Marius Șumudică, 54, has offered his own version on what happened to Rapid lately. He left to understand in front of the supporters that he will resign after the elimination from the Romanian Cup, but he will remain and will end the season as A1 in Giulești.
With Rapid eliminated from the Romanian Cup in the semifinals phase after 1-2 with Hermannstadt, Marius Șumudică supported in front of the supporters That “from the moment, I am no longer the coach of the Rapid”.
His intention, at least at the declarative level, did not materialize in a resignation. Șumudică continued on the bench of Rapid, prepared the team for the derby with FCSB (1-2) and will remain A1 in Giulești at least until the end of the current season.
How did this denouement reach? Șumudică presented his own version at the conference before the match with Craiova University.
Marius Șumudică explains how Șucu and Angelescu kept him at Rapid: “I wanted to leave, they did not leave me!”
“When will I leave Rapid? Probably in the summer, I don't know. Ask Mr. Angelescu. I told you, I have a contract. I wanted to leave, I was not left. Further on what do you want me to tell you?
I do my job at workouts, I come in the morning, I go among the last. More than what I can do? ”, It was the first reaction of Șumudică on this topic.
When reporters asked him specifically about the discussions with the club's shareholders, Șumudică suggested that they invoked the unilateral termination clause:
“These are things of internal kitchen, I cannot say how the discussion went, it is not normal. I have a contract with a lot of clauses. If I spoke there are sanctions, there is no point.
It was a discussion in which it was sent to me that there is a contract signed by both parties and that you will have to continue. Okay. There is a clause in the mirror. If I wanted to leave I had to … I told you before. “
Basically, Șumudică did not want to pay the 150,000 euros stipulated by contract as a penalty.
Marius Șumudică: “Hard to catch the European Cups”
Also today, the coach of the Rapid did not show at all confident about the chances of catching a European Cup place, ie the fourth position in the play-off:
“It is difficult to catch the European Cup, it is very difficult. We depend on other results, on many more … We have a chance to get European how other teams have to take the championship in front of the FCSB, but we go with all the teams, we defended our chances correctly. Tomorrow we will be the same.”
