Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekunge Romania yakundikana kukwanisa kuenda ku2002 World Cup, Iordănescu akakumbirwa kuti atsive Gheorghe Hagi, nokudaro achiva murairidzi wechikwata chenyika yenhabvu kechipiri. Chinangwa chake chikuru chakanga chiri chokuti chikwata chacho chikwanise kuenda kuEuro 2004
, asi akakundikana kuita kudaro. Achitaura kuti pakanga pasina mumwe munhu ari nani kupfuura iye uye aripo kuti atore mutariri wechikwata chenyika, Romanian Football Federation yakamupa chikwereti che 2006 World Cup qualifying stage, asi mushure mekuita kwakashata kure neArmenia, akazodzingwa.