Article by Valentin David (video), Romeo Ene – Published Saturday, January 31, 2026 22:48 / Updated Saturday, January 31, 2026 23:57
Rapid – U Cluj 0-2. Costel Gâlcă (53 years old), the coach of Giulești, reacted after the first failure in 2026. He claims that he expected a complicated match, but he did not think that his team would lose.
The technician asked for patience with him Paraski and Moruțanthe two acquisitions used since the first minute, and spoke about the team's objective in the following period.
Gâlcă is waiting as soon as possible for the Brazilian Talisson, the last transfer of this mercato period. The left midfielder is set to make his debut in the next period.
Costel Gâlcă, statements after Rapid – U Cluj 0-2: “Paraschiv and Moruțan are players who have arrived for a short time and in the end we have to give them some time to adapt”
“I expected it to be a balanced match. We only completed one action in the goal area, but in the end it was decided at a fixed phase and from there… I don't know if the second one was a penalty.
We had a chance to break away before, but this is football, we have nothing to do, we knew it wouldn't be easy, but honestly I didn't expect us to lose. We are looking at the next game.
In the second half we started quite well, we had opportunities. That plus that we said would come from the bench today was not to be. It was important for us to be able to score, to be able to open them up more, but it wasn't like that. They retreated much more, they did not concede spaces in their own half, they also had a counter attack where they could score again.
About Paraschiv and Moruțan, to tell you the truth, they are players who have arrived for a short time and we have to give them some time to adapt. Now let's not expect every match from them to make extraordinary matches.
They have to integrate, we know they didn't have many matches, then they will catch a few matches to have a game rhythm, there is more.
I want Talisson to come in as soon as possible. I hope less than a few weeks, he is an important player who will definitely bring us an addition to the team.
About Dobre, everyone is upset that they are not playing or that we are trading them, but that is the situation. Naturally, he didn't play in his position, where he feels better, but that's the situation. We have many matches to play and we have to look at the whole squad we have, let them all be in rhythm.
I didn't expect to lose, that's the truth, but what to do, we have to congratulate the opponent, we're moving forward, it's not over, we have a long way to go, we want to achieve our goal and win the next matches. Other players will also enter Sibiu”, stated Costel Gâlcă, at Digi Sport.
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