Belarus are joint leaders with Bosnia and Herzegovina in Group D, which also includes France and Romania. This fact is surprising – actually as surprising as Belarus’ shocking 1-0 victory away to France on match-day one of the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign. Was it just a fluke to defeat Les Bleus last Friday?

Romania will try to explain that it was, indeed, just one of these amazing results that can occur from time to time – especially against giants like France who are experiencing a transition in international football. In the meantime, Belarus manager Bernd Stange wants his side to add more points to the precious three they stole away from France. The boss declared:

“It’s very nice to commence the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign with a victory. I think it was a totally deserved one too. However, there’s one more important match lying ahead of us. It will require nothing less than maximum concentration.”

Coach Bernd Stange’s opposite number, Razvan Lucescu, also wants his Romanian players to react positively and get maximum points from Tuesday’s encounter. Following Romania’s 1-1 draw against Albania, the coach explained while speaking to the media:

“If we keep our heads down, the situation won’t be resolved. Life goes on, we need to go for it. That draw feels like defeat to us. Still, we need to recover quickly by beating Belarus. We can still qualify.”

Romania will go past Belarus in Group D if they manage to bounce back from their disappointing home draw against Albania on match-day one of their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign. As things stand in Group D, Belarus are enjoying the second spot. Romania, on the contrary, have to be content with their mid-table position.