Florin Fabian believes that the coach from Rapid, Costel Gâlcă, is an example for all technicians in Romania. He said he personally relayed that to tonight's opponent.
VIDEO. Florin Fabian, after Dumbrăvița – Rapid: “Gâlcă is a model coach for all coaches in Romania, I told him that to his face as well”
“We have the youngest team in Ligue 2 and I even told the boys before the game that we can only learn from games like this. We tried to give the best reply to Rapid, who are leaders in Ligue 1, and the difference in value is undeniable.
But we decided to play as much as the opponent allowed us to. The difference in intensity is great. We aimed to defend ourselves as best as possible and on the positive transition to reach zone 3 as often as possible.
In the second half we had two or three chances, we also deserved a goal. The difference is clearly made by the quality of the players. The atmosphere was very nice, it is probably also stressful for the players, many have never played in such an atmosphere. As always, the Rapid gallery does its job, it's delightful to play in such a stadium.
I congratulate the people from Rapid, the coach, Gâlcă. He is a model coach for all coaches in Romania, I told him to his face. I hope he achieves his goals at Rapid.
“If we in Timișoara cannot afford to organize a match at a peak hour, it is clear that we had to find other options”
I was also asked in the flash interview, it's none of my business where the match is played. I don't want to get into that discussion, I'm talking about the game. If we in Timișoara cannot afford to organize a match at a peak hour, it is clear that we had to find other options. This option was accepted.
Dumbrăvița has a budget with which they try to stay in League 2, a very small budget. We make a club strategy as fair as possible. The Cup may be open to small teams, but today there was too much difference in value, as much as we would have liked. Anything is possible at any time, but it is increasingly difficult for a League 2 team to win against a first league team, from the top of the table,” said the coach at the press conference.
Rapid paid all the organizational costs of the match, although he was a guest on paper. The people of Giulești paid the people of Banat including 3 nights of accommodation and training expenses in Bucharest, in view of the duel on Sunday, with Steaua, in Ghencea. Instead, it was Șucu's club that collected the money from the tickets.
