Article by Ovidiu Ioanițoaia – Published Friday, October 24, 2025, 3:19 p.m. / Updated Friday, October 24, 2025, 3:52 p.m.
The disastrous start, with goals conceded in the 9th and 12th minutes, cost FCSB dearly. It was as if two millstones hung from his feet, from which he did not get rid of until after Bîrligea and Fl. Tănase entered in the second half. Our champion's game revived then, gained direction and substance. Right for which she reduced the difference, but that's it.
He couldn't find the resources to equalise, so Bologna, although cornered towards the end, got a deserved victory. Which could be even clearer if Târnovanu would not have, as usual, 3-4 saving interventions, and Orsolini would not have targeted the goal post. As such, FCSB must accept that it has honorably conceded in the duel with a superior opponent.
More organized and homogeneous, despite starting with 11 players of 10 nationalities, with only two Italians, Zortea and the aforementioned Orsolini!
Bologna's first goal came from an error by Șut, committed near the center of the pitch. There he lost the ball, but not, as Gigi Becali complained, and the match. That the team lost, by no means a single player, the boss should not look for, and find, a scapegoat.
Even less to threaten Șut with the bench at the end of a match in which even Alhassan, Miculescu, Olaru and Cisotti, this being Becali's weakness, did not impress. On the contrary. Cisotti was not seen for 45 minutes, until he was replaced by Bîrligea. You are strong not when you lament failure, but when you receive it with dignity and analyze it with discernment.
Judging like this, the one who decided, who?!, replacing Thiam with Oct. Popescu made a serious mistake in the 63rd minute. Since Bîrligea had just scored and FCSB, the force with two peaks, Bîrligea and Thiam, stormed the guests' box. The change for the Frenchman of Senegalese origin was a perfect fit. He broke the rhythm of the hosts, slowed them down, and Oct. Popescu, unfortunately, did not stand out at all. The move proved uninspired.
At the same time, my opinion is that FCSB had a penalty when the Czech Vitik, introduced in Heggen's place, pushed Bîrligea with both hands, preventing him from continuing the phase. I heard that the cheese would have meant too little to dictate 11 meters. That Bîrligea fell too quickly and theatrically. That football is a contact sport, etc.
I agree with all these arguments, which do not sufficiently explain an obvious, indisputable fault. I remain of the opinion that the Latvian referee had to give a penalty, he had to do it! It's the conviction of someone who has enough flaws, not the one to play Becali's string.
