Article by Daniel Grigore – published on Friday, August 29, 2025 22:57 / Updated on Friday, August 29, 2025 23:02
Valentin Costache, 27, admitted the superiority of Rapid in the match that opened stage 8 of the championship, lost by UTA with 0-2.
Costache, changed at the break, feels that the match was lost on a mental level. He recognizes his guilt from goal 2, in which he did not go down to cancel the numerical superiority of the hosts, the right side Mark Țuțu being overwhelmed by the combination between Petrila and Borza, the latter citing in front of the gate for Alex Dobre.
Valentin Costache, after Rapid-UTA: “I did not run as in other matches, I did not do it”
“It's not really ok, we are a little upset, we had no attitude, and this defines us. If we have no attitude we cannot, because we have no Messi, no Neymar, no Maradona. In the first half they were over us, they did the right thing.
They are good, they have quality, we have not run as in other matches, and I personally, and look that it is known. Not to be tired, if you are a footballer you have to play, every 3 to 3 days. Probably mentally I did not sit well, we did not think here, at least in the first half.
At every match there is a better place. I think I could. But there are matches and matches, it's not a country end. We look, correct, learn and have to move on.
I had to go down with Borza [la golul 2]. This is how we do, the bands must go down with the side defenders. I wasn't there. We need to correct and make the defensive phase. Told us (No – coach Adrian Mihalcea) and in the locker room that we will do more defensive phase, until we get any goals, ”Costache told Primasport.
Basarab Panduru to applauded: “You don't see that”
Basarab Panduru, the former footballer who had appreciated before the interview given by Costache that Țuțu was discovered on the right flank, noted that Valentin Costache made his “guilt”:
“I appreciated, you know. You don't see that very much. He said” I had to come. “
