“It would be a colossal disaster”

Article by Maria Olteanu – Published Saturday, November 22, 2025 22:44 / Updated Saturday, November 22, 2025 22:50
FCSB – Petrol 1-1. Raul Rusescu, former goalscorer at FCSB, and Dinu Todoran, former coach at FCSB and player at Petrolul, analyzed on GSP Live Special, a show moderated by Mihai Mironică, the dispute on Saturday evening, at the National Arena, which ended in a tie, score 1-1.
Adrian Stoian opened the scoring in the 11th minute, and Robert Sălceanu restored the tie immediately after the break, in the 47th minute, with a formidable goal, from over 30 meters.
After this match, FCSB fell to the 10th place, with 21 points, 4 away from the 6th place, the last one that leads to the play-offs. Rusescu claims, however, that the red-blues must look at the distance from the 3rd place, in the idea of fighting for the title, since there would be no way for the champion not to fight for the title this season as well.
A possible miss of the play-off, Rusescu believes, would be a colossal disaster for the team that won the last two championships in the Superliga.
Raul Rusescu, about a possible miss of the play-off for FCSB: “A total disaster”
“No match was and will not be a walk in the park, you can't keep many matches without conceding a goal, when they concede a goal things get complicated, in every match. In the 47th minute, a goal from a deflected ball, the match was then played as Petrolul wanted, they came out of defense, some phases in which they showed that they are better than in the first half, they had many situations.
On the other side, at FCSB, a lot of tension, a lot of tension, missed opportunities, missed situations, the 3 moments when Stoian could have taken the ball better but didn't, another equal result on home ground.
Miculescu, Tănase had situations, I would rather see Politic try 1:1, that's what happens when you don't score, when you let the opponent shoot at the goal. They are to be appreciated, they have an idea, they follow their idea, after the 47th minute it unfolded as they wanted, many fouls, many stops, the titular champion did not find solutions.
After the break of the national team it seems that FCSB is unable to win. I don't know if the position is relevant, but the distance that separates them from the others, the distance from the 3rd place. You don't have to think about the play-offs, you think about the 3rd place, the championship, FCSB needs to win their matches.
what is the difference There were matches when they played poorly at the beginning, indeed, they lost points, but they had great opportunities afterwards, and the same today. With Metaloglobus it was the weakest half, but in general when they lost points they had opportunities.
There's no way you can't fight in the championship with a lot like that, how? This is in the DNA of the club, if they don't enter the play-offs it would be a total colossal disaster”, said Raul Rusescu, at GSP Live Special.
It was seen that Petrol has an experienced coach, they changed the system and from the dynamics it was seen that they are more aggressive, they had opportunities, they looked better, they deserved the point. But in the chances at the end, FCSB had to win, Thiam's chance was rare, you can't miss alone with the goalkeeper. And if it wasn't for the U21 rule, I think we would have found the two scorers in the teams, even if not from the beginning.
– Dinu Todoran, at GSP Live
Images from FCSB – Petrolul 1-1





