Article by Daniel Grigore – Published Friday, 03 April 2026 23:18 / Updated Friday, 03 April 2026 23:21
Mirel Rădoi (45 years old), the coach of FCSB, analyzed “hotly” failure with FC Botoșani, 2-3 in the opening of the stage with the number 3 of the play-out.
FCSB opened the scoring early in Botoșani, in the 4th minute through a superb goal by Darius Olaru, they took a 2-1 advantage at the booths, but saw themselves turned around in the second half, in which they were a “punching bag” for the hosts.
Mirel Rădoi does not explain his performance in the second half, especially because he felt the players were prepared and receptive during this competitive break, as well as before the game, during the warm-up and the technical session.
Mirel Rădoi, after 2-3 with FC Botoșani: “For 45 minutes it seemed like today we saw each other for the first time”
“It's a scenario that we would have thought very hard about, especially since we had a good first half, but a disastrous second half, in terms of interpretation, organization and involvement on the one hand. But it's a game from which we all have to learn, myself and the players.
The important thing is how we come out of this game and how quickly we can learn from what we did tonight.
What happened in the second half remains to be found out on the images we will have. Let's see, maybe the intensity of the match was too high, maybe they will be tired from the national teams. We will see these days, we will analyze so that we can fix things for the next game”, Radoi told DigiSport.
Asked about the meeting held in the locker room at the end of the game, the FCSB coach explained that “we had to discuss certain things after the game. In this situation, after a game like this, in which For 45 minutes it seemed like today we saw each other for the first timeit's clear that I and the players have to find solutions, first of all for the next game”.
Mirel Rădoi: “During the warm-up, I would have said that 200% we didn't lose even a point”
Asked if there could be a lack of motivation in the middle, Radoi answered that “there shouldn't be such a thing, because we are fighting for a place in Europe”.
“They know the games in Europe very well and I think they want to be there. Maybe the disappointment of missing the play-offs is too much and we don't know how to deal with it.
I hope that in the next game the players will be mentally well and we will see what we worked on during this period, because it was a good period, with the national team break, the players were really good in training.
Even in the warm-up, when I saw them, if someone had asked me I would have said 200% we don't lose a single point today“, he added.
