Article by Alexandru Stanciu – Published Sunday, January 25, 2026 22:54 / Updated Sunday, January 25, 2026 23:51
Shortly after the victory achieved by CFR Cluj away from FCSB, score 4-1, Iuliu Mureșan (71 years old), the vice-champion's president, had a reaction to the GSP Live Special show, where he commented on the performance of the team coached by Daniel Pancu (48 years old).
The CFR official was very satisfied with the team's play since the takeover of the technical bench by “Pancone” and also clarified the financial situation of the club.
VIDEO. Iuliu Mureșan, satisfied with Daniel Pancu at CFR Cluj: “If the championship had started 8 rounds ago, I would have been in first place for sure!”
“I didn't think about the proportion of the score, but we thought that we won't lose for sure, we can even win the game. The team is on an upward trend, it's the fourth consecutive victory, we have 6 wins since Pancu came and the team is on a very good line.
We knew FCSB had some problems and we could take advantage. They also had a game on Thursday, I'm sure that helped us a bit. First of all, the match was prepared very well. Although we had very important players leave, those who came made up for their absence.
(no about Daniel Pancu) It is a certainty, the results show it. He has 6 wins, a draw and a loss since arriving. If the championship had started 8 rounds ago, I would have been in first place for sure.
Anyway, it's difficult, there are teams between us and the 6th place, there is also a difference in points and there are few stages left. Of course it's possible, but it also depends on the results of the other teams and that's why we didn't take any chances. Now, with each win, we start to believe that it is more and more possible to reach the play-offs.
I was really thinking that it would be sad if there was a CFR–FCSB derby in the play-out, I think it would be something that has never happened before. Everything is possible in football, the beginning of the championship was very bad, 13 points were scored in the first 15 stages and those pulled us down a lot.
Even though after we came in and made the changes that were made, we also had to let go of certain players. Some we sold, others we had to give up because they wouldn't confirm, but with all the moves we've made, the team is good, it's competitive and, first of all, it's a team. Before it was a group of good individual players, now it's a team, you can see.
I think we are now stable, we have gone through some moments that we had to go through. Everyone is paid up to date, the players, the staff. The financial situation of the club is also recovering“, declared Iuliu Muresan at GSP Live Special.
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