Victor Pițurcă anticipates a surprising outcome in the fight for the title! + “We were watching the game with someone and we couldn't believe it”

Like all the football world, former selector Victor Pițurcă (69 years old) tried to create a possible scenario and has a surprise favorite for the title.

Victor Pițurcă: “If there was normalcy at the club, FCSB should have been in the lead”

The technician is of the opinion that “for now, the question is whether FCSB and CFR Cluj will manage to enter the play-offs. Because in this situation in the standings, it depends on one or two matches to be there or not. I think that FCSB will enter, they really have a good team, they have the strength to play.

It's a wonder I'm not at the top of the rankings. If certain things didn't happen there, and you know what I'm talking about, if there was a normality at that club, the team would have been there for a long time, at least in the top 3 positions.

As for CFR, it doesn't seem like a safe team to me. The arrival of Daniel Pancu had a major impact, he resuscitated the team, recovered a lot, but I don't know if he won't click in an important match. How it happened in the away game with FC Argeș”.

Referring to a possible candidate for the title, Pițurcă would not hesitate to make a prediction: “I saw this last Dinamo-Universitatea Craiova, teams with claims, on the podium now and the match was quite weak, boring. We were watching the game with someone and we couldn't believe it.

After Olten equalized, I didn't see a cross, a phase, a goal opportunity. Quickly, the other team in front doesn't convince me eithera. He earns his points hard and lost some when no one expected. Honestly, at this moment you can't say that there would be a team that clearly distances itself from the others and that it would be the favorite to win the title”.

Entering the realm of suppositions, the former great striker of Stela has a surprising remark: “I think, from what I have seen so far, that if FCSB enters the play-offs 8-10 points ahead, that is 4-5 after the half, they would have the best chance to win the title. Because they have strong, valuable players with international experience and, in the direct matches that will be in the play-offs, I see them as favorites”.

“An ugly episode that happened in Cluj”

Referring to the episode that took place in the Cluj Derby final, Victor Pițurcă believes that “something like this should not have happened, it was a very ugly episode. First of all, I am referring to Bergodi, who is a coach, he is an example for his players and he was not allowed to react like that.

I also saw the reaction of Daniel Pancu and he, somewhere, is right. When training in a foreign country, you should control yourself more, be more careful. I've trained abroad myself and I know what it's like and what it means. It's part of the job description, part of a coach's duties, to control his emotions. It's just that Daniel put too much pathos in his words!

On the other hand, I would suggest the FRF to take action against players who swear or insult a coach. To receive drastic suspensions. It is not possible for a player to behave like this with a coach! I have not had such episodes in my career, nor would I imagine such a thing. How can a player allow himself to curse or insult a coach?!”.

“I don't hope for anything anymore as the new Minister of Defense talks about the Star!”

Victor Pițurcă's great desire is to see Steaua again in League 1. However, he admits that “I don't expect much anymore, especially since he is now a Minister of Defense (no. Radu Miruta) who does not know what he is talking about.

I saw him say that he will make the decisions about Steaua. I don't know what he could decide, because for now he is Mr. Nobody in terms of sports, football, Star, even if he is the Minister of Defense.

I think he doesn't even know what the Steaua brand means. Or at least that's what he lets it be understood by the way he talks. That the budget is too big, 32 million euros. Well, people understand that, and it gave grudges to those who speak ill of Steaua.

It will be the budget of 32 million euros, but it is for all departments, for staff expenses, with the bases. And these athletes bring fame to Romania”.

Victor Pițurcă also says that “at the football section there are at most two million euros. I don't understand why he brought up this amount for the whole club when it was about football?! I would suggest him to stop talking about Steaua, because who knows how long he stays, a month, two or three, on that post and leaves.

Steaua is one of the most important brands in Romania. We must protect them! Can't you see that they are gone, that we no longer have strong Romanian brands? I, for one, have lost hope that the Steaua football team will gain the right to promotion.

Maybe if a minister comes who cares about Steaua, who knows what Steaua means and really wants to do something for this club”.