BUCHAREST, June 12 (Reuters) - Romania captain Razvan Rat, his defensive partner Florin Gardos and midfielder Lucian Sanmartean have been ruled of their top-of-the-table Euro 2016 Group F qualifier away to Northern Ireland on Saturday.
The Romanian Football Federation (FRF) said on Friday the trio had joined a list of absentees which already includes injured goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon as well as experienced striker Ciprian Marica, who is recovering from knee surgery.
Rat, capped 103 times by Romania, veteran playmaker Sanmartean and Gardos travelled to Belfast but they failed to recover in time and were not included in coach Anghel Iordanescu's final squad for the game at Windsor Park.