Article by Alexandru Tomuțiu – Published Friday, December 19, 2025, 00:29 / Updated Friday, December 19, 2025 00:54
Cicâldău can't believe that his team lost this match and, implicitly, the qualification. He says that Olteni were better during the match, and the result shocks him even more under these conditions.
Alex Cicâldău, after AEK Athens – Craiova 3-2: “I can't believe it!”
“I can't believe it. The second goal was for nothing… I can't believe it, I can't find the words. I'm very nervous and I don't want to say nonsense. We have to calm down. I don't want to keep looking for alibis or excuses.
It is not possible that, when the match was supposed to be over, it was extended for another four minutes. I don't know if anything like this has been seen before!
What to manage? I expected them to come over us. That was the evening, a black evening. Unfortunately, I worked for nothing tonight. I find it hard to believe. I put all my heart. To lose the qualification in such a manner…we should have handled the situation better. I can't find excuses.
I am proud of the whole team. We were also unlucky: seven teams with as many points, and we finish below them. When you're 2-0 away from a team like AEK, you have no excuses. Throughout the campaign I don't think I was afraid. We fought with them and I think we looked good”, said Cicâldău, at Prima Sport.
