Article by Adrian Duţă – published on Friday, August 15, 2025, 00:58 / Updated Friday, August 15, 2025 01:02
After 3-0 in Craiova, Rădoi's team opened the scoring in Slovakia and had 4-0 in general in the 32nd minute of the Trnava match. Only Spartak returned incredibly, scored a goal immediately after Baiaram's success, then scored 3 times after the break.
Thus, at the end of the 90 minutes, the general score was 4-4. The Oltenians scored in extensions through Băluță and Nsimba and qualified in the play-off, where they will overcome Istanbul Basakșehir.
Mirel Rădoi was not surprised by the return of the Slovaks, saying he warned before the match. He acknowledged that there are problems with the team, the players often panic. Craiova is not at the first Passion this season. In the first stage of Superliga he drove 3-0 in Arad, but was equal to UTA in the last minutes.
Mirel Rădoi: “I couldn't make the boys motivated”
“A game with emotions, difficult, difficult. I could not make the boys motivated. I went through great emotions. Well, there are two sleeves. In the first you have to play football, in the second to califis. I warned beforehand. If someone took me stupid.
The opponent went through several tens of hours of analysis. He did not score in Craiova because we played well. And we are a team that plays better at home and weaker. We panicked, we have problems. The solutions we chose were not the best. After all, I congratulate the boys for the attitude, for determining the 120 minutes and for qualification.
At the break I told them that we had to play the same, that the opponents have nothing to lose. The players probably thought we couldn't get 4 goals. But they are aware, I talked to them. We thought we couldn't get 4 goals. We managed to score and went to the break with the thought that if in 3 halves I only took one goal, it is difficult to get another 3 goals in a half.
The English referee invented two faults today, it seemed ridiculous. Now we think of the match in Ciuc. All the concentration is on the ciuc. We have video analyst who will analyze Bașakșehir. We expected the Trnava to return, a very strong team, with a coach with very clear principles, ”Rădoi told the press conference.
