“I told him to stay close to the ambulance”

He explained that he was encouraged by Târnovanu and Udrea, the other goalkeepers in the red-blue team, and that he was looking forward to this moment.

He is convinced that FCSB will qualify for the play-offs, despite their position in the table, and explained that his idol is Bart Verbruggen (23), the Dutchman in Brighton's goal.

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Marius Popathe current goalkeeper coach at FCSB, watched the game with all his heart. At the end, Matei said more jokingly than seriously that he didn't hear it in the stadium.

“I'm happy for my debut. It was very difficult, but I'm glad we managed to win. There wasn't much pressure on me and I played what was asked of me.

The state of the field was difficult, but I say that I did pretty well and I hope to continue like this, tie victories and enter the play-offs. I got advice from all my colleagues. Ștefan Târnovanu and Udrea helped me the most. I want to thank them.

I was very excited these days and I was looking forward to it. I enjoyed everything that happened to me these days and tried to take the best. We hope to win everything we have until the play-offs and I'm sure we'll qualify without problems.

(What advice did you get from your father?). I haven't really heard it, I don't know. He didn't really advise me throughout the days, he just told me to be calm and play what I know. He gave me confidence. I told him to stay close to the ambulance in case of anything.

The goalkeeper I like the most is Verbruggen from Brighton. I have a similar style and I think we're similar physically too. I hope we don't concede a goal the whole championship, but it's a bit difficult”, said Matei Popa, in the mixed area.

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