Article by Tudor Belivaca – published Monday, 04 August 2025, 00:28 / Updated Monday, August 04, 2025 00:34
Mario Camora, the captain of CFR Cluj, and Matei Ilie, the scorer of the two goals in the defeat of the team from Gruia in front of the University of Craiova, score 2-3, agreed and believes that in their second half the team was better.
Dan Petrescu, the coach of CFR Cluj, said the result is unfair. CFR Cluj's players are also registered on the same line.
Mario Camora, reaction after CFR Cluj – Craiova University 2-3: “I think in the second half I was over them”
“We lost three points. The first half were over us. In the second we came back, but we could not equate. It is not very frustration. We scored two goals, we had a chance for the third.
I believe in the second half I was over them and with the players who entered the course. The second half did not see the big difference. I played the second half better.
Four points are few. It's not a position we want or we are used to. Also a very hard match follows at home. We are glad that we take a bit of break to return, unfortunately today it could not be able to.
We need to be united. We want more. We have to be on a very good day and be lucky as we had with Lugano. Braga is a good team and we will see. We hope to qualify, “said Mario Camora at the Flash-Interviul from Digi Sport Special.
Matei Ilie, the author of a “double” in CFR Cluj – Craiova University 2-3: “I am sad and disappointed”
We are disappointed. Negative result. I took three goals too easy. We managed not to get empty in Europe and today we took three. We have to analyze to see where we were wrong, but far too easy. I can't enjoy the two goals. In my soul I am very sad and disappointed.
In the second half I made a better game. I pushed a lot, that's why the two goals came and I even thought we would be able to give the third. Their goalkeeper had some good interventions. We were unable to put it in the gate.
It's not an excuse that we have absences. We are high -value players, we are at the same level and anyone who plays can do it very well.
We need to get more aggressive in the match and more determined on what we want to do. My expectations are not to take empty with the brag and from there we will see what it will be. If we don't take empty we may be able to score and move on
–Matei IlieCFR Cluj defender
