“That's what I was wondering too”

Ashley Davis22/12/2025

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Article by Maria Olteanu – Published Sunday, December 21, 2025 22:21 / Updated Monday, December 22, 2025 00:41

FCSB – Rapid 2-1. Denis Ciobotariu (27 years old), the central defender of Giulești, drew the first conclusions at the end of the game lost by his team in round number 21 of the Superliga. He committed the penalty from which the champion made it 2-0.

Ciobotariu came to the interview extremely disappointed and admitted that he does not understand the reason why his team started the match so poorly, since in training it prepares something completely different than what it shows on the field.

FCSB - Rapid, stage #21 // photo: Cristi Preda (GSP)

He only hopes that in 2026 the team will return with a different face to the field, especially after the results in the last matches of 2025 were not satisfactory.

Denis Ciobotariu's reaction, after the failure with FCSB: “I'm not interested in FCSB, I'm worried that in the last 4 games we haven't won”

“We started to play better after the 2-0 goal, we are working in training, although it is not visible on the field. We don't know why we start harder, that's what I was wondering, I didn't repeat the scenario from the tour, I don't have any fear, I can't pronounce, I don't know.

Unfortunately we were only there for a few moments, too few for a derby, if we want to compete in the play-offs we have to change this face. I don't know if we showed first place, we fought from equal to equal with the champion, but it can be much better.

I don't care about FCSB, I'm worried that in the last 4 games we haven't won, that's what we should all focus on. We have to come back with a different face, stronger, that's what it's about, our game in the last stages was not very brilliant”, said Denis Ciobotariu, after the match, on the “Digi Sport Special” show, from Digi Sport.

Rapid remains on the 1st place at the moment, but it can lose it depending on what Craiova will do on Monday evening, at home, against Csikszereda. In case of success, the Oltenians finish the year 2025 in the first position, with 40 points.