Article by Romeo Ene – Published on Saturday, 07 March 2026, 21:22 / Updated on Saturday, 07 March 2026 21:22
The Romanian champion cannot be found after missing the qualification in the play-off. Although the match started well, following Stanojev's own goal, it collapsed during the first 45 minutes and was turned around by Cristiano Bergodi's side.
Macaulay stood out in both successes. He crossed perfectly to Mendy for the first goal, and for the second he gave an extraordinary pass, which left Lukic alone with Popa, and the championship scorer did not forgive.
Adrian Mutu, impressed by what he saw in Macalou: “I would notice him”
In the winter, Gigi Becali would have wanted to transfer Issouf Macalou, the extreme right winger of Cluj University.
Mihai Stoica, the president of the Board of Directors, opposed the idea. His argument was that despite his qualities in 1v1 duels, Macalou would not have quality in finishing, that he would lack the “numbers”, i.e. goals and decisive assists.
“Macalou had a fantastic half. I would mark him. I liked it a lot. He was always dangerous, the initiator of dangerous actions. He created a lot of danger in FCSB's defense.
FCSB does not adapt to the fact that they play in the play-out. We were laughing, joking, but if it continues like this… it suffers a lot from the teams' counterattack”, Adrian Mutu also opined, on “Digi Sport Special”.
In case of success, U Cluj would climb, at least temporarily, to 3rd place, with 54 points. It remains to be seen in which position he will finish following the result between CFR Cluj and Dinamo, a game that will take place on Monday.
In 34 games played this season, Macalou scored 6 goals and provided 10 assists. He is quoted by the specialized website Transfermarkt at 650,000 euros.
PHOTO GALLERY. The most spectacular images from FCSB – U Cluj
VIDEO | The success of Jovo Lukic from FCSB – U Cluj
The up-to-date ranking from the Superliga
