Article by Tudor Belivacă – Published on Tuesday, 02 December 2025, 22:01 / Updated on Tuesday, 02 December 2025 22:02
Cristian Manea, the defender from Rapid, reacted after the team from Giulești lost to FC Argeș, score 21-2, in the second stage of the group stage of the Romania Betano Cup.
With this defeat, Rapid complicated their calculations to qualify for the next phase of the competition. Cristi Manea spoke about the game in today's game, but also about the fact that he is waiting for the match with CFR Cluj in the Romanian Cup to get revenge after the drastic failure suffered in the championship.
Cristi Manea reacted after FC Argeș – Rapid 2-1: “It was difficult to break them”
“We lost this match. It's a pity because we could have equalized at the end. I think that if we stayed 11 to 11 with this attitude we could win. Unfortunately we conceded and we have to recover quickly because we have a very difficult match in the championship that we have to win.
This is football. If you fail to score the 2nd goal and increase the difference on the table, this is what happens. They took courage. Unfortunately there at Petrila it was offside. I didn't think so, but if the referee gave it that way, it means it was. Sorry, but we hope to get revenge in front of the fans in the championship.
Mister gives us constructive advice. He told us where to ask for the ball, to try to dominate the lanes. In the center it was quite difficult to get the upper hand because they defended in five and it was difficult to break them. That was it. We are going to beat CFR Cluj to get our revenge for the championship match.
There is no need to be angry with him. Nobody wants to get a red card. It can happen to anyone. We are with him. He is a valuable player and he has helped us and will continue to help us,” Cristi Manea said in the flash interview on the Fotbal Show show on Prima Sport 1.
Ranking in Group A in the Romanian Betano Cup
