Gigi Becali “machine gunned” all the players, then announced what he would do if he did NOT enter the play-offs: “Enough, I'm retiring!”
Article by Maria Olteanu – Published Friday, January 16, 2026 10:15 p.m. / Updated Friday, January 16, 2026 10:54 p.m.
FC Arges – FCSB 1-0. Gigi Becali (67 years old), the owner of FCSB, went live on TV immediately after the first failure of the new year. He criticized his players for the way they looked at Mioveni and announced that he would stop giving interviews if they miss the play-offs.
Becali reproached himself for not replacing Chiricheș sooner, he scolded Tănase for the blunder at the goal, when he passed it to Toma, from where the counterattack of the Argesians started. Even so, despite the setback, the champion boss continues to believe that his team will retain the title.
Gigi Becali's reaction after the match with FC Argeș
“Tanase didn't go in, he wasn't, he was afraid, I don't know, of the turf, he didn't put the decisive foot so that the ball stayed with him, too loose. How can I expect something like that? I can't expect it… this goal is also Târnovanu's, you know, I think so. Why should we care… I don't know who cared about Toma, with a man on him. Well, Toma is a football player so you can step on him? You can't help it, he cared.
What came from the bench, Thiam, Miculescu, nothing. Maybe I regret that Chiricheș had to be changed, although he didn't play badly, but he doesn't anymore, especially on such a field. I don't have to talk now, until I get to the play-offs. If we don't get into the play-offs I promise you I won't talk anymore, the world gets away from me.
There are some who can't stand me all day, I come in out of good sense, not to refuse you, but it's time to retire from TV, the team doesn't benefit me. And now I think we're taking the title, but so I don't look crazy in front of people… I should be quiet, but I think we're taking the title.
That's how I am, that's what I think, that's my foundation, I beat everyone, I'm number 1. Bîrligea wasn't the type of man to miss, he has a lightness, it's true that he fights, but it's like he thinks he's too much of a footballer, that's why he misses. No team is interested, it's spells, lies, no team is interested.
How to get money on Toma? God forbid, how can I believe such a thing?! We will use him, but if you want to take money from Toma, in this situation, he has his head down, he has to hold the ball, give it to Tănase to put it in the goal. I can't say that the team didn't fight, Chiricheș is slow, he had to put his foot in there, do something”, said Gigi Becali, after the match, on the show “Fotbal Show”, from Prima Sport.
PHOTO GALLERY. What happened at the end of the match in Mioveni: the images captured by GSP reporters
I said it would be an easy match, that we would score many goals. I have to see that Politic sometime, maybe he can tell me MM, and Pintilii, and Charalambous, I don't think Thiam is better than Politic in the left lane, you can kill me.
They scored a cool goal, we had 70% possession, I'm angry at Bîrligea for not scoring, at Tănase for how he passed, at Olaru for not playing decisively, but I have no complaints.
The plans are the championship and the European cups, let's see them on Thursday, if the plan is good. What do I care about FC Argeș, we take them out of the play-offs, what do I care about Bogdan Andone, extraordinary, do we have to take him now? What, am I now giving grades to the coaches? It doesn't interest me.
Arad is coming, and the other one, that's it, FIFA also gave me, tonight, the Hungarian federation was warned to give us the green card, Arad is also coming, and Timișoara (no laughs).
The problem is that I have to stick with Dinamo, I am obliged, with CFR Cluj, who plays with Oțelul, to remain at the same points distance.
– Gigi Becali, FCSB patron
VIDEO with the first goal scored in 2026 in the Superliga
- Video source: Prima Sport 1
