Simons), 0-2 83' Donyell Malen (Cody Gakpo), 0-3 90'+3 Donyell Malen (Xavi Simons). Att: 65.012 (München Fußball Arena).

Romania: Florin Niţă 5,20 - Andrei Ratiu 5,20, Radu Drăgușin 5,20, Andrei Burcă 5,30, Vasile Mogoș 5,60 (38' Bogdan Racovițan 5,10), Marius Marin 5,60 (72' Alexandru Cicâldău 5,40), Dennis Man 5,50, Răzvan Marin 5,70, Nicolae Stanciu 5,40 (88' Darius Olaru), Ianis Hagi 5,50 (72' Denis Alibec 5,60), Denis Drăguş 5,10 (72' Valentin Mihăilă 5,60). - coach: Edward Iordanescu 4,80. = average: 5,40 [lame]

Netherlands: Bart Verbruggen 6,10 - Denzel Dumfries 6,60, Stefan de Vrij 6,40, Virgil van Dijk 6,50, Nathan Aké 6,20 (69' Micky van de Ven 6,00), Jerdy Schouten 6,30 (69' Joey Veerman 5,90), Tijjani Reijnders 6,60, Xavi Simons 6,70, Steven Bergwijn 5,80 (46' Donyell Malen 7,40), Cody Gakpo 7,50 (84' Wout Weghorst), Memphis Depay 5,90 (90'+2 Daley Blind). - coach: Ronald Koeman 6,90. = average: 6,42 [strong]

Player ratings Slovakia 1-1 Romania

 1-0 24' Ondrej Duda h. (Juraj Kucka), 1-1 37' Răzvan Marin PK. Att: 45.033 (Frankfurt Arena). 

Slovakia: Martin Dúbravka 6,40 - Peter Pekarík 6,10 (90'+2 Matúš Bero), Denis Vavro 6,00, Milan Škriniar 6,20, Dávid Hancko 5,20, Ondrej Duda 6,90 (90'+2 Norbert Gyömbér), Juraj Kucka 6,20, Stanislav Lobotka 6,20, Lukáš Haraslín 6,10 (70' Tomáš Suslov 6,00), Dávid Strelec 5,80 (70' Róbert Boženík 5,80), Ivan Schranz 5,40 (78' Dávid Ďuriš 6,00). - coach: Francesco Calzona 6,50. = average: 6,02 [decent]

Romania: Florin Niţă 6,40 - Andrei Ratiu 6,20, Radu Drăgușin 5,90, Nicușor Bancu 6,20, Andrei Burcă 5,10, Marius Marin 6,00, Ianis Hagi 6,40 (66' Dennis Man 5,90), Răzvan Marin 6,90 (86' Adrián Rus), Nicolae Stanciu 6,00, Florinel Coman 5,70 (58' Deian Sorescu 5,90), Denis Drăguş 5,80 (66' George Pușcaș 5,60). - coach:  Edward Iordanescu 6,80. = average: 6,00 [decent]

Player ratings Belgium 2-0 Romania

 1-0 2' Youri Tielemans (Romelu Lukaku), 2-0 80' Kevin De Bruyne (Koen Casteels). Att: 47.000 (Stadion Köln). 

Belgium: Koen Casteels 6,60 - Timothy Castagne 6,00, Wout Faes 6,10, Arthur Theate 6,10 (76' Zeno Debast), Jan Vertonghen 6,20, Youri Tielemans 7,00 (72' Yannick Carrasco 6,10), Amadou Onana 6,50, Kevin De Bruyne 7,50, Dodi Lukébakio 6,30 (56' Leandro Trossard 6,00), Jérémy Doku 6,90 (72' Orel Mangala 6,00), Romelu Lukaku 6,70. - coach: Domenico Tedesco 6,80. = average: 6,43 [strong]

Romania: Florin Niţă 6,70 - Andrei Ratiu 5,60 (89' Deian Sorescu), Radu Drăgușin 5,70, Andrei Burcă 5,70, Nicușor Bancu 5,40, Marius Marin 5,70 (68' Ianis Hagi 5,70), Răzvan Marin 5,70, Valentin Mihăilă 5,50 (68' Darius Olaru 5,80), Denis Drăguş 5,00, Nicolae Stanciu 5,70, Dennis Man 5,50. - coach: Edward Iordanescu 5,80. = average: 5,67 [disappointing]

Player ratings Romania 3-0 Ukraine

 

1-0 29' Nicolae Stanciu (Dennis Man), 2-0 53' Răzvan Marin, 3-0 57' Denis Drăguş (Dennis Man). Att: 61.591 (München Fußball Arena).

