The
task facing Romania over the next fortnight is perhaps the most
daunting of all the UEFA EURO 2008™ finalists’, yet coach Victor
Piţurcă remains convinced his emerging side have enough
quality to hold their own in arguably the toughest group of all.

Fine campaign
Romania
have been rewarded for their fine qualification campaign with a place
in Group C alongside traditional giants France, Italy and the
Netherlands. Competing in their first finals for eight years, the
Tricolorii have been labelled by many as outsiders to reach the
quarter-finals, but Piţurcă hopes to change that view by
springing a surprise against Les Bleus in Zurich. "When you look at the
four teams it’s understandable that people say we’re underdogs," the
52-year-old said. "Our aim is to start changing those opinions."