Article by Adrian Duţă – published Wednesday, August 13, 2025, 19:58 / Updated Wednesday, August 13, 2025 20:03
Mirel Rădoi, the coach of Craiova University, prefaced the second sleeve with Spartak Trnava, from the preliminary round League, during a press conference.
- Spartak Trnava – Craiova University takes place on Thursday at 21:30. The match will be LiveText on GSP and broadcast on Digi Sport 2 and first sport 2
- In the first leg, Craiova won by 3-0
Mireș Rădoi is thinking of the match with UTA, when Craiova had 3-0, but the Aradians equalized. He transmitted that his team did not have the qualification in the next round and threatened his players.
Whoever talks about the Conference Play-off before the match with Trnava will not play against the Slovaks, in the second leg of the Tour 3.
Mirel Rădoi: “If we enter the field with the thought that we have 3-0, we will make the match easier for the trnava”
“It was a first half won by us. It does not mean that we are already qualified. We would make a big mistake to say that we are qualified. It will be an incendiary atmosphere. They can surprise us with an aggressive pressing. We expect a much harder match than in the tour.
I'm not afraid, but the thought takes you to what happened in the first stage (no-3-3 with UTA, after Craiova had 3-0). It depends on the approach. If we enter the field with the thought that we have 3-0, we will make the match easier for those from Trnava.
The match starts at 0-0, we came here to qualify. It is inevitable that you do not think relaxation, no matter how concentrated you are. They showed these days in training how focused they are, but it's inevitable, because I was a player and I had these thoughts.
I went through a similar situation. I was close to a European final, and the score was 3-0 general for us. I mean the match with Middlesbrough. That match remained in my mind. We will have to find things that have no connection with the result, to orient them to the motivation to other things, “said Rădoi, for Craiova's website.
Rădoi: “If anyone talks about the next round, he won't play”
“We have small problems, and because of fatigue, and because of the contusions suffered in the last match. We will see until the time of the match that can be changed.
The game system, how we defend ourselves, how we attack, how to press, how we initiate the game from the goalkeeper are already established things.
I didn't hear anyone talk about the next round, and if they did, they would do it without hearing. Because if I heard, they wouldn't play tomorrow. I mean, surely won't play tomorrow. The moment when we are thinking of the next round means lack of fair-play towards Trnava and a lack of professionalism on our part“, Rădoi said.
