Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i te kore o Romania ki te tohu mo te Ipu o te Ao 2002, i tonoa a Iordănescu ki te whakakapi i a Gheorghe Hagi, na reira ka noho ko ia te kaiako o te kapa whutupaoro a motu mo te wa tuarua. Ko tōna whāinga matua kia eke te kapa ki te whakataetae
Euro 2004, engari kaore i taea. I te kii kaore he tangata ke atu i a ia me te waatea ki te whakahaere i te roopu motu, i whakawhiwhia e te Romanian Football Federation ki a ia mo te waahanga tohu mo te Ipu o te Ao 2006, engari i muri i te mahi kino ki a Armenia, ka peia ia.