Article by Eduard Apostol, Cosmin Nistor – Published Friday, March 20, 2026 9:31 p.m. / Updated Friday, March 20, 2026 10:06 p.m.
Adrian Mihalcea (49 years old), the coach of UTA, came out visibly frustrated after defeating FCSB, score 0-1suggesting that his anger goes beyond the football played at the National Arena.
The game was decided by David Miculescu, one of the players recently summoned by Mircea Lucescu for the tie with Turkey.
Adrian Mihalcea, after FCSB – UTA 1-0: “I wouldn't want to talk more”
The coach of the Arad team was extremely angry after the match, but he did not talk concretely about the details that displeased him.
“I'm mad at everyone, the opposing team, everyone! And I would rather not speak. After the match I'm angry. We improvised a lot, we have four improvisations per match: we improvise, when I go out, I go out, when I don't, I don't.
Today I'm angry and I don't want to talk more. We're talking, we'll see from tomorrow on what we have to do. There are other things I don't want to talk about.
Ok, I'll stop here because I don't want to say more, I don't want to elaborate right now. The discussion will remain internal, there were no arbitration issues, no.
We lost the third match against FCSB this season and I don't like it. Tomorrow I will rest for sure and we will have 10 days in which we do not have eight players, so I will bring eight players from the juniors and we will train for Metaloglobus”, said Mihalcea “Fotbal Club” from Digi Sport.
About replacing Marius Coman at halftime, Mihalcea said: “Coman was replaced because he wasn't feeling very well, but it's nothing serious. He doesn't have a tear, there was no point in taking any chances.”
Play-out standings
After this victory, the Romanian champion, FCSB, occupies the first place in the play-out, with 27 points, while UTA Arad is in the 2nd place, with 25 points. However, Arădeni can be overtaken by Botoşani and matched by Farul.
