Article by Tudor Belivaca – published on Sunday, 03 August 2025, 21:08 / Updated Sunday, 03 August 2025 21:15
Ioan Ovidiu Sabău, the coach of U Cluj, reacted immediately after his students' draw in front of Hermannstadt, score 2-2.
Ioan Ovidiu Sabău was satisfied with his team's game and explained his tactical decisions.
Ioan Ovidiu Sabău, reaction after Hermannstadt-U Cluj, score 2-2: “There were two mistakes. I gave them the ball, they left the counterattack”
“I thank the players for the attitude. It's hard to play very important matches. Two matches you lose in the extensions. Hard to recover. A group of 7-8 prepared players, the rest behind the preparation.
It was seen today in the first half. And if I had lost today, I was pleased, because we were going back to what was last year. As a game of possession, we control the game, we play very quickly. Important is the movement of players without ball.
There were mistakes, but I do not focus on them, but on the involvement of the boys, on the fact that they knew how to suffer, they showed that they were character. Not by chance I was a team that looked very good. They have not forgotten football. Let's place this period and understand that through work and involvement we manage to make this year a beautiful figure in Liga 1.
There were two mistakes. I gave them the ball, they went on the counterattack. A very good counterattac team. Very fast. Mistakes on the background of fatigue. Unrefined players. Those players who had to come with a physical point of view are not at a physical level. We need two or three games. The team should be 100% then.
We changed. We do not know what is currently suited for new players. 4-3-1-2 I prepared in the cantonment and the beginning of the championship. Those who came do not know how to play that way. I went to 4-2-3-1 again. And I went to 4-3-1-2 in the second half because I wanted to force, to have players in the box and to win. They wanted very much.
I learned a lot. Positive experience, that's how I take it. We have all learned that we have to organize ourselves totally different when you have such goals. We get experience at this level. It will help us, we learn from mistakes. It is important when you start the preparation to have all players in preparation. We did not act as we should act and now we pay a little. Things will be repaired and we will look better.
(No about the terminal of 485 matches in the superliga touched by Nistor) Dan has a lot of passion for football. Good! He's a professional. Is preparing very well. It's 100%involved. It is now about 70-80% of the physical point of view. He maybe a lot, much more. Dan Nistor will look much better at the following matches ”, said Ioan Ovidiu Sabău at the Flash-Interviul from Digi Sport Special.
After the game in the first half we had to win. I had great opportunities. Finally we could do 3-2. I suffered a lot this week. In the future, 100% we will look better. Maybe our non -synchronization … we will work on training and it will not happen again. It is very difficult to make a team overnight, but with a little patience we will be the team last year.
They left 12, they came 12. No mystery has a magic wand. It was a big difference from the Conference League match. From these failures we learn a lot and they will live in the future.
485 matches. It's something extraordinary to me. I wasn't thinking. It's incredible! I hope I don't stop here. To be healthy and help my team. Play-off and we'll see it after it will be.
–Dan Nistorat flash-interview
