After failing to qualify for the previous three international football championships, Tricolorii made a triumphant return to the main stage of competition by winning their group at Euro 2024.
At Euro 2016, their last major competition before this one in Germany, they were coached by none other than Anghel Iordanescu, the father of their current manager, Edward.
However, the transfer of power between the two was far from easy; throughout the previous eight years, chaos and despair have dominated Romanian football.
Romania did not do well at Euro 2016 and was eliminated in the group stage after losing to Albania in the qualification match.
Restoring optimism required eight years and the dismissal of four managers. Romanians are passionate about football, but their disbelief has reached previously unheard-of levels due to the country’s lack of success with both clubs and the national team.
However, what precisely altered to raise spirits and give Romanians everywhere a sense of belonging to something extraordinary during Euro 2024?
Gheorghe Hagi, who is widely considered as the greatest player the nation has ever produced, became enraged with the domestic criticism the national team was receiving and unleashed a prophetic tirade in front of the media in 1998.
