A post on social media by Romanian football journalist Emanuel Rosu is about to go viral. He has posted four pictures of what will be the Romanian football wardrobe in the European Championship after the team lost 0-3 against the Netherlands on Tuesday night and went out of the championship. – Class! “This is what Romania’s dressing room looked like when they left the Allianz Arena in Munich after the loss to the Netherlands. Class!” says the message from Rosu. The pictures show a completely cleaned and tidy wardrobe, as well as a farewell letter that has been left in the middle of the room. At the time of writing, his post on X has received over 400,000 views, has been shared almost 600 times and received over 8,000 so-called likes. Speaking to news, Rosu says that he thinks there is a reason why his post is causing so much attention. – I think people like to see these pictures and the pleasant message they left behind. You shouldn’t celebrate something that should really be normal, but this helps to complete the aura that has surrounded the Romanian national team. They showed themselves both on the pitch, in the stands and in the fan zones throughout Germany, he says. – This type of gesture is more common now than in the past, because people seem to understand how important it is to send a message that goes beyond football, he adds. Catalin Popescu, press manager for the Romanian national football team, confirms to news that the letter and the clean-up are genuine. – We have always cleaned the dressing room after ourselves, not just in the last game. With the letter, we wanted to show our gratitude to those who organize the EC, we didn’t have any problems down there, says Popescu to news. Leave a letter In the dressing room at the Allianz Arena, the Romanian football team chose to leave a farewell greeting. There they send a big thank you to the EC organizers Germany. “Euro 2024 was one of the most important football experiences for all of us so far and we are very happy that Germany was the stage on which it took place. Every game, every emotion, every experience has brought us together to feel the magic of football. We leave Germany with the feeling that we have given everything for Romani and are grateful for everything we have experienced here. It is an honor to be part of European football’s big family. Thank you for making us feel at home. We are grateful that you made the conditions right for us, it was an important part of the wonderful experience we had at European Championship 2024. Greetings to the Romanian national team.” says the letter. THE LETTER: This letter was left as a greeting from the Romanian national team. Photo: The Romanian Football Association / Courtesy – Absolutely exemplary behavior news’s football expert Carl-Erik Torp is in Germany to comment on the EC. He allows himself to be impressed by the way Romania leaves the championship. – This is simply exemplary behaviour. And I think it says something about the fact that this is a team with structure and harmony, it is at least a good sign that they are concerned with such things and do things properly, says Torp. He has been impressed and charmed by Romania at the Championship, a nation that won Group E ahead of the likes of Belgium, Slovakia and Ukraine, progressed from the group stage and put all the early tips to shame. IMPRESSED: Carl-Erik Torp believes Romania is an example to follow. Photo: MARIUS SIMENSEN / BILDBYRÅN NORWAY Torp, who himself played top football for a number of years and has come across a number of football changing rooms, believes many have something to learn from Romania. – It’s about respect He believes, however, that more and more teams are becoming more careful about how they leave the stadium when they are visiting. – It’s about respect, after all. If you leave a changing room and there’s a lot of rubbish and pieces of tape on the ground, I think that’s bad behaviour. But I feel that people are very concerned about this in academies in Norway now, and that people in top football are more concerned about it now than they were before, says Torp. news expert and Viking player Kristoffer Løkberg believes that the pictures from the Romania locker room testify to a very fine culture within the team, and good values in both the playing group and support apparatus. At the same time, he supports Torp in that such behavior has become more and more common in top football as well. – It is perhaps more common than people think. It can boil terribly out on the field, and even inside the players’ tunnel, but when you leave the dressing room after an away game, these feelings have subsided, and you show respect for your opponent by cleaning the dressing room as best you can, Løkberg believes . Published 03.07.2024, at 16.02
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