Article by Ovidiu Minea – Published Friday, October 17, 2025 9:17 p.m. / Updated Friday, October 17, 2025 9:26 p.m.
Strongly contested by the fans, Tony, the Portuguese on the Iași Polytechnic bench, does not resign, does not accept the draw with CS Dinamo, score 1-1, and put a footballer in the corner.
Politehnica Iași recorded a new unsatisfactory result in League 2 today, 1-1 against CS Dinamo București, at home. The draw displeased the Iasi fans, who once again demanded the resignation of coach Anthony “Tony” da Silva.
The technician announced after the match that he will not give up his post.
Tony: “I'm not the problem!”
“I understand the fans' frustration. I don't feel that Tony is the problem though. Last year I left because I felt Tony was the problem. I was a man. I wasn't kicked out, I left. I had courage.
I'm still a man now and I'm not throwing in the towel, because I know what I've worked for. It wasn't easy, I started from scratch. Now quality players have come, but they are not ready, they haven't played for four or five months. If management decides otherwise…” said the technician.
Alin Şeroni, put on the wall!
In addition, the Portuguese said that he does not assume today's result either and “charged” Şeroni, who missed a penalty in extra time, a penalty that Stefanovic should have executed: “I have always assumed everything. Today I cannot assume. I cannot assume that it is missed from five meters, I cannot assume the missed penalty. The coach's job is to bring the team to which, to have opportunities clear
We have opportunities from 6 meters and we are not able to score. Stefanovic was assigned to take the penalty. If he missed, I would take it. Şeroni felt that he could score. If he scored, nobody said anything to him. I shouted to give Stefanovici. Şeroni does not have to take the penalty. I scolded him“.
Tony: “Football punished us, we punished ourselves”
The head of the technical bench from Iași also said that “I am very frustrated, because we deserved to win. We did not succeed because of our mistakes. We are the only ones to blame. We had 23 opportunities to score, ten from six meters! The only shot on goal that Dinamo gave in the second half was deflected and we scored.
If we won, our victory was deserved. Football punished us, we punished ourselves. Through the missed penalty, through the goal taken, through the missed opportunities”.
