BUCHAREST: An exhibition this week in Bucharest dedicated to the ‘golden generation’ of Romanian football will display many things related to the national team’s stellar performance in 1994 World Cup, Romanian news agency AGERPRES reported on Tuesday.

The exhibition at Art Safari from 23rd May to 2nd June, will offer visitors to have a glimpse of the jersey worn by Gheorghe Hagi in the 1994 World Cup match against Argentina, with his holographic signature, as well as rare articles and photos related to that historic match.

According to a press release from the organisers, the exhibition marks the exceptional performance of the national team at the 1994 World Cup, where Romania reached the quarter-finals. The exhibition takes place in the context of the match that the esteemed former footballers of the golden generation will play on 25th May at the National Arena in Bucharest.

‘Thirty years ago, at the ’94 World Cup, which took place in the United States, Romania’s national team wrote the most beautiful pag
e in the history of Romanian football. The team reached the quarter-finals against Sweden, after Argentina’s elimination from the competition. To mark this historic moment, Art Safari is organising a temporary exhibition that will explore the impressive achievements of the golden generation. From original equipment worn by Romanian football stars, old articles and magazines from important private collections to iconic photographs, the exhibition offers a different perspective on a golden era of Romanian football,’ the organisers said.

The centrepiece of the exhibition will be the official jersey of the national team, with the holographic signature of the legendary Gheorghe Hagi, from a private collection.

The equipment of other great names in Romanian football, such as Gica Popescu, Ilie Dumitrescu, Marius Lacatus, Florin Prunea, Ionut Lupescu, Dorinel Munteanu and Dan Petrescu, will also be there at Art Safari.

Source: Emirates News Agency