Who did Basarab Panduru notice after FCSB

Basarab Panduru (55 years old) analyzed the performance of the players in Sunday night's game. For the former Romanian international, Andrei Cordea (26 years old) was the best player from CFR.

Basarab Panduru: “He is the best player from CFR Cluj”

Andrei Cordea, former FCSB player, stood out in the decisive victory in Bucharest. He started the match at the National Arena and scored the 3-1 goal. Basarab Panduru was pleasantly surprised by the performance of the 26-year-old footballer, whom he called the best player in the Cluj team.

“17 games, 9 goals, how do you mean not formidable? It is formidable. You didn't know what he could do, you didn't know anything, relegate with Al-Tai, you don't know anything about him even now he is the best player from CFR Cluj“, said Basarab Panduru, at Prima Sport.

At the end of the game, Cordea reacted to the categorical victory.

It was important for us to win, I think for them too. We talked that we will treat the last matches as 8 finals. They had even more games than us, I thought the second half we could make the difference and we broke free. FCSB is a strong team, they always stand up, always press, but today it didn't work out for them. For us it is very important to catch the play-off, even if it seems far. I said that I'm thinking about the play-offs while I have the chance.

– Andrei Cordea, after FCSB – CFR Cluj

Cordea returned to the Superliga in the summer of 2025, and in the 22 games played so far for Transylvania, the player scored 10 goals.

He played for FCSB during 2021-2023. In 95 games he scored 16 goals for the red-blue team.

Andrei Cordea scored in FCSB – CFR

• Following this result, CFR Cluj surpassed FCSB in the ranking. Cluj is in 9th place, with 33 points, while the Romanian champions are only in 11th place, with 31 points.

For Daniel Pancu's students, the duel with Metaloglobus follows, scheduled for Friday, January 30, from 17:00.

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