What Chiricheș was doing before Shkendija's goal

Shkendija – FCSB, the first leg of the second preliminary round Champions League, ended with 1-0 score. The return is played on Wednesday, July 30, in Bucharest, from 20:30.

Shake your head, FCSB gets collected!

Last night, FCSB was vulnerable and punished for a center in its own square. In the 65th minute, Adamu Alhassan took advantage of the ball sent by Aleksander Trump. The footballer from Nigeria resumed spectacularly, with the head, between Vali Crețu and Marius Stefanescu.

It's not an incident-it's already the 4th goal with the head collected by FCSB in the 2025-2026 season! The Kujabi for Hermannstadt (1-1) also marked the same, so did Inter Club D'Acaldes in the return of Andorra (2-1).

Also, in the first leg with d'H escaldes, FCSB was not empty with the head (3-1), but also after a center, to which Ngezana slipped.

Did not listen to Chiricheș

At Skopje, FCSB was driven after a free kick executed in the host wall. The ball ricocheated on the side, where Trump's center came from.

Fixed before the Albanian throw the ball into the box, Chiricheș signaled to colleagues to cover the area from which Adamu Alhassan would mark. Ștefănescu and Crețu were not careful enough, and the Nigerian registered.

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“Well, I'm small, but I'm not giving up!”

Invited to GSP Live, Costin Curelea, the new coach of Romania U21, analyzed the goal of the goal received by FCSB in Northern Macedonia.

“Crețu, at one point, was between two opponents, had a man in the back and a man in front, eventually hit the ball with his head behind him. After rejection, they did not look, they had no tendency to look at what people are in their area. It depends on.

Normally, in the area of the box, you have an opponent, it is the ball at the edge, you look and you get in touch with it to block it. They all looked at the ball, the mistake that is made at the highest level. You did not see people, you did not inform you and, when it comes to you, it has the first chance. If you supervise him, yes, you feel it, you can manage it from the strength of the arm, from the body, you take it from the timing, do not jump so easily.

Ok, it's bigger than you. Ștefănescu and Crețu are not very tall, but you can embarrass it and do not do so well. They did not forget for a moment, they did not gather. They didn't jump properly. Ștefănescu could enter a little: Well, I'm small, but I don't give up! My role is to disturb the opponent to hit the ball well”, Said Curelea, present in the studio of the Sports Gazette.

Photo gallery | The goal phase collected by FCSB in Northern Macedonia

To count the absence of Dawa?

A possible cause for the disability of the FCSB when the defense of the centered balls, resumed with the head of opponents, be the absence of Dawa. Recognized for the impressive waist, 1.94m, and the redoubtable air game, the Cameroonian has not been playing since March, since it was injured in the 2026 World Championship preliminaries. His knee ligaments have been affected.

Thus, at the beginning of the current season, Ngzana – M. Popescu was the couple of FCSB favorite.

FCSB in Season 2025-2026