Superliga: Dan Petrescu said, before the FCSB-CFR Cluj match, who thinks she is favorite in the new season
Dan Petrescu Răzvan Pasarica / Sport Pictures / Imago Sportfotodienst / Profimedia
The coach of the CFR Cluj football team, Dan Petrescu, said in a press conference on Friday that the Romanian Super Cup, which he will play on Saturday, with FCSB, will be a trophy that will contribute to the winner's morale in the perspective of the new season of Superliga and the preliminaries of the European Cups.
'We have five important players absent. It is not an excuse, because we came to win as always the trophy. We have a good lot, a large lot. They will show everything they can and surely will do their best to win. I think it is a good decision to no longer be extensions, if it ends in a draw, because it is very hot. Well, there are no extensions, because it was worse for us. FCSB will play offensive, try to win, this is the spirit at FCSB, they have many good players. And they, like us, are trying to get in shape for Europe and the championship. This trophy will be good for morality. Anyone who will win the Super Cup will have a better morale, this is clear, “said Dan Petrescu.
He was impressed by the Steaua Stadium on which the match will be played, but said that it would have been correct for supporters for the Super Cup to take place in a city in the middle of Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca.
'From 7 years, at 21 I came everyday on this stadium and now I was shocked, because this is the first time I come to this stadium. I did not have the honor to be a coach here and I honestly do not know if it is a more beautiful stadium in Romania. And an excellent lawn. I would have liked to have such a stadium in my time. But, logically it was for the Super Cup to play somewhere in the middle, to move a little and to be correct, “Petrescu said.
Dan Petrescu: FCSB, favorite in the new season of the Superligion
The technician sees FCSB as the main favorite in the title of champion in the future season of the Superliga, also considering that he has a chance to qualify in the Champions League groups.
'When a team wins two championships in a row, it is normal for her to be the main favorite. At the last match of the national team there were about eight players, this says about the value of the FCSB lot. They have almost everything in Romania, this is the reality, we have to accept it. But that doesn't mean they will win the safe championship. But he leaves with the first chance. In order to be realists, it would be difficult for FCSB not to reach a European group, because they are favorite. We have to pass four teams to get into groups. It will not be easy, that's the reality. We will try to get to a European group, preferably the Europa League, but also the Conference League groups a success would be for us, “added Dan Petrescu.
The Romanian Super Cup, between the FCSB champion and the winner of the Romanian Cup, CFR Cluj, will be played on Saturday, at 8:00 pm, at the Steaua Stadium in the Capital.
