Article by Alexandru Tomuțiu – Published Saturday, 06 December 2025, 15:35 / Updated Saturday, 06 December 2025 15:40
Costel Gâlcă, the coach from Rapid, announced that he removed striker Antoine Baroan (25 years old) from the squad for Monday's match against FC Botoșani.
The Giulești coach said that Antoine Baroan committed acts of indiscipline and made the decision to exclude him from the team.
Costel Gâlcă: “Antoine Baroan will not be part of the squad for Botoșani – Rapid”
“An important match awaits us, we are playing with the second ranked team, from the point of view of the ranking, the important thing for us is to accumulate points. If we can take all 3, it would be important between us, we have a distance from the second ranked team, Botoșani. It will not be easy. An aggressive match. The opposing team has extreme speed. They have not lost at home so far.
They have an experienced coach, it is mostly his credit, he knew how to create a team, to value the players. This match is important, let's accumulate points, there are 3 matches left until the winter break. The important thing is not to lose. Pașcanu cannot return to the team. Borza and Gheorghe are back, I'm very happy. These are the news and I hope we use them in these 3 matches.
On the other hand, he will not be part of the Baroan batch for acts of indiscipline. I told you what happened, acts of indiscipline, nothing more, I don't want to give details”, said Costel Gâlcă, at the press conference.
Antoine Baroan, in Rapid – FC Botoșani, photo: Cristi Preda (GSP.ro)
Antoine Baroan arrived at Rapid in July, but failed to establish himself in the Giulești team. He lost the team at the expense of Elvir Koljic.
His start was a good one, he managed a double in the second match for Rapid, in a 2-1 with FC Botoșani. Since then, he has not been able to score. He has a total of 15 matches for Giulești.
