“What happened in Craiova doesn't really happen in Romania” » Bewilderment after the decision in the leader's locker room
Article by Maria Olteanu – Published on Monday, 02 March 2026, 05:32 / Updated on Monday, 02 March 2026 06:10
Craiova will finish the regular season in first place regardless of what happens in the last leg away from Rapid. At this moment, the Oltenians have the first chance to win the championship, in an edition that was not without tension and that even had a change of coach in the fall of 2025, when Rădoi left. Invited to “GSP Live Special”, moderated by Mihai Mironică, Andrei Prepelita (40 years old) analyzed the situation in Bănie together with Raul Rusescu (37), the show's expert.
In November, after a failure with UTA, on home soil, the technician at that time, Mirel Rădoi, chose to leave the team and stop the collaboration, although, overall, the team was not doing badly at all. In his place, Lusitanian Filipe Coelho was brought to the bench, the one who continued the series of good results with the team from Bănie, now positioned as the favorite to win the championship.
Quailwho recently left the helm of Unirea Slobozia, does not explain why the rift between the coach and the team occurred. He is of the opinion that Rădoi should not have given up on the Craiova project, especially since the team had gone through some important changes in the summer and there should have been patience, so that it would homogenize.
Andrei Prepelita, about Rădoi's departure: “I think he would have been able to do the job”
“I don't know… he really wanted it. I think he left after the UTA match, if I'm not mistaken… Europe had also started, they had qualified for Europe, they had beaten in Vienna, the series of matches had started… They had brought some players in the summer, to homogenize the squad it took time.
I think he would have been able to do the job, but we now don't know what other things made him take this decision. I don't know if he regrets it or not”said Andrei Prepelita, on the show “GSP Live Special”
On the same topic, as a continuation, Raul Rusescu also intervened, who said that, once he left Craiova, it will be difficult for Rădoi to return to the bench of any Superliga team.
Yes, things for him, or from his point of view, are much more complicated. And probably they really didn't go between him and those above him, or between him and the team, or I don't know how he felt.
The biggest problem for him is that it will be difficult for him to train in Romania. Because what happened in Craiova doesn't really happen in Romania: for a patron to come and give the keys to the club to a coach.
– Raul Rusescu, about Radoi's situation
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In his second term in Craiova, Mirel Rădoi collected 44 matches, including 23 victories and an average of 1.77 points/match.
Becali wants Rădoi at FCSB
While in the GSP studio they were talking about Mirel Rădoi, the owner of FCSB announced live on TV that he wants to convince the one he likes to sign with the red-blue formation.
“I thought about Rădoi, for example, to make him general manager. I called him, he didn't answer me. It's Mirel, I can't tell him to put him in the technical team. Then I would have given him the title. I would have given him the title, because he's Rădoi. Someone to supervise training and all the discipline of the team, everything, everything. Something extra,” said Becali, on Sunday, at Prima Sport, a few hours after he missed out the play-off.
