Rapid – Metaloglobus 1-0. “Earthquake” just a few minutes after the match in the 22nd stage, played on Saturday evening, in Giulesti, technician Mihai Teja (47 years old) put his job in danger and will most likely be fired on Sunday morning.
Metaloglobus started the year on the wrong side, and the situation is terribly complicated at the formation in the Pantelimon neighborhood after another failure.
Not the result, but Teja's statement after the match could prove fatal for the coach, who seems to have led the last match on the bench of the newly-promoted team tonight.
Mihai Teja will be dismissed on Sunday morning
Immediately after the match, at the flash-interview, the technician came very angry, not with the players, but with the management. He even congratulated his students, but criticized and accused that he did not have a striker in the team, having to play with two attacking midfielders.
He said that the team lacks strength, that no transfers have been made in attack and that there is no way to succeed with only under players. He admitted that he takes all the blame on himself and said with disappointment that there is not even a striker's name on a list so that he would have hopes of strengthening his squad.
What's more, he had an interpretable statement when he spoke about Ghimfuș, a player who arrived from Sepsi, whom he said he hesitated to bring because he didn't know him, a clear sign that the transfer was not made at his request, but at the management's decision.
His speech reached the ears of the Metaloglobus management who apparently have no intention of tolerating such a thing and made an emergency decision.
On Sunday morning there will be a meeting at Metaloglobus for Teja to be dismissed. The reason why he will be removed from his position is that he made “humiliating statements to the club”, claim people from the team, according to GSP.ro information.
Mihai Teja // photo: Imago Images
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Mihai Teja debuted as a coach on the Metaloglobus bench on June 14, 2025;
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In League 1 he coached 8 teams, in 189 games, with a record of 63 wins, 49 draws and 77 failures;
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25 games in all competitions for Metaloglobus collected: – 3 wins – 6 draws – 16 defeats;
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With him on the bench, Metaloglobus is the only team that made all possible changes in the first 22 stages, totaling 110 changes;
What Teja said after the match
We are left with the bitterness of defeat, regardless, the same nightmare, you play well, you lose every time, we play like never, we lose like always. We don't have strength in attack, we don't have strikers. Huiban is 35 years old and a midfielder. Ely Fernandes comes from the midfielder, we don't have strikers, we play with 2 attacking midfielders. In the last quarter of an hour we played with 5 “unders” on the field.
I think they should reward us for this, give us double, we have 7 “unders” but no striker. I don't have strength in attack, you can't win matches, that's unfortunately, we also invented central defenders. If I'm in front of you I assume everything that happens, who else?
Ask the management, I am trying, the boys are trying, they have attitude, determination. I have nothing to ask of them, these boys did not do the maximum, they did more, they are extraordinary boys, they promoted, even if we are in last place, I congratulate them for their progress.
We're not negotiating with anyone, we don't know any strikers, we don't have anything on the list, I don't know what to say. We came with enthusiasm, we showed that we want to win, even after the goal, but it's not easy to play with 5 under, you're in last place, it's very difficult, if we don't understand it will be very difficult.
– Mihai Teja, Metaloglobus coach
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