Article by Adrian Duţă – Published Tuesday, December 23, 2025, 08:39 / Updated Tuesday, December 23, 2025 08:58
After failure with Craiova University, score 0-5Robert Ilyes, the coach of Csikszereda, announced that he will take tough measures and part with several players.
The first to be fired from Csikszereda is Balint Szabo (24 years old), offensive midfielder transferred in the summer. He has not played since December 6, since the failure with FC Argeș, score 0-2, when he was changed after 22 minutes.
Robert Ilyes: “Szabo is no longer part of my plans, it's definitive”
“We've got two weeks off now, we're going to put some things in order. We hope to come back with a different face. We have to evaluate everything we've done so far and we need to make some tough decisions.
What if Szabo is no longer part of my plans? Stop doing it, it's final. And so will other players“, declared Ilyes, in a flash-interview, at Prima Sport.
Balint Szabo, in conflict with Ilyes since the match with Argeș
Transferred from Hungary in the summer, Balint Szabo played 15 matches in the Superliga. The performance with FC Argeș, in stage #19, hastened his departure from the team from Miercurea Ciuc.
Then, Ilyes sent Szabo on in the 59th minute. He took him off in the 81st minute and scolded him on the sidelines as the player nervously walked to the bench, shouting in turn.
Balint Szabo argued with Ilyes after being substituted in the match with FC Argeș/ Digi Sport capture
Balint Szabo also played for Videoton, Kaposvar, Paksi and Antalyaspor in his career. Last season, he scored 5 goals in 23 matches in the Hungarian first league, in the shirt of Videoton. In League 1 he did not get to score for Csikszereda.
