UEFA says Romania were ‘perfect guests’ at EURO 2024 as photos of their spotlessly clean dressing room go viral

The message and photos published on social media by the Romanian football team after its elimination from the EURO 2024 tournament have gone viral and have been praised by media around the world.

Romania exited the EURO 2024 football tournament on July 2 after losing to the Netherlands 0-3 in the round of 16. Before leaving, however, the team left a sparkling clean dressing room and a touching message of thanks to the hosts, Germany.

The national football team’s Facebook post, which included photos of the immaculate locker room and a thank-you note, quickly went viral. At the time of publication, the story had garnered over 13,000 reactions and over 800 shares. Not to mention many comments from fans in Romania and abroad.

“Respect Belgium. Great fans, great team, I wish all the best to Romania,” one comment read.

Another reaction said: “Great example… A great country with great people, great food and beautiful places to visit! I went back a few weeks ago with my wife and two kids to Bucharest, Craiova, we traveled with our own car from Portugal… We also went there on other occasions: Timisoara, Brasov, Olt, Bran… We loved it! Greetings from a Portuguese fan.”

“You made us proud to be Romanian,” said another.

The media, fans and UEFA also saw the post and congratulated the Romanian team.

“Perfect guests. After their EURO 2024 elimination last night, Romania left the Munich dressing room spotless with a touching letter to their German hosts,” UEFA’s official Facebook account said.

UEFA’s post has also received more than 63,000 likes and reactions and more than 14,000 shares at the time of writing.

“Edward Iordanescu’s team finished top of their group and qualified for the last 16. The players and fans clearly enjoyed their time in Germany. Photos on social media showed Romania had left their dressing room in immaculate condition, while they had left behind a letter for the German organisers,” the Dailymail reported.

Besides the British newspaper, many other German media outlets reacted similarly to Romania’s gesture.

The team’s warmth was also felt by their hosts. The Romanians stayed in Würzburg during the EURO. “Thank you for these fantastic games and for bringing so much EURO atmosphere to the city,” the city wrote on its website, according to ASB Zeitung.

The Romanian national team players landed at Otopeni airport on the night of Wednesday to Thursday at around 01:30 in the morning and arrived at the Mogoșoaia training center at around 02:00 in the morning. After landing, the players went to Mogoșoaia, where they were greeted by about 500 fans, who gave them a spectacular welcome.

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(Photo source: Facebook/National Football League in Romania)