Article by Alexandru Tomuțiu – published on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, 21:38 / Updated Wednesday, September 3, 20:38
Florin Lovin (43 years old), the former FCSB midfielder, reacted, after Gigi Becali (67) decided to exclude Vlad Chiricheș (35) in the champion group.
After the equal in Gruia, score 2-2, Gigi Becali decided to exclude the player who evolved for teams such as Tottenham and Naples from the champion group. The midfielder was changed in that match in the 29th minute.
Florin Lovin, who played for FCSB between 2005 and 2009, believes that the owner is very ugly with the footballer in exchange for which he received no less 9.5 million euros, a record amount for Romanian football at that time.
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“I cannot believe that Mircea Lucescu can convene a footballer who has to be left in the national team. I refer from a sport, with his eye.
Demonstrated this at the end of the past seasons. In this beginning of the season the whole team played badly. It was a collective problem, perhaps physical, perhaps psychological. The same players ago a short time were taking place on a par with Olympiakos, with PAOK. It is a shame that such things are still happening in Romanian football.
Florin Lovin, in action in a gala duel with arsenal / photo: Guliver / Getty Images
It's ugly. You cannot human, he is a footballer who has represented you and has done so much for your club. He also played so many matches for the national team. He was an exponential player in his period. Would have hated that this was the last match in which he was taken out in the 29th minute“, Said Florin Lovin, at the football show, from the first sport.
