Article by Daniel Grigore – published on Sunday, August 17, 2025, 00:12 / Updated Sunday, August 17, 2025 00:13
Liviu Ciobotariu, 54 years old, Oil Coach, and Gheorghe Grozav, 34, team captain, were disappointed by The result obtained with Hermannstadt1-1, and by the dowry agonized in this beginning of the season.
Equipped by Hermannstadt in the 82nd minute, 1-1 final score, oil reached 6 points after the first 6 stages.
It is a harvest that does not thank two of the most important people from Petroleum, coach Liviu Ciobotariu and captain Gheorghe Grozav, the marker of “Lupilor” today.
Liviu Ciobotariu admits: “Start missed by the championship”
“Too bad we couldn't win today. I don't know if we deserved, but again we had an advantage on the table and we didn't know how to manage the situation properly. We had to be more pragmatic, to break the game. We met a very good team, which plays a good football.
There is this dose of frustration, of anger, because it is the third match at home and we could only take a point. Yes, I am disappointed with the result, I could do more. I had at 1-0 a few situations, I can't call them opportunities, but I didn't manage them well. We had a few balls through the box, we couldn't make the fruit.
Yes it is a difficult time for us, a laid start of the championship. I, one, expected much more than points. As a game, the boys had an attitude. They played, they tried, they fought.
But also these misfortunes … At the beginning of the game Marian was injured, I had to change the system again. But [astfel de lucruri] I am part of the game and we have to adapt. Anyway, I looked good after I changed the system, it wasn't a problem. In the training period I prepared 4-3-3 and 4-2-3-1 and 3-4-3.
But it's a pity, and at the match with UTA I had 1-0 and I received two goals on the counterattack. We make childish mistakes.
I'm disappointed, so. You are not allowed to drive in the 82nd minute and to get a goal that could be easily avoided. If we were taking empty with a remote shot or a rectable execution, I may not have been so disappointed. There were several mistakes there in the chain. But I am part of the game.
We have to get up, it's a championship start, it's just the sixth stage. We have to work harder, to be more responsible, more pragmatic at certain times and to have lucidity at the end, ”Ciobotariu said at Primasport.
We have to do the analysis of this game, I can't get so easily over what happened today. Then let's get back physically, because the boys made an effort, ran, fought with the opponent. Then we will prepare for the match with Craiova.
– Liviu Ciobotariu
Gicu Grozav: “I feel we could have accumulated more points”
Asked if he is satisfied with the 6 points accumulated so far, Grozav did not end up recognizing the Flash-Intervi in Primasport:
“Honestly, no. We feel, at least I feel we could accumulate more points. Unfortunately for us, the real situation is the one in the standings. We have nothing to do, we go further and we have to stay concentrated, to take it with the match.”
Regarding the match with Hermannstadt, Grozav said:
“We mobilized well, I say we made a good match. We managed to score the first, then they could push us a little, they wanted to match, to score. It was normal. Unfortunately, we could not stay as motivated, concentrated and took that goal.
I really felt that we could get the victory, I had some situations, I stayed up, over them, but unfortunately I only managed a goal, from the penalty. It is some anger that we cannot win at home, but we must remain positive, the victory will come. “
In the next round, Ploieșteni is waiting for a travel to Craiova, on the field of the championship leader. Here's how Great Preface:
“A very difficult match awaits us, a heavy trip, with a team in maximum form, but I am convinced that we can show a good football. We have quality and I am very confident that we can make a good result.”
