Article by Alexandru Stanciu – published Thursday, May 15, 2025, 12:11 / Updated Thursday, May 15, 2025 12:21
Marius Șumudică (54 years old), the coach from Rapid, left again that his adventure on the Giulesti technical bench will end with the end of this season.
The technician was declared dissatisfied with the attitude of the players in certain matches and accuses that the team no longer has a leader.
Marius Șumudică, about his adventure at Rapid: “It was enough!”
“I did not discuss with Mr. Șucu, nor with Mr. Angelescu. He gave me a single message, as long as there are chances, to believe in them. After the match with Dinamo. If we are no longer in our hand, we must be mounted, something like that.
From what I feel, I think it's over (no adventure at Rapid). And I think it's over for some time, after the match with Hermannstadt. I understand them (no on shareholders)they wanted very much. But I think we just want us. I couldn't achieve it.
It would be that we are poorly prepared, but not to make the team in the play-off … the biggest performance was the semi-final and 5th place. This year were the most chances. What to do? We sit at the table, talk, say things by name.
There is a contract. We see, we establish further. I once wanted to leave, it couldn't. I understand Mr. Șucu, a businessman, has entered football. He explained to me that this is not how a contract breaks. I still stay. I went, I beat Craiova. On my second I took him out of the pit …
I love the Rapid, but I can't even get to sit with the vials of medicines in my pocket. Reach! It was enough for me. And I am not the kind of man to wait for the salary date. If there are such people in the Club Rapid, who are waiting for the date of the club to ask when the money comes in, that the holiday comes … These should be eliminated, “said Marius Șumudică, at FANATIK.ro.
Marius Șumudică and Zeljko Kopic, photo: Gazeta Sports
Marius Șumudică: “There is no chemistry!” + Seriously accuse the attitude of the players
“There are many problems, but I do not want to discuss them now. I do not think there is chemistry, with all respect. I realized late. These two games on me have made me think bad. The FCSB ones drank until 7 in the morning, or until 12, 1, and the next day they entered the field and ate those from Cluj.
We, when the match comes, you say we are … your thief entered your house and you open them on the back door. We do not deserve (no qualification in the European Cups)! Let's be correct, we don't deserve it! Ok, there were very good moments of play, but we, to be worth it there, we had to show something, desire, aggression.
I do not want to put my players on the wall, I am bothering their lack of reaction, aggression. We have no breaks on the team, we have no cramps. But we have no aggression, no desire.
I made a mistake and assume it. When I was an analyst, I was looking from the outside and so it seemed to me. And my desire to reach Rapid … then I made some free statements at that time, believing a lot in that project. Unfortunately, I was wrong.
And I lost Săpunaru. He was not the leader in the locker room in the sense that he was not played. As much as possible, he helped me, but from another posture, not involved in the first 11. He was next to me all the time, he helped me. The Rapid, at the moment, has no leader. And a team without a leader is like when you are in the middle of the desert and you have no compass.
The leader is born. We, at the moment, have no leader. The leader is born, it is not done. I can't make a leader leader overnight. It's not Braun, I don't want to give name. As long as we are a team, we need to take everyone what's going on at Rapid.
Lately it is a campaign only against Șumudică. Okay, I pay, no problem. But you, when you have a clear penalty and do not see a reaction from your players, what else …? It gives me a comma. It is your final, you beat, you were 1 point of U Cluj and you were in your hand until the end.
You go to Hermannstadt and make 4 or 5 faults the whole match, there is no such thing in the football annals. What do I do? To do training and teach them to go with the sole in your throat? That bothers me, these moments.
But you, when you go to CFR and they do not matter in the second half, FCSB did not dominate Lyon as we dominated them in the second half. Between these matches you have at Hermannstadt, and this one comes with Dinamo, and you have no reaction.
You go and beat to Craiova. Who beat Mirel so far? Just the fast. Then you have no reaction. You don't want to. You can't. Can't you? Don't you wish? To pull one of the shirt, I give one of earth … “, added Marius Șumudică.
