Article by Alexandru Tomuțiu – published Monday, May 19, 2025 23:24 / Updated Monday, May 19, 2025 23:25
Cristi Balaj (53 years old), the president of CFR Cluj, was live at GSP LIVE Special, immediately after his team defeated Rapid with the score of 4-1.
Cristi Balaj and Mihai Stoica have had several remote replicas exchanges in the last period. MM had a “sharp” reply for Dan Petrescu, after the Transylvanian technician said that FCSB was helped by arbitration this season.
“If I take Dan Petrescu, no title would be worth winning. If Petrescu really wants to enter into a controversy on this topic … I'm not really embarrassed at all? I beat them, everywhere I caught them!”, Mihai Stoica had said.
Cristi Balaj believes that the statements made by Mihai Stoica in Petrescu's direction are totally inappropriate, in the context in which the coach faces a medical problem around his neck.
Cristi Balaj, message for Mihai Stoica: “This disturbed me the most”
Cristi Balaj, after the triumph of the Betano Romanian Cup: Cristi Preda GSP
“As far as they did and said, it is too little to feel offended only for that (no for the way FCSB celebrated the championship). Most of me disturbed one thing, here I mean Mihai Stoica. It is notorious that Dan Petrescu has a medical problem, which will be solved.
We were, at least souls, along with him at that time. We talk about clubs, situation, generally, while he uses names. I am not Dan Petrescu's lawyer, but I say: we walk for nothing, if after we go out … ”, said Cristi Balaj, at GSP LIVE Special.
Cristi Balaj, about Rapid – CFR Cluj: “For us it was important to strengthen the second place in the standings”
“From this point of view (no that they broke the evening from Rapid) we are sorry, because the ones from Rapid behaved exemplary every time we played in Giulești. They have a beautiful, atmosphere, public. The people in the leadership have always behaved wonderfully. We want to thank them and we were sorry. trophy we wanted.
I did everything that depended on us to get this victory. Unfortunately, it is in Cluj, he is doing treatment. I had many minuses. We tried to compensate. Those who entered the first 11, and even those who entered the course, showed that it is worth being at CFR.
An additional note for the two veterans, because we also have our veterans, Camora and Deac. Deac also registered, in front of Camora, a reverence on their part. We have established that at the end of the championship we will have a discussion. It is also important what the two want, and what decision we will make with the club's owner. Every time a decision was made, the financier was involved.
I am part of the history of the club, it is worth respect. When the decision will be made to stop continuing on the football field I want to be part of the club. That we are talking about leadership, staff, academy, they deserve to occupy almost any position, I am convinced that they will bring added value. The advice I would give would be to play football as much as I can, because nothing can be more beautiful.
We know what this means, because two years ago we qualified until the European spring and played with Lazio. We admit that we tried to take advantage, which is not right, but this is football. And we went through a similar situation. Discussed arbitration. It is late now, there is no point in discussing. Now we just have to congratulate them because they finished the first place, ”said Cristi Balaj, at GSP Live Special.
