Article by Adrian Duţă – Published Friday, January 23, 2026, 00:14 / Updated Friday, January 23, 2026 00:48
Dinamo Zagreb – FCSB 4-1. Daniel Bîrligea, the red-blue striker, analyzed the game in Croatia and blamed Sander van der Eijk's refereeing.
Bîrligea contested the yellow card he received, which caused him to be suspended for the game with Fenerbahce, from the last stage of the Europa League groups. The scorer of FCSB from Zagreb reached 3 yellow cards in the Europa League, which is the reason for the suspension.
Bîrligea stated that he did not know that he was a “yellow” away from being suspended and that the lack of aggression led to the failure.
Daniel Bîrligea: “We are fed up, we will not recover”
“We had to have a different attitude, we didn't do enough, even if there were moments when we fought and were aggressive. We had to be aggressive for 90 minutes, that's what we lacked! Possibly because of concentration, fatigue, several things. What was gone, we're thinking about what's next.
We knew they were playing very well in the first few minutes, we had to stop them, but two goals came very quickly. We came back a bit in the 1st half, then in the second we dropped the pace. We attacked in the first half, we were also focused at halftime.
I think we are fed up, we try to change, but nothing changes. I heard that I'm not playing the next game, I didn't even know. The yellow was given very easily. The referee told me he saw it. I hit the ball, he hit me in the sole.
He stays on the floor for 3 minutes and gives two minutes of overtime. I think it was also a penalty for us when he hit me in the back and I took it on my chest. I was angry at the change that he didn't give us a penalty”, said Bîrligea, on Prima Sport 1.
About the match with CFR Cluj, on Sunday, he said:Whoever wins puts the stick in the wheel of the others. We need the 3 points and a different attitude. We have to think about the championship, because there we are cabbage, we have to score points and change our attitude!”.
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