“Too bad! Naturally the fans did that”

Ashley Davis26/01/2026

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FCSB – CFR Cluj 1-4. Andre Duarte (28 years old) wore the red-blue jersey for the first time on Sunday. He paired up in the center of the defense with Siyabonga Ngezana (28 years old), but the defense coordinated by the Portuguese looked bad throughout the game.

Arriving this winter from Ujpest, Duarte has the mission of organizing a defense that has looked bad this season and conceded a lot of goals.

He did not succeed on Sunday, but claims that this will happen from the next matches.

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The Portuguese does not condemn the supporters who chose to leave the stadium early or who booed him for the performance.

FCSB is currently in 11th place, with 31 points, 5 behind U Cluj, occupying the last play-off position.

“It was a difficult game, it wasn't about my debut, it was a difficult game. I started very well. After the goal, I had two or three chances, but I didn't score. We conceded two very easy goals. Then I was down mentally. We tried to go into the second half better.

We conceded two goals too easily. We have to see what we did wrong and try to improve. It is normal that the fans left. We are not in a good time. We don't lose 0-1 or 1-2, we lose by a big margin.

Everyone is upset. What we can tell them is that we will try to work harder, fight harder and get back to good results.

For me, when I'm at a club like this, when you lose, it's a problem. We need to focus on what we can improve. We must not blame the other.

It was a bad game for me, especially since it was my debut, it was not as I expected, but we have to understand that we are not in a good moment and that we have to recover”, said Andre Duarte, in the mixed zone.

Andre Duarte signed free of contract with FCSB, after the scandalous parting with the Hungarians from Ujpest. The Portuguese unilaterally denounced the contract, because he was sent to train with the second team. The Hungarian team sued him.