The first reaction from FRF, after FCSB started the play-out semi-failure: “I didn't expect it”
Article by Maria Olteanu, Robert Vîrdol – Published Monday, March 16, 2026, 06:25 / Updated Monday, March 16, 2026 06:25
Mihai Stoichiță (71 years old), the technical director of the Romanian Football Federation, analyzed the game played on Sunday evening, at the National Arena, draw 0-0 between FCSB and Metaloglobusat the first play-out match and Mirel Rădoi's debut on the red-blue bench.
Stoichiță admitted that he did not expect the former coach to make too many changes in less than a week and that the form shown by the titular champion, who meanwhile reached the play-out, is the result of factors from the past.
He also praised the performance in the second half of the match and believes that Becali's choice to put Mirel in position to save this end of the season was an inspired one, as Rădoi showed that he is an experienced technician.
VIDEO. Mihai Stoichiță's first reaction, after FCSB – Metaloglobus 0-0
“(No. How did you think Mirel's debut?) I didn't expect Mirel to change a lot of things in two days. You can't either. I liked the second half better. Much more determined, they had more goal actions. It will take time to adjust, it's normal to be like that.
(no: Is Mirel the best option, chosen by FCSB?) Mirel is a very good coach. It's normal to be a very good option for FCSB, I say. Metaloglobus on tour didn't beat him? Then what else to wonder about? I'm not surprised. Mirel will now have time to see what and how, possibly a rearrangement of the team, a remotivation.
Many things enter into this equation, of success at FCSB. There are many things to fix. The fall is not from today, it has been for some time”
73%FCSB had possession in the white draw with Metaloglobus
The best frames from the match FCSB – Metaloglobus 0-0
I'm sure they need time to adjust, that's normal. And if we had kept the same players, with the same system, the exercises are different. To give you an exact time, I can't tell you, I'm not a magician. We hope that from training to training we will strengthen.
I don't think they should feel any extra pressure. The pressure of the result is enough. It doesn't matter if someone is thinking on the bench or someone else in the box. I don't think that's our concern. They need to understand that we still have some things to improve and still have good things
– Mirel Rădoi, FCSB coach
The ranking from the Superliga play-out