Romania: Florin Niţă 6,30 - Andrei Ratiu 6,70, Nicușor Bancu 6,40, Andrei Burcă 6,60, Radu Drăgușin 6,80, Marius Marin 6,40 (75' Adrián Rus 6,00), Răzvan Marin 6,90, Nicolae Stanciu 7,40 (87' Bogdan Racovițan), Florinel Coman 6,30 (62' Ianis Hagi 6,20), Dennis Man 7,20 (62' Valentin Mihăilă 6,20), Denis Drăguş 7,00 (75' George Pușcaș 6,00). - coach: Edward Iordanescu. = average: 6,56 [very good]

Ukraine: Andriy Lunin 4,40 - Yukhym Konoplya 4,90 (72' Oleksandr Tymchyk 5,50), Ilya Zabarnyi 5,20, Mykola Matvienko 5,10, Oleksandr Zinchenko 5,40, Taras Stepanenko 5,20 (62' Volodymyr Brazhko 5,30), Georgiy Sudakov 5,50 (83' Ruslan Malinovskiy), Viktor Tsygankov 5,20 (62' Andrey Yarmolenko 5,60), Mykola Shaparenko 5,30 (62' Roman Yaremchuk 5,40), Mykhaylo Mudryk 5,70, Artem Dovbyk 5,20. - coach: Serhiy Rebrov. = average: 5,26 [awful]

Match rating: 6

Player ratings Romania 0-1 Albania.

0-1 44' Armando Sadiku h. (Ledian Memushaj). Att: 49.752 (Lyon).

Romania: Ciprian Tătăruşanu 4,70 - Alexandru Măţel 5,20, Vlad Chiricheş 5,60, Dragoş Grigore 5,80, Cristian Săpunaru 5,40, Ovidiu Hoban 5,70, Nicolae Stanciu 5,50, Andrei Prepelită 5,00 (46' Lucian Sânmărtean 5,80), Adrian Popa 5,20 (68' Florin Andone 6,00), Denis Alibec 5,50 (57' Gabriel Torje 5,80), Bogdan Stancu 5,20. - coach: Anghel Iordănescu 5,20. = average: 5,46 [poor]

Albania: Etrit Berisha 6,10 - Andi Lila 6,40, Ermir Lenjani 5,60 (78' Odise Roshi), Elseid Hysaj 6,30, Ansi Agolli 6,30, Mergim Mavraj 6,30, Arlind Ajeti 6,60, Migjen Basha 6,30 (83' Lorik Cana), Ledian Memushaj 7,20, Amir Abrashi 6,40, Armando Sadiku 7,00 (58' Bekim Balaj 6,00). - coach: Giovanni De Biasi 7,20. = average: 6,38 [strong]

Player ratings Romania 1-1 Switzerland.

1-0 19' Bogdan Stancu PK, 1-1 57' Admir Mehmedi l. Att: 43.576 (Paris).

Romania: Ciprian Tătăruşanu 6,40 - Răzvan Raţ 6,20 (62' Steliano Filip 6,00), Vlad Chiricheş 6,40, Dragoş Grigore 5,80, Cristian Săpunaru 6,30, Alexandru Chipciu 6,50, Mihai Pintilii 5,80 (46' Ovidiu Hoban 5,90), Gabriel Torje 6,10, Andrei Prepelită 5,90, Claudiu Keșerü 5,40, Bogdan Stancu 6,50 (83' Florin Andone). - coach: Anghel Iordănescu 6,30. = average: 6,09 [satisfactory]

Switzerland: Yann Sommer 5,90 - Stephan Lichtsteiner 5,10, Ricardo Rodríguez 6,20, Johan Djourou 6,00, Fabian Schär 5,90, Granit Xhaka 5,80, Valon Behrami 6,20, Blerim Džemaili 5,80 (83' Michael Lang), Xherdan Shaqiri 5,80 (90' Shani Tarashaj), Haris Seferović 5,40 (63' Breel-Donald Embolo 6,00), Admir Mehmedi 6,60. - coach: Vladimir Petković 6,00. = average: 5,89 [vulnerable]

Player ratings France 2-1 Romania.

1-0 57' Olivier Giroud h. (Dimitri Payet), 1-1 65' Bogdan Stancu PK (Nicolae Stanciu), 2-1 89' Dimitri Payet l. (N'Golo Kanté). Att: 75.113.

