“When he's on grace day, it's hard with him”

Ashley Davis06/02/2026

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Article by Alexandru Tomuțiu – Published Friday, 06 February 2026, 19:49 / Updated Friday, 06 February 2026 19:50

Mihai Stoica (60 years old), president of the Administrative Council from FCSBremarked on Giannis Anestis (34) for the good match made by the FC Botoșani goalkeeper in the success of the people of Bucharest on Thursdayscore 2-1.

Given that FCSB missed several important opportunities in the match at the National Arena, Mihai Stoica believes that without Anestis in goal, the Moldovans would have scored many more goals.

Mihai Stoica, after FCSB – FC Botoșani: “Anestis, when he's on grace day, it's very difficult to give him a goal”

“We had 14 shots on goal, very dangerous. Normally it should have been a run of health. However, we had emotions. Not very big, after we went 2-1 up, they didn't even have a quarter of a chance.

I played a good game, but too many misses. Anestis, when he is on grace day, it is very difficult to give him a goal. We had 10 opportunities, of which about 6 were rare”, said Mihai Stoica, at Prima Sport.

Mihai Stoica praised a rival in the fight for the play-off:

Giannis Anestis // photo: Imago Images

Anestis, who in his career also defended at AEK Athens, would arrive at Botoșani in 2024. This season he defended in 23 games and conceded only 20 goals, the Moldovans having the best defense in the Super League, with only 20 goals conceded. In 9 matches he closed the gate.

Mihai Stoica: “FC Argeș's victory against Hermannstadt does not suit us at all”

The official of the champion was not at all pleased with the fact that FC Argeș won in the match with Hermannstadt, 3-1, given that Bogdan Andone's team is a counter-candidate for the play-off places.

“We don't like this victory, not at all. We were holding out a little hope, we had seen Sibiu with Dorinel at Farul, they played a good match, they should have had a penalty.

I was thinking that they could hang on to something, but not for a second did it seem that they could pull something off, especially after they stayed in 10. Stay in 10, you can still make a 0-0, but it was not to be”, said Mihai Stoica.