“Do you know what 'Coelho' means in Portuguese?” » Basarab Panduru laughs, after Mihai Rotaru appointed him a coach

Basarab Panduru, who played in Portugal for Benfica and Porto, knows absolutely nothing about the Lusitanian who has worked as a second in recent years. The former international joked, recalling that in Portuguese “coelho” means rabbit.

Basarab Panduru, after the arrival of Filipe Coelho in Craiova: “Let him not run away like a rabbit”

“No, I don't know who comes to Romania. I'm just kidding, in general Coelho runs faster than Radoi. Coelho means rabbit in Portuguese. Don't run so fast. It's a joke.

I also read that he was second coach, but I don't know anything. They were talking about Rui Jorge, who had many years behind him at U21. It wasn't any of them. What should I say to him? Welcome, I'm not asking if you know where you came from, but I wish you luck, I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Filipe Coelho, the new coach from Craiova University

It's not surprising, because I don't know how much money he can give a well-known coach. Those who were at Porto or Benfica are asking you for millions”, said Basarab Panduru, at Prima Sport.

The Lusitan who came to Bănie takes over Craiova in 4th place in the championship, with 29 points. Olteni have not won in the internal competition of 3 games.

It's the profile I wanted. We've been penciling in what we're looking for in case we part ways with the coach for a long time. First condition, foreign coach. Why? With a foreign coach, we won the only trophies, two Cups, a Supercup and we fought in the championship, with Bergodi.

Furthermore, I wanted a young coach, up to 50 years old, from a football that says something, from a coaching school that has produced names.

– Mihai Rotaru, patron of Craiova