Article by Tudor Belivacă – Published on Thursday, 05 February 2026, 20:22 / Updated on Thursday, 05 February 2026 20:22
Gică Craioveanu was not pleased with the performance of the Universitatea Craiova in this game, but he believes that they won a match in which they played poorly is a quality of a champion. Gică Craioveanu compared Filipe Coelho's team with Real Madrid: “Barcelona played spectacularly, Madrid not so well, but they prevailed”. With this victory, the Oltenians regained the leader's seat in the Superliga
Gică Craioveanu reacted after Craiova University – Oțelul 1-0: “This is against the champion team”
“A discreet match. Craiova didn't play as I expected. It didn't clearly dominate the opponent. The Steel is an uncomfortable team, very well placed on the field. You have to win the matches in which you don't play well. Here you can see the fact that the University of Craiova has a face to the champion. She played many minutes modestly, very modestly. She had a chance to score: half of them were the goalkeeper's goal. Hard-earned victory, but deserved.
Very good attitude. It surprises me that the public booed the team. I didn't expect it. Craiova is ldier after years and years and looks very good. At Ovidiu, even if it was lost, the image was not bad. When you see that there is no ambition, no attitude, you can get angry. Craiova at Ovidiu had a good attitude, but made mistakes. There were a few today as well, but the Steel didn't punish you like the Lighthouse did. Their forwards decided the game.
That's against the champion team. We've seen that at Real Madrid in the past, you know what I mean. Barcelona played spectacularly, Madrid not so well, but they prevailed. Cluj with Dan Petrescu was an ugly team to watch. but they were winning. This is not the case for Craiova, maybe a little today. They didn't play a great match against Botoșani either,” Gică Craioveanu said on the Digi Sport Special show.
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