“Will we see Macalou at U Cluj?” »Ioan Ovidiu Sabău's response

Article by Alexandru Tomuțiu – published Tuesday, August 19, 2025, 00:05 / Updated Tuesday, August 19, 2025 00:07
Ioan Ovidiu Sabău spoke about Isosouf Macalou (right wing), which was not in the batch of U Cluj in Victoria with the Lighthousescore 1-0.
Macalou was left outside the lot for the match in Ovidiu. He had a few offers and was no longer concentrated, and the staff decided to leave him outside the team.
Sabău said he wants to continue to rely on Macalou, but it is important what the footballer wants.
Ioan Ovidiu Sabău, about Macalou: “He must decide what he wants”
“I am glad that I looked good as a rhythm. I think it was a great action, I looked good from the beginning. After elimination, it is normal to close, you run much more, you do sacrifices. It deserves all the respect and all their appreciation. It is their work and their victory.
Another time I was upset, but today I want to congratulate everyone, even those who entered the course. There were enough matches in which I controlled the game, I had opportunities, but I lost easy.
At Hermannstadt we drove, and in five minutes they gave us two goals. You lose confidence in such moments. I needed such a victory. It gives moral, it matters a lot.
I risked, but I am very pleased with him (no goalkeeper Iustin Chirilă). It was unexpectedly safe on him. They are those emotions – you are a child, you are young, there is pressure, lack of results. He did not have some super interventions, but it was at the moment and in the right place in those phases, especially since we were playing in numerical inferiority.
We are preparing well, we have intensity training, for duels. We adapted to the situation of the players who came one by one. There are mistakes we make. Very involved players when you are back. I think that if we keep it that way, this team will not be good, but very good.
(Will we see Macalou at U Cluj?) It just depends on him. I at least trust that it can help us. It has very beautiful qualities: strength, speed. But he also has to decide what he wants, if he can be found in this group, in this team. He is the player under contract with us, and we want to help him, ”said Sabău, at the first sport.

Macalou and Radunovic Photo: Imago Images
It is important that I took the points, not that I scored. We need more time to get to know each other better. It is interesting in Romania, the lower teams can defeat the teams from above. We will come back and we will have time to prepare for the next match. If we have a united locker room, a team with good atmosphere, we can achieve performance.
– Dino Mikanovic, Ur Cluj defender
It was very difficult, even though I started the match well. It was seen from the first few minutes that we were very focused. Mister said she wants a lot from us and has seen us. I was talking at the break that a victory would take us out of the state. The victories give you moral.
– Andrei Artean, midfielder u Cluj




