Unless wait the results game, Romania has to defeat the Olympic champion in order to ensure a place in the semifinals
Romania-Norway will be the last game of the day and the “tricolors” will know until then what result they need for a medal. "We don’t want you to have mercy; we have to make an easier life for us. It will be very hard with Norway; I think it is above all the other teams, but we have to have faith. The girls will struggle and will do all their best to win", declared the coach Radu Voina.
Romania and Norway met ten times in the last 5 years and "the tricolors" won only two times: 29-21 in 2003, at the World Championship from Croatia, and 28-22 in a training match from July, in Cluj Napoca. Another two matches ended with a draw, as for the rest there were six victories for the Olympic championship. The last official game took place in Beijing, in groups’ phase when Romania lost just on the line, 23-24. It is obvious that the Russian referees Poladenko and Cernega helped the team from Norway, which has won after Romania leaded with three minutes before the end.
"I forgot the nightmare with Spain!"
Narcisa Lecuşanu was out of strength at the end of the match from yesterday. "The matches’ rhythm is infernal. The match with Spain took all our strength and the result brought only disappointment. But I forgot that nightmare and we wanted to show another face with Ukraine", declared Narcisa. The “Inter” from Romania scored 10 times yesterday, they had an excellent game. "We had a good start, but we fall again. We were lucky to get over in due time and in the second half we gave some goals on the counter-attack and on the second phase", added the player from Oltchim. The match with Norway is trustingly waited. "We have always played well with Norway, but almost every time, they won with a distance of one or two goals. Maybe this time wi
