Article by Romeo Ene – Published on Tuesday, 10 February 2026, 21:22 / Updated on Tuesday, 10 February 2026 21:22
Former international Basarab Panduru (55 years old) is convinced that Metaloglobus has no chance to avoid relegation this season. The formation trained by Mihai Teja (47 years old) is last in the Superliga, with only 11 points accumulated after 26 stages.
Moreover, in the last championship match, the failure on the field of the newly promoted FC Botoșani used 6 U21 footballers from the first minute.
at the end, Teja explained that this will be the strategy until the end of the season, and Panduru is convinced that it will lead to an imminent relegation.
Basarab Panduru was convinced! Metaloglobus, the first to be relegated from the Superliga
Metaloglobus shocked Romanian football at the end of last season, when they were promoted following the play-off win against Poli Iași.
The result took by surprise even the newly promoted team, which did not adapt to the first league and is considered by most specialists as the first team that will take the road of League 2.
“Botoşani will be there, they will fight until the last stage for the play-off, instead, Metaloglobus doesn't have a chance anymore, young people, what? Bagi young that they were loaded… that what?
They ran I don't know how much to rest them? You don't think about anything anymore because you have nothing to think about, it's all very bad”, said Basarab Panduru, at Prima Sport.
Metaloglobus' schedule until the play-out
We started with six unders who want, they run, they try, they fight, they want to gain an image, they want to play in League 1, they have ambition as much as they can, but it is not easy to have a center of gravity consisting only of unders.
Unfortunately, those who entered are not above those at the beginning. I wanted to bring freshness, to have a better dynamic and I didn't like the people who came in at all. They dragged the team down, but I'm going to take a stand.
Probably, some will not play until the end of the championship. These young kids who want to prove themselves will play and I will leave the whole match to them, so that they can at least grow, let's grow young Romanian players to the end.– Mihai Tejaafter FC Botoșani – Metaloglobus 3-0
The up-to-date ranking from the Superliga