France: Hugo Lloris 6,40 - Patrice Evra 5,10, Adil Rami 6,10, Bacary Sagna 5,70, Laurent Koscielny 5,90, N'Golo Kanté 6,20, Blaise Matuidi 5,70, Paul Pogba 5,40 (77' Anthony Martial), Antoine Griezmann 5,60 (66' Kingsley Coman 6,10), Dimitri Payet 7,80 (90' Moussa Sissoko), Olivier Giroud 6,60. - coach: Didier Deschamps 6,50. = average: 6,05 [acceptable]

Romania: Ciprian Tătăruşanu 6,40 - Răzvan Raţ 5,90, Vlad Chiricheş 6,10, Dragoş Grigore 6,30, Cristian Săpunaru 5,90, Ovidiu Hoban 6,10, Mihai Pintilii 6,20, Nicolae Stanciu 6,20 (72' Alexandru Chipciu 5,80), Adrian Popa 5,80 (82' Gabriel Torje), Florin Andone 5,90 (61' Denis Alibec 5,80), Bogdan Stancu 6,20. - coach: Anghel Iordănescu 6,40. = average: 6,05 [acceptable]

Player ratings Romania 1, Greece 1.

0-1 23' Kostas Mitroglou (Giorgios Karagounis), 1-1 55' og Vasilios Torosidis. Att: 49.793 (Stadionul Naţional).
Romania: Ciprian Tătăruşanu 6,00 - Dorin Goian 5,80, Vlad Chiricheş 6,30, Răzvan Raţ 5,50 (26' Iasmin Latovlevici 6,00), Alexandru Măţel 5,00, Gabriel Torje 5,20 (56' Marius Niculae 5,50), Cristian Tănase 5,20, Alexandru Maxim 5,40, Ovidiu Hoban 6,20, Bogdan Stancu 5,50 (86' Gheorghe Grozav), Ciprian Marica 5,00. - coach: Victor Piţurcă. = average: 5,58 [failing] 
Greece: Orestis Karnezis 6,00 - Vasilios Torosidis 5,80 (72' Loukas Vyntra), Sokratis Papastathopoulos 6,80, Ioannis Maniatis 6,00, José Holebas 7,20, Alexandros Tziolis 6,30, Dimitrios Siovas 6,60 (80' Kostas Manolas), Giorgios Karagounis 6,80 (73' Andreas Samaris), Georgios Samaras 6,20, Dimitrios Salpingidis 5,20, Kostas Mitroglou 6,20. - coach: Fernando Santos. = average: 6,28 [good]

Sports journalist Bengt Grive was born in 1921, so he had actually seen most of the great Swedish players in his professional life. Grive wrote in his book Glitter och Stänk (1989):

"Kurre Hamrin was a dribbler and opportunist but his big 'number' was the nutmeg. But there is no way he could compare to i Torbjörn and his feints. He didn't have the Göteborgers action range his shot was not remarkable in comparison. Gunnar Gren was techincally at the same level as Nilsson, but slower: Gren's footwork was somewhat heavy. Gunnar Nordahl easily beats Torbjörn in terms of shooting power, but hardly in anything else.  Ralf Edström was better in acrobacy, but not on the floor. His vision was a excellent as Torbjörn's, but he lacked pace. Nacka Skoglund's dribbling ability was more spectacular and he was as quick, but his shot was clearly inferiour and his defensive work was not impressive."

Player ratings Romania 0, France 0.

Romania: Ciprian Tatarusanu 6,00 – Răzvan Raţ 6,50, Srdjan Luchin 6,25, Vlad Iulian Chiricheş 6,75, Dorin Goian 6,50 – Constin Lazar 6,25 (43' Bogdan Stancu 6,25), Răzvan Cociş 6,25, Bănel Nicoliţă 7,25, Cristian Tanase 6,00 – Alexandru Bourceanu 6,25, Ciprian Marica 6,00 (90' Gigel Bucur).
France: Hugo Lloris 7,00 – Adil Rami 6,00, Bacary Sagna 5,00, Éric Abidal 6,50, Patrice Evra 5,75 – Yohan Cabaye 5,75 (75' Samir Nasri), Marvin Martin 5,50, Yann M'Vila 6,25, Mathieu Valbuena 5,00 (71' Loïc Remy) – Franck Ribéry 5,25, Karim Benzema 6,00.

Team avg: Rom 6,35; Fra 5,82.