A cultured left-footed midfielder who would go on to star for Barcelona, Hagi lit up major tournaments with his skills, soccer shirt goals and assists. Unable to replace their star players, soccer jersey they have missed out on more tournaments than they have reached and suffered dismal showings at both the 2008 and 2016 European Championship Finals. Romania reached the quarter finals at the 1994 World Cup in America – their best ever performance at a World Cup Finals – knocking out Argentina in what was a major shock. At Euro 2000, the famous bleach blonded side defeated England in a game best remembered for Kevin Keegan’s erroneous statement that “only one team are going to win this now”.
