“The balls up, the players on foot.” Why drink tea during matches, which is the situation of Louis Munteanu
Article by Eduard Apostol – published Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 14:26 / Updated Tuesday, April 29, 20:28
Dan Petrescu, 57, said after the draw with Dinamo (1-1) that he does not give up the fight for the title And he explains why his team could not keep up with FCSB. Gave details from inside the team
CFR Cluj was removed from the fight for the title after 1-1 with Dinamo, on Monday night, on the National Arena. The Transylvanians are now 7 FCSB points, with four rounds left to play from the play-off. The next stage, is Derby de Cluj, in Gruia. The “railway” lost three matches this season with Liga 1 with U.
CFR is made to attack, which is why they score many goals. Now, if we have another year together with the same players, we will work more on defense. At the attack he worked well. I will always put the best players, the best first 11
Dan Petrescu, CFR Cluj coach
Dan Petrescu, arrows to Rivali: “Do we want to play, to be correct. Tell us a player who stayed at CFR Cluj?”
At the press conference at the National Arena, after the draw with Dinamo, the coach of Cluj, Dan Petrescu, also spoke about his team, sent arrows to the title rivals, without nominating exactly. But the message was clear.
“We did not know how to keep the result this season, we did not show as a team that is worth winning. If we are not able to defend ourselves in the corners … We do not know how to play the result! This is the team I have this season, he only knows how to attack, that we have the most goals.
The team knows how to play and attack, but does not know how to defend itself. As I played, we didn't deserve more. It would have been the first time we hoped to win after a bad game. “Let us have a weak match and win, I am tired of giving five goals, giving 25 kicks on the game and, sometimes, lose!”.
I would have wanted a bad match, but with victory. He would have given us morally. Chances of title? Mathematically, there are something else, small, chance, you can't give up. Don't see how the matches are won? Pragmatism, defense, balls up, players on foot … Tell us a player who was on foot? The matches are won otherwise, not just football. We want to play, to be correct, you can't win trophies …
And I explained to them (players) that we have to be intelligent, not even Dinamo and I only took one point. I think I got the most out of this team, I have nothing to reproach. If I win a trophy (Romanian Cup), it would be the cherry on the cake, ”said Dan Petrescu after the match.
And the result of the FCSB with Rapid finished it a little. If FCSB was losing, otherwise I think my players came in. It seems to me that they entered soft with Dinamo
Dan Petrescu, CFR Cluj coach
Dan Petrescu about the arbitration in Romania: “A mistake, if it was, pro-CFR, kills our planet!”
Superdan was also questioned about the arbitration in the play-off, including from the opponents' matches, but also about the lime impact in Liga 1.
“It is not my problem. I can not get into this, in this controversy. Everywhere there are problems, not just in Romania. You have not seen what happened in Spain, it wanted to enter the field … What is clear is that this year had any PRO mistake. One if it was, the whole planet killed us! the technician.
Louis Munteanu had a stomach problem
Louis Munteanu had a performance deleted against the “dogs”, went out in the 71st minute, accusing a medical problem.
“Louis asked for some stomach pills at the break, he thinks he ate something he didn't need. I asked him every 5 minutes if he could. He felt bad at the break. I think he resisted quite a lot,” said Petrescu.
About the fact that he drank tea from a plastic bottle during the match, the coach explained: “I always drink tea at matches. Don't you see what problems I have with my neck?”.
