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Romania head coach Anghel Iordanescu announced his 23-man squad for Euro 2016, with Stuttgart midfielder Alexandru Maxim failing to make the cut. Along with Adrian Ropotan, Ioan Hora, Alin Tosca and Andrei Ivan, the five players missed out on the final squad, with Iordanescu revealing that the five of them will still travel to France as part of the Romanian Football Federation's guests. "I thank all the players who took part in the training session in Italy, and the clubs where they have developed. I'm so sorry to have to give up five players," he said in a statement released by the FRF's website. "Together, with the leadership of the Romanian Football Federation, we decided that these five players will be our guests in France during the European Championship." Romanian will take on Georgia in their last international friendly on Friday before they prepare for the tournament opener against host nation France on June 10. Also in their group are Switzerland and Albania. Romania squad for Euro 2016: Goalkeepers: Ciprian Tatarusanu (Fiorentina), Costel Pantilimon (Watford), Silviu Lung Jr (Astra) Defenders: Cristian Sapunaru (Pandurii Tg. Jiu), Alexandru Matel (Dinamo Zagreb), Vlad Chiriches (Napoli), Valerica Gaman (Astra Giurgiu), Dragos Grigore (Al Sailiya), Cosmin Moti (Ludogorets), Razvan Rat (Rayo Vallecano), Steliano Filip (Dinamo) Midfielders: Mihai Pintilii (Steaua Bucharest), Ovidiu Hoban (Hapoel Be'er Sheva), Andrei Prepelita (Ludogorets), Adrian Popa (Steaua Bucharest), Gabriel Torje (Osmanlispor), Alexandru Chipciu (Steaua Bucharest), Nicolae Stanciu (Steaua Bucharest), Lucian Sanmartean (Al Ittihad) Forwards: Claudiu Keseru (Ludogorets), Bogdan Stancu (Genclerbirligi), Florin Andone (Cordoba), Denis Alibec (Astra)
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