The former champion in Banie, impressed by the player from Craiova: “extremely important”

Article by Adrian Duţă – published Monday, August 11, 2025, 14:35 / Updated Monday, August 11, 2025:45
Pavel Badea, the former midfielder from Craiova, praised Oleksandr Romanchuk, the central defender of Mirel Rădoi, after the gorgeous goal scored by him in Victoria with Hermannstadt, score 1-0.
The champion in '91 analyzed the victory with the Sibiu and agreed with Mirel Rădoi: “The big teams also win.”
Pavel Badea: “In our efforts to go as much in the European cups, morale is extremely important”
“It was an extremely important match for us. The victories bring victories. In our efforts to go as much as possible in the European cups, morale is extremely important. It was not a very successful match, as an expression of the team. Just as Rădoi said, the big teams also win.
I am sorry that there are those endless discussions on that occasion of the last minute. There were occasions on both sides, with a better possession of ours. We have almost 60%, from what I saw.
One by one, Hermannstadt is an uncomfortable team, with very good players, who know each other and form a very good group. They will return if they will play the same and will make points, “said Pavel Badea, director of the Universitatea Craiova Sports Club, for gsp.ro.
Pavel Badea: “You cannot make a decision if you are not 100% sure”
Pavel Badea also spoke about the controversial phase at the end of the match, when Hermannstadt asked for a valid goal at Chițu's shot, long released from the gate line. The resumptions did not show clearly whether the ball passed 100% the gate line, and those in the lime room could not intervene, because Andrei Chivulete did not dictate empty in the field.
“The regulation is clear. If the ball passes 100% of the gate line, it is empty. I think the edge referees made a normal decision, although the subjectivism is inherent, because they were not sure if the ball has passed. You cannot make a decision if you are not 100% safe.

Laude for Romanchuk: “He scored an extraordinarily important goal”
The former midfielder from FC Craiova University then Păudat on Oleksandr Romanchuk and also remembered the superb goal scored by Ukrainian with Sarajevo, at 1-2 in Bosnia, in the preliminaries of Conference League.
Romanchuk scored an extraordinarily important goal. Beyond a good defender, he is also a good finalizer. Let us not forget that the goal he scored in Sarajevo triggered a team revival. That's how I perceived the goal. He was a click, a trusted vector for the team. At 2-0, otherwise you approach the match. At 2-1, the approach is otherwise. You are no longer pressed. In the first half, the team was not inspired, but it did not lose calm.
– Pavel Badea, for GSP

Oleksandr Romanchuk scored in Craiova – Hermannstadt
Pavel Badea: “In Trnava we will have a very difficult match”
Then Pavel Badea spoke about the return with Spartak Trnava, after 3-0 in the first leg of the preliminary round 3:
“Now it is very important to approach with the best team, with maximum confidence and determination this match. In Trnava we will have a very difficult match.
A team that put you in trouble in the first half. A team that has been defeated by a fall of the last 30 minutes. In the first half I played on a peer. They also had two occasions, not to forget them ”.

Pavel Badea, Craiova Captain at the 2002 return




