Costel Gâlcă (53 years old), the coach of Rapid, held the press conference on Friday afternoon prior to the match with U Cluj, on home ground, in round number #24 of the Superliga.
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Rapid – U Cluj plays in Giulesti, Saturday evening, January 31, from 8:00 p.m. The match will be liveTEXT on GSP.ro and on TV on Prima Sport 1 and Digi Sport 1
He announced that Lars Kramer (26 years old) is unavailable for Saturday night's duel, that the newcomer Moruțan could appear from the first 11 in the team and that he is still thinking about transfers until the end of the mercato period.
VIDEO. Costel Gâlcă, optimistic before the duel with U Cluj
“A difficult match awaits us with a team that is organized very well. It has a lot of mobility in the field, with a coach who, since he came, in practically all competitions, including the Romanian Cup and the championship, won eight matches out of 12, drew two more and, if I'm not mistaken, also lost two.
A match in which we have to give continuity to what we did in Arad in many moments of the game. Even though I saw that some people said that we didn't play very well, it was a team that was difficult to dominate. It was difficult to win on this pitch and that's why I think if we continue those moments of offensive, defensive organization, we can definitely win this match as well.
He is a coach who knows the championship very well, he knows the championship and especially because he also worked in this club.
First of all, we must, as I say every time, have a very good attitude. After that, tactically and offensively and defensively let's be very good, because, as I said, U Cluj is a team that is very well worked both offensively and defensively and we have to take advantage of these things when they are disorganized.
To be able to get vertical as quickly as possible, get to their goal and, of course, put them under pressure. I think that the team in these two stages had a very good attitude and I expect a lot and I trust that it will grow in the game as well”, said Gâlcă, before Saturday's game.
Kramer is missing, Moruțan announced as starter
“Yes, there are chances that Moruțan will be a starter, as others can appear in the first 11. I told you, Moruțan is a valuable player for us, but he has shown that he can change many moments in the game and he has very high quality.
Kramer is out of the squad for now, at least for this match. Let's see for Sibiu if it arrives, if not, the other one, the next one.
I think we have premiums (no for winning the title). We have, I can't speak for everyone, but first of all I said let's reach our goal and then we'll see. The faster we reach our goal, after that we also think about the title”, said Gâlcă in the press conference.
Gâlcă believes that FCSB will reach the play-offs if they play like Fenerbahce
When asked who the battle for the title will be with, the coach of Rapid declared:
“There are teams. Apart from us, there are also Craiova, Dinamo, after that FC Argeș showed that they are an aggressive, organized team, which won against teams at the top of the ranking, they caused problems. After that, those who are at the top, Botoșani as well, even if they are having a less good period now. And we will see, Oțelul Galati looks very good from my point of view, so it will be a big battle.
It depends (not if FCSB catches the play-off). If he plays like last night, yes. If not, it's hard to catch the play-off.
There are historical teams from Romania, but I told you the others also deserved to be there in the play-off, so the fight will be very close”.
For now we have players, we will see in the next few days until the end of the transfer window what will happen and we will see. If anyone else comes, they are welcome. I do not know anything to leave. I know there was something, but he didn't express his desire to leave here
– Costel Gâlcă
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