“We're not back from vacation”

Valentin Robu, a striker wanted by several Superliga teams, scored the only goal of the match in the 35th minute. Metalul also benefited from a penalty in the 70th minute, but Bogdan Ungureanu, the goalkeeper on loan from Rapid, defended Robu's execution, keeping the score at the limit.

Ovidiu Burcă, after Metalul Buzău – Sepsi 1-0: “The team had no attitude”

The former coach of Dinamo did not take care of his players and spoke strongly about the team's performance.

“I am extremely saddened by what happened on the pitch today. First of all, maybe the result is not the most important thing, but the way we presented ourselves. I take all the blame, we had to look different on the pitch. Unfortunately, it looks like we're not back from vacation. The team had no attitude and without winning duels you cannot.

I looked bad and I'm very nervous, I can hardly find the words. It wasn't just the result that bothered me, but the way. I had gained a state of mind in the first part of the season that I had not had before. I hope it's a cold shower, let's all wake upbecause the second part of the championship will be very contested. Not having the courage to play with the ball, not playing with passion, with heart, will be very difficult for us”, said Burcă.

Ovidiu Burcă: “I'm worried”

The coach emphasized that the pressure of official matches cannot be simulated in friendlies and admitted that his team is far from the desired level.

“It's a match that helps us get into the rhythm, you can't train the pressure of official matches in friendly matches. Unfortunately, today, as you saw, we didn't look good at all. I am worried and hope that the defeat will wake us up“, declared Ovidiu Burcă at Digi Sport.

• For Sepsi OSK, the duel on Saturday, February 21, away, against CS Dinamo, a team without the right to promotion in the Superliga, follows.

The first game after training, I think it's a cold shower. Let's learn from this match, take what was good and correct the mistakes we made. We have an important match waiting for us, the first in the championship, the main objective is promotion and maybe this shower that came today will catch us well. We will have a different attitude and it will be better for us.

I am confident that we can promote, good work is being done, we are trying to rise to the highest level and today we managed to impose our pace of play, our philosophy, to have possession. The pitch wasn't the best either, but we're moving on. I think it will be a difficult season, there are many teams that want to promote, but the most important thing is our attitude, everything depends on us. I think we have the best squad, the best team in League 2

– Cosmin Matei, Sepsi midfielder