Giorgio Marchetti, directorul de competiții al forului continental, a fost întrebat într-o conferință de presă și de ce UEFA nu a invitat nici o legendă din fotbalul nostru printre starurile care au realizat tragerea la sorți: olandezul Gullit, italianul Totti, spaniolul Casillas, francezul Desailly, neamțul Lahm, grecul Zagorakis, portughezii Ricardo Carvalho și João Mário, danezul Sivebæk, cehul Poborsky și rusul Arșavin.
UEFA explică de ce n-a fost niciun român printre cei 11 ”oaspeți speciali”:
”Știm că România are nume mari, faimoase în fotbalul european, dar am ales la această tragere numai reprezentanți ai campioanelor.
Giorgio Marchetti:
Nu toți sunt campioni, iar Cehia și Rusia nu au cucerit Euro. Au fost URSS (1960) și Cehoslovacia (1976). Și au fost doi lusitani pentru a aduce trofeul. Putea fi unul singur. Și un român, pentru că Bucureștiul a găzduit ceremonia de sâmbătă. Gică Hagi, cel mai mare fotbalist român.
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”La mijloc ar fi școala de fotbal a lui Hagi”
Totuși, mulți s-au întrebat de ce Gică Hagi nici măcar nu a apărut la spectacolul de la Romexpo. Cotidianul turc Fanatik are o explicație. Prezentând-o azi pe site ca pe o bombă. Primul subiect.
”Scandal! Hagi nu a fost invitat la tragere!”, anunță Fanatik.
Federația română l-a refuzat pe Gheorghe Hagi la show-ul pentru Euro 2020. În timp ce alte țări au avut invitați, FRF nu l-a sunat pe Hagi din cauza conflictului cu marea legendă, chiar dacă era gazda ceremoniei”.
Ziarul turc Fanatik:
Jurnalul de la Istanbul adaugă: ”La mijloc ar fi Academia lui Hagi. Faptul că Federația nu ar fi oferit suficient sprijin școlii de fotbal a lui Hagi a declanșat probleme între cele două părți. Întrebarea este dacă Hagi și forul român ar putea ajunge la un compromis”
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