Ilie Dumitrescu set up a player from League 1: “What does he do in training?”

The U21 international raged after the failure, saying that some players from Botoșani “entered on their heels”, believing they were already in the play-offs. He recalled Sepsi's situation last year, when Covasnen were in 7th place at the start of the play-out, but ended the season by being relegated.

Ilie Dumitrescu “listened” to Mitrov after Friday night's speech and wondered if the Moldovan winger stays extra in training to practice finishing.

Ilie Dumitrescu: “Exercise, exercise, exercise, exercise, that he also missed the U21 national team”

“But at the end, he also has a bit left after training, to practice 1 on 1 with the goalkeeper? At the end. Exercise, exercise, exercise, exercise, because he also missed the U21 national team.

Did he make the problem that he needs to be more efficient? Ok, his way, but what is the boy doing in training?“, declared Ilie Dumitrescu, according to digisport.ro.

I think we went into certain matches on top, we believed in the play-offs. We will fight for the play-out. Let's not forget the case of those from Sepsi, from last year, who were relegated even though they entered the play-out on 7th.

When you are not fair with football and with yourself… I think we were no longer a united group, everyone seemed to go their own way. Hermannstadt (no – the next opponent) is a team fighting for relegation. We will fight with them, that's all.

– Zoran Mitrov, FC Botosani

Zoran Mitrov is in his third season at Botoșani. He has 4 goals and 4 assists in 25 games played this season. He managed a decisive pass with U Cluj, in the 1-3 defeat. The 2024-2025 season was his best, managing to score 7 times in 30 Ligue 1 games.

11 goalshas Mitrov at FC Botoșani in all competitions, in 80 games played

Zoran Mitrov/ Photo: Imago