Florin Tănase, 31 years old, the top scorer of the red-blues in the current season, was not even on the score sheet for the training duel between FCSB and Beşiktaşteam with a lot worth over 150 million euros, according to the transfermarkt specialist portal.
The “decarul” of the champion of the last two Superliga seasons was taken care of by the Bucharest staff. The day before yesterday, he did not train normally with the team, preparing separately at the weight room. The offensive midfielder felt some discomfort as a result of intense training in the last few days, and the red-blue staff preferred not to risk it.
Crețu, Cercel and Mihai Popescu were not “summoned” either for the friendly with Beşiktaş
Of the 28 players of the red-blues who traveled to the training camp in Antalya, 5 did not make today's squad. Adrian Șut, for obvious reasons, being awaiting transfer to the United Arab Emirates, to Al-Ain, is one of them.
The others are Valentin Crețu, also married, Ionuț Cercel and Mihai Popescu, the latter still in the recovery process. The past few days, the stopper trained separately, Ionuț Iordache, the GSP photojournalist, capturing shots with his knee, after the operation performed in Rome, as a result of the rupture of the cruciate ligament.
He was injured during the match between Romania and Austria, which ended with the victory of the “tricolors”, score 1-0dated October 12, and the verdict was an unfortunate one for the stopper: rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament of the left knee, one of the injuries most feared by athletes.
Operated on October 15, 2025 at the Villa Stuart clinic in Rome by Professor Pier Paolo Mariani, Popescu resumed running and individual exercises only 85 days later, not even 3 months after the intervention!
On the other hand, Ionuț Cercel was no longer available for Elias Charalambous' team since the beginning of November.
The red-blue team for the duel with Beşiktaş, the only preparation game of the champion in Antalya:
FCSB (4-2-3-1): Târnovanu – Pantea, Duarte, Lixandru, Radunovic – Cisotti, Chiricheș – Miculescu, Olaru, Toma – Bîrligea
reserves: M. Popa, Udrea, Zima – Graovac, Dawa, Alibec, D. Popa, Ciobanu, Politic, Oct. Popescu, Stoian, Thiam
Coach: Elias Charalambous
