Article by Tudor Belivacă – Published Friday, February 20, 2026 22:39 / Updated Friday, February 20, 2026 22:40
Zoran Mitrov (24 years old), one of the main goalscorers from FC Botosani, he had a speech as harsh as possible after the Moldovans they lost at home in front of those of U Clujscore 1-3.
After a long time FC Botoșani was at the top of the ranking, even in first place, the Moldovans now have a series of bad results that took them out of the play-offs. Zoran Mitrov said it clearly: “We are fighting for relegation.”
Zoran Mitrov reacted after FC Botoșani – U Cluj 1-3: “We are no longer a united group, we each took a different path”
“We have to prepare and fight for relegation. Of course! Since we came back from vacation, we've been wondering what's going on. We entered many matches on top. We thought we were in the play-offs, and look, football isn't like that. There is nothing left, just to fight for the play-out and not to forget the case of Sepsi last year.
It doesn't matter that we dominated, they took the three points. They scored three goals, we scored one goall. When you are not fair with the football and with yourself, the ball does not just go into the goal.
We are not like before. We are no longer a united group, I think we each took a different path. It can be seen in the accumulated points from winter onwards.
Hermannstadt is a team fighting for relegation, we will fight with them. We have to think about what we are going to do from now on. The play-off is almost over for us. We have to go score points, not beat ourselves up there,” Zoran Mitrov told Digi Sport's “Footbal Club”.
I don't know what to do, but whatever it is, we have to accumulate points. It will be a difficult match. And they are in the play-out zone. They are fighting for relegation too. Hermannstadt wants to escape from there, we want to stop having emotions like last year.
– Răzvan Creț, FC Botoșani defender
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