Article by Alexandru Stanciu – Published Friday, December 19, 2025, 10:38 p.m. / Updated Friday, December 19, 2025 10:43 p.m.
Leo Grozavu (58 years old), the coach of FC Botoșani, reacted after the first defeat suffered at home this season, 0-1 with CFR Cluj. On a dense fog, Adrian Păun scored the only goal of the match in the 5th minute, and the Romanian vice-champion still has chances for the play-offs, while the Moldovans can be dethroned from the podium by the University of Craiova.
Grozavu believes that his students did not concentrate throughout the match and hopes that FC Botoşani will return in 2026 to the form shown in the first part of this season.
Leo Grozavu, after the first failure at home this season: “It was not appropriate to look like this”
“It happens again! It wasn't appropriate to look like that in the last performance at home. Unfortunately, we didn't play our best game today. Fog in the atmosphere, fog in our game. We took a goal very quickly, we started to rush and there was no rest.
Balls in front of the opponent's goal flowed without being put into the goal by anyone. This is football, after all we are not a big team either. I hope we understand from this game.
The holidays have come, the boys have time to reflect, rest, be with their families, and then we will return to our status as a team that fights for every ball and every point.
I congratulated the players, we had a fantastic summer and autumn, beyond the expectations of others. There are 9 very important matches for us, I hope we come back as that team that knows how to score points, score goals. Lately we haven't scored much and it was difficult to collect points.
Some fatigue set in, but is that an excuse?! I went in badly, with all this pre-game speculation, whether it's playing or not. We entered the field very disconnected. Botoșaniul looked different in the beginning of the game with all the teams in the first league, today it was not to be.
I'm sorry I couldn't do more today. I probably wasn't inspired in choosing the team either, but the players introduced along the way didn't rise to the expected level either. We dominated, but we didn't have composure, we didn't have vision and inspiration in front of the goal.
When we had to pass we shot, when we had to shoot we dribbled, we always made the wrong choice. That's what happens in football“, said Leo Grozavu on the “DigiSport Special” show.
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