“What's going on is out of the way!”

Article by Romeo Ene – Published on Monday, 16 March 2026 22:51 / Updated on Monday, 16 March 2026 23:02
U Cluj – CFR 2-1. Former international Basarab Panduru (55 years old) was left scarred by what happened in the first stage of the Super League play-off. He claims there will be a “bombshell” result in every stage, with nine more until the end of the season.
He thinks that the victory of the “students” is not a surprise, but he was impressed by the game of FC Argeș in Craiova. Pitesti won 1-0 and are currently in 4th place, with 28 points.
Basarab Panduru, verdict after the first stage of the play-off: “There will be a “bomb” in every stage”
“What is happening is something out of the way. It seems to me that there will be a “bomb” at each stage, so it seems. You don't know now. You had the impression at the beginning of the play-off that things were somewhat arranged, now you know absolutely nothing.
You don't know who will beat who tomorrow, you don't know anything anymore, how this play-off started. It is no surprise that he beat U Cluj.
The way Argeș played I thought it was great football. From a physical point of view, pressure, they were exceptionally physical”, said Panduru, at Prima Sport.
Unfortunately we lost, but we have to keep our heads up. I studied the opponent well and I knew that in the fixed phases I beat at the first bar, but that's how the match was. A balanced match, but the small details made the difference. And after they equalized, Biliboc had 2-3 more opportunities.
If we go by the total, I think it was a balanced match, a draw was the right result. But we're moving on, we have a match against Rapid on Friday, who are in first place, and we have to win.
This play-off is tighter than ever, we need to win with Rapid and be closer to the first place. U Cluj, this season, has the best team in recent years, it has quality players and we, together with them, I think are the fittest.– Mario Camorrathe defender of the CFR
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