Article by Mihai Mironică – Published Friday, January 30, 2026, 2:51 p.m. / Updated Friday, January 30, 2026, 2:51 p.m.
Last night's match was about honor, about European tradition, about the DNA of the most glorious club passed on even if decades of true history are being lost in the Kafkaesque corridors of justice. FCSB no longer had any real chance of qualification, but they fought for things that transcended the pragmatism of a ranking.
FCSB chose an honorary equal. Not “pulled out”, not “torn” although he played in the company of an impressive collection of sound names in world football. FCSB were truly the equal of a team plated with football gold and brought out a goalkeeper with a dizzying past at Manchester City and the Brazilian national team.
Târnovanu, not defeated by El Nesyri, but by FRF
Târnovanu was also at Ederson's level. El Nesyri's header save by AI. And so we return to the absurdity of this unique rule in European football, to put an “under” on the field no matter what.
Târnovanu, the most valuable Romanian goalkeeper in the SuperLigă, will not play in the rest of the regular season for FCSB to face this absurd and discriminatory rule. Târnovanu will no longer be able to play due to age.
FRF sees how a goalkeeper from the national team is taken out of the circuit by his own basecony. Fenerbahce came to the National Arena with real footballers where age didn't matter, only value. And the highlight is that Turkey has very valuable young players like Kenan Yildiz, Arda Guler or Semih Kilicsoy and not Romania.
Because those players broke through in Italy and Spain through genuine value and not artificial color. Just as the only young Romanian who entered the aristocracy of European football, Radu Drăgușin, did not do it by the rule of hump.
FCSB played delightfully. He made a goal of big days through the two veterans of genuine value, Cisotti and Radunovic. The champion has needed a Radunovic on the right for years, but she preferred to grow after Crețu a new Crețu, Pantea more non-existent even than Crețu in the offensive game, if such a thing is possible.
Of the reserves sent on the field, only Cisotti made an impact. Because he was also the only valuable footballer there. Although the wealth of the FCSB batch is claimed, it is quite tight in real solutions.
FCSB needs a player bringer
The FCSB cannot grow, cannot keep up with European football at scale without connecting to the international player market. This is what the football industry is all about today, all the big clubs base their strength on real scouting.
And Gigi Becali raved about this. FCSB not only need new players but also a player bringer. Of the 6 foreigners that FCSB had on the field with Fenerbahce, only one was transferred by the club directly from abroad. FCSB relies on the knowledge of other Romanian clubs to import footballers even though those clubs have infinitely less means than the strongest brand in Romania.
How would it be to see this team that makes outstanding matches with Feyenoord and Fenerbahce playing in the playout of the Romanian league? Which makes 7 points in the Europa League and leaves behind 9 important teams in continental football including Feyenoord, Rangers, Nice, Salzburg, Basel?
It would be the most absurd thing in the 10 years with playoffs and playouts, over Dinamo's relegation to the second league. But if it happens like this, it will only be a confirmation of the fact that the SuperLiga is growing, as Elias Charalambous said after the match with Fener. In order not to live this humiliation, FCSB must now tie 7 performances in the championship like in the wonderful game with Fenerbahce.
