Article by Alexandru Barbu – Published on Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 14:23 / Updated Tuesday, October 2025 14:27
Orlando Nicoara, the director of the company that owns the TV rights for Superliga and who implemented the VAR in Romania, is the guest of the edition #26 a GSP podcast “2 to 1”format made by Alexandru Barbu and Raul Rusescu.
- The podcast with Orlando Nicoara will be available on the youtube channel of the Sports Gazette (Subscribe here!), as well as on gsp.ro, starting with Friday, 6:00 pm
Almost two hours of discussions with one of the most influential people in Romanian football, a successful entrepreneur and in the media area: about the costs of superlig, FCSB – Steaua, Premier League exclusively or hard conflict with Gigi Becali.
Orlando Nicoara at Podcastul GSP “2 to 1”, photo: Ionuț Iordache (gsp.ro)
“2 to 1” with Orlando Nicoara. The main topics addressed:
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How much does a Liga 1 match cost?
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Why it states that “the FCSB brand is stronger today than the Steaua brand”;
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reveals to which team it holds;
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conflict with Gigi Becali;
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The Premier League experiment on Voyo;
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Major announcement about the TV rights contract that now runs the Superliga;
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Business Recommendations: In what is good to invest today and what business you need to keep in Nicoara's vision;
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The challenges of an entrepreneur-“then all the hair I had had fell”;
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The piracy faced by EAD products;
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The story of the first match in Romania transmitted online.
@gsp.ro Orlando Nicoara comes to the GSP podcast “2 to 1”. Do not miss – Friday, 6:00 pm #2LA1 #orlandonicoara ♬ Original Sound – GSP – Gazeta Sports
About Orlando Nicoara:
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The director of the EAD, the company that owns the TV rights for Liga 1 and has implemented the VAR in Romania;
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Before being a key character in football, Orlando Nicoara was one of the most important players in the digital landscape in Romania for the last 25 years;
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One of the Internet pioneers in our country, later press manager, entrepreneur, investor in many media and technology projects;
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He drove Mediafax Group from 2014. Since 2015, he has contributed to the launch of publications such as Profit.ro, News.ro, and recently became the owner of the daily publication;
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He transmitted the UEAUA and Rapid's online “quarter”, a premiere at the time.
The other editions of Podcastului GSP “2 to 1”:
1) Ciprian Tătărușanu and the betrayal of the career: “I cheated on me and lied to me. The wife did not believe”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yalmqoss3
2) Daniel Niculae: “For this you have to do prison!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw3hjonotpc
3) Ionel Dănciulescu: “I was alone, I was crying in the locker room”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owiuuj6yya
4) Daniel Pancu: “Almost two years I cried every day. No doctor knew what I had”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spn7gaquonq
5) Adrian Mititelu: “Florin Costea was owned by the houses. I released him under slavery”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgt5s6xqptw
6) Bogdan Stelea: “Puiu Iordănescu did not believe more in the golden generation”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_fpnfhysg4
7) Alexandru Chipciu: “At FCSB, I was demonized, broken in two! But I also made a mistake”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g67cycyvblo
8) You know Dumitriu: “At Steaua, Valentin Ceausescu asked for my team. If he did not go well …”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5llalqzvje
9) Ionuț Chirilă: “I say it with the risk of never training in Liga 1”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1azfxmfqs4
10) Vasile Maftei: “Dan Petrescu told us that we have no chance!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtkge9ibb50
11) Adrian Ilie: “They vomited 5 minutes before the Champions League final”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6irm —xows
12) Dorinel Munteanu: “I was no longer normal, I gave up psychically!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eqmh9cyyu
13) Ovidiu Ioanițoaia: “It would be easier to say that Ștucan Mind”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyfkpdrmuey
14) Rusescu river: “Adi Popa called me to come to CSA Steaua”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtdkihvxmh8
15) Alexandru Bourceanu: “This is the moment that killed me!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xetsh9jio
16) Leonard Doroftei: “They take fire! They must be suspended for life!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiktd70kxdm
17) Mihai Pintilii: “We were slaves, guinea pigs”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4thsv7p4ug
18) Ioana Cosma: “After I told Banciu, he left the show”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcj6pcwbpge
19) Ciprian Marica: “I tell you for the first time why I did not come to the national team”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcegtirixam
20) Gabi Torje: “I pray to God to take my father”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxptjuw9w3k
21) Vlad Munteanu: “He beat me with the belt. I remember how much and where he gave me”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBBW1QD_M8
22) Andrei Vochin: “Becali offered me at Steaua to teach football on Hagi. 100,000 a year”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Iiflll5v1ie
23) Sorin Ghionea: “With Mihai Stoica there will never be communication”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72Lnk57RT-4
24) Florentin Petre: “Becali saved my life. It was to die twice”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxgnftdyzzu
25) Justin Stefan: “I run for the head of LPF, with a condition!”
