Article by Alexandru Barbu – published Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 12:37 / Updated Tuesday, May 13, 2025 12:43
Ioanițoaia up to date | “If it was punctuated as a box, Dinamo is probably worth the victory with Rapid”
“It was not the expected match. A game under expectations, the team that disappointed was rapid. I didn't understand Șumudică – you can't criticize the players. I mean, you have reasons, but if you do, that will act like a boomerang. The criticism of the players returns to the coach. The coach is the one who answers. When the players don't listen to you anymore, it's clear that it's your fault.
It was more expected from Rapid. Dinamo mastered the game, at least in the first half. In the second part he went out quickly to the game. If it was punctuated like boxing, Dinamo would probably have been worth Victoria. So Dinamo will probably finish the last place in the play-off. Rapid keeps theoretical chances at a European Cup position ”, Ioanițoaia pointed out.
The signs are that Șumudică will not continue at Rapid. It would have been worth staying, but you do not speak so if you intend to continue on the team. He put his players to the wall and, when the coach gets rid of his own footballers, he is a black ball for him. Who is to blame when the team does not respond to orders? The first to answer is the coach, as Marica said
– Ovidiu Ioanițoaia, Director of Gazeta Sporturii
Ioanițoaia: “In the current configuration of the FCSB, I do not think it is possible to reach the Champions League”
“FCSB was the most valuable team. Title deserved, all the more so that the team made a special European campaign. He played much more matches than the main candidates in the championship. He led the hostilities all the season and won, from my point of view, the championship was worth.
Indeed, Becali has put money, he intends to invest additionally, but the Champions League is a higher step. In the current configuration of the FCSB, I do not think it is possible to reach the Champions League. However, if he transfers players like a bauza, Mitriță, Louis Munteanu, Blănuță, as Becali praises, then the situation changes. Otherwise, the Champions League is a upper floor. It depends a lot on the draw, ”added the experienced journalist.
Istvan Kovacs, delegated to the Champions League final: “It is clear that you are a force in arbitration”
“First of all, it is the merit of Istvan Kovacs. When you are entrusted with a final of the Champions League, it is clear that you represent something, that you are a force in the arbitration. For the image of Romanian football, it is a good note, an extra note.
To what extent it will help us, it's hard to say. It is not like 20-30 years ago, when, if you had an elite referee, you were advantageous, in the sense that he could bring you some indirect referees. That era passed.
It is the victory of Istvan, but also for Romanian football, a final of Champions League is important, considering that only Rainea and Crăciunescu have led such matches in the past ”, concluded Ioanițoaia.
