Article by Daniel Grigore – Published Friday, January 30, 2026, 7:31 p.m. / Updated Friday, January 30, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
Mihai Teja (47 years old), the coach of Metaloglobus, commented on the defeat in Gruia, 2-4 with CFR Clujafter driving twice.
The “red lantern” led twice in front of the CFR, but saw itself tied each time. In the last minutes, the Transylvanian side ended the match with goals scored by Korenica and Cordea, the former of a special quality.
The coach of the visitors, Mihai Teja was delighted with his team's performance, revealed that he congratulated the players, but was disappointed that he would leave Gruia without a point.
Mihai Teja, according to CFR – Metaloglobus: “I deserved much more, but I fell mentally”
“I think I played a good match today, we played evenly, even many times maybe I was over CFR. They have a large and valuable team, players who can make the difference at any time. It's a shame, another disappointment. We played a good game and deserved a lot more, but that penalty broke a bit. Mentally I fell a bit.
Then in the final minutes [s-a văzut] Korenica's quality, left-right-left-right, you don't know which foot he's hitting. This is finesse. But I want to congratulate the boys, they played a very good game, they had attitude. We fought from equal to equal, in many moments we were over. We came here to win, to play football.
I really didn't expect us to leave here with a loss. I always hoped that we could do more, we had our opportunities, and with Ghimfuș, David, Sîrbu, but this is it. For the aspect of the game I think we deserved much more. So it was to be.
Sin. I congratulated the boys in the locker room for everything they did todaythey showed that they deserve to play in League 1, that they can play equally with any team. But the same disappointment because we lost the points. I made a mistake in the last few minutes…
I never had the central defenders to be able to play the defensive line at 100%. I played all the time with defenders left and right, today I played with 5 or 6 “unders” on the field. We must show these beautiful things. With Rapid we finished with 5 “unders”, today we had 6 on the pitch from the 20th minute.
I think the team looks very good, but we need a bit more to be able to get our heads out of there, down there, and let's get two or three victories, as close as possible, to gain confidence. We lack a bit of confidence, being in last place, you always play under pressure, it's complicated for the boys as well”, is the analysis made by Teja in the flash-interview from PrimaSport.
