Article by Sergiu Alexandru – published on Thursday, 07 August 2025 23:53 / Updated on Friday, 08 August 2025 04:14
Gigi Becali drew the first conclusions after FCSB defeated Drita, 3-2, in the first leg of the Europa League preliminaries.
FCSB hardly won the match with Drita, 3-2, returning from 0-2, score recorded in the 60th minute.
At the end of the match on the National Arena, Gigi Becali revealed how the match lived, declaring that he was sure that his team would mark at least once. He praised Daniel Bîrligea, the author of a “double”, and Octavian Popescu and criticized Vlad Chiricheș.
VIDEO. Gigi Becali, after FCSB-Drita 3-2: “The ball was just us”
“How did the game show in the first half? The ball was only with us. Drita gave a lucky goal, the ball was only with us. What emotions you have? A, that you may take you if you take goals to the cool, yes … But I had no emotions that we would not mark. We could not happen, but it was the ball only with us. At 1-2 I said we were playing the qualification there.
He can't get Drita out. If it takes you out, it means it's bad luck. But how much luck to have? I really liked the attitude. I'm starting to admit the team. And George Popescu returned! I liked the most that Bîrligea returned. It's the one I know.
Why did I remove Popescu? Politically it had come well and I needed aggression in the middle. So I put Baba. George recovered, but it was 2-2 and I needed aggression, so as not to do the stupid.
Who didn't I like it? Chiricheș. It was too slow! And he returned, especially in the second half.
Normally, given the team and score, the victory is 100%. That will be normally. What happened to Shkendija … I never say in my life. That? Shkendija to get you out … they were weak. Drita is not so weak. It was a mental blockage, bad luck, load after training … Now, “said Gigi Becali.
With Edjoua I was wrong. I had to keep him in the lot. It's valuable. I did not have to keep Stefanescu and Gheorghiță. I had to give Gheorghiță and keep Edjoua. I was wrong. I said that Gheorghiță is a perspective. We have no one to take out. I had to choose between Gheorghiță, Edjoa and Stefanescu. Yes, Edjouma was about CFR Cluj. I was understood with Varga, to give 100,000 euros
– Gigi Becali, FCSB patron
