Article by Alexandru Tomuțiu – published Monday, April 21, 2025, 11:15 / Updated Monday, April 21, 2025 11:22
Cristi Balaj (53 years old), the president of CFR Cluj, was very upset after FCSB failure, score 2-3.
Cristi Balaj believes that the people from CFR Cluj played very well in the first half, and the score is extremely lie. Like the match on the national arena with the one lost in the company of the rival U Cluj, score 0-1. He says that Lyon did not dominate FCSB as CFR did in the first half.
Cristi Balaj, after FCSB – CFR Cluj: “An offense brought to football”
“I had the same feeling in the match with U Cluj. The opponent has not passed the field twice. Such a dominance and difference of game, not to mention Valaore, I really looked good. This is my opinion. That void came, exactly as u Cluj happened. I dominated the match of an incredible way. Lyon did not dominate FCSB as we did. They have experience, they do not play every 3 to 3 days, you can no longer speak of wear, fatigue.
I played very well in the first half, and in the last 20 minutes anything has been played, only football. We tried to play, they hit, they were receiving yellow and they were still standing on the floor. They followed their goal, a big team does. Some said: “Dom'ne, I was tired of the ugly game of the CFR.” Look, it happened to play nice and not win.
At that phase, Camora and Abeid invited each other. There were two experienced players there, they could do double on the foot. Bravo, wins the championship. If this looks like a champion, God help them. Had the first corner in the 55th minute, we had 6 already, something incredible. I am wrong when I say I was much better in the first half? That they passed the middle of the land 2-3 times? And I wake up to see on TV that they had 60% possession. God, forgive me.
Football is played on goals. The first condition to win is to play well. At the second goal, there was a CFR player there. Football has punished us this year. There have been reasons, because we are not perfect. It's hard to take point or points in a match where you take 3 goals, regardless of the opponent, even if you play with the Buzau.
It was long down, there were lime interventions and 6 minutes of extension were given. What happened in the second half … at certain times there was an offense brought footballi. They followed their interest, bravo. The goals were regulatory. The only question is in Korenica, the second goal, if it was fault in their half. Why talk after we get 3 goals? It was a difference in a goal on the scoreboard, but as a game the difference was much bigger. They have high chances to take the championship.
At the moment when your square is attacked, you must be like a lioness who protects their chicks. You cannot treat these moments with such lightness. We attacked so much in the first half that we forgot to defend ourselves in a two. That's it, we congratulate them, bravo. Not by chance they enjoyed more than usual. I dominated them, they suffered. To be afraid even at 3-0, this says a lot, “said Cristi Balaj, at Fanatik.
