Article by Alexandru Stanciu – published on Thursday, September 25, 2025 22:14 / Updated Thursday, September 25, 2025:18
Elias Charalambous, FCSB's coach, has celebrated his 45-year-old age with a victory in the Europa League, 1-0 away with Go Ahead Eagles.
The Cypriot technician thanked the players for the gift, the debut with a success in the Europa League group, and dedicated the victory of Mihai Lixandru (24 years), who was operated on appendicitis in the Netherlands.
Elias Charalambous celebrated his birthday with a victory in the Europa League: “A beautiful gift”
“It's a nice gift. I want to thank the players, the staff, they did an excellent job. The name Go Ahead Eagles is not big in Europe, but I'm sure they will win points in the Europa League.
We were focused 90 minutes, I remembered last year's game. I had the attitude and the style of play since then. We discussed before the match, in such parties you have to be focused and aggressive for 90 minutes, that was the difference now.
I can't notice a player or two, they all mattered a lot. I had the team spirit with us. It is not fair to name a player, it was a collective effort from everyone. Today they worked as a team.
I want to share this victory with Lixandru. Unfortunately, he was unlucky. The doctor quickly realized what happened, we hope to come back as soon as possible.
The supporters were again fantastic. We are proud to have these fans with us, I want to thank them from the heart that they came here and they were with us. I am convinced they are happy tonight.
We have to guide ourselves after this victory. We have to fight together, if we show the same attitude in the championship we will improve our game there, ”said Elias Charalambous, at the first sport 1.
The ranking in the Europa League group
