Article by Adrian Duţă – Published Friday, April 10, 2026 9:30 p.m. / Updated Friday, April 10, 2026 11:02 p.m.
Gică Popescu (58 years old), the president and majority shareholder of Farul, immediately intervened live after Ianis Zicu announced that he is resigning from the technical bench of the Constanta formation.
After the failure with Hermannstadt, score 0-1, in the fourth stage of the play-out, Zicu declared that he wanted to resign. Gică Popescu, who recently took over the majority of the shares from Gică Hagi, said that he will try to make the Farul coach change his mind and continue.
Gică Popescu: “I will try to talk to Ianis and make him renounce what he declared”
“I didn't get to see Ianis, I left immediately after the match. I will talk in the coming days, it's important that he calms down, that he doesn't make such an important decision. Let's see how we go forward. We lost totally undeservedly, the first half was very good. In the second half we didn't have any more opportunities.
We must show unity, move forward. The fact that we played well in the first half gives us confidence. Let's not make important decisions in anger, let's analyze the coming days and see what can be done. I've always been for continuity.
I'd be glad if he calmed down tonight. I also said that we want to go with him at least until the end of the season. It's a question mark why in the second half we didn't have a shot on goal, those who entered at halftime didn't bring anything.
Radaslavescu had a good first half, I was surprised that he came out, but that's not the reason why we lost. It's normal to think about relegation, although I have great faith in the team, in the staff. We can remove it”, declared Gică Popescu, at Digi Sport Special.
70%is the percentage of shares that Popescu has in Farul
Gică Popescu: “There is only plan A”
Gică Popescu declared that he is not considering another solution for the Farului bank, betting that he will convince Zicu to change his mind.
“We should all calm down, not make major decisions in anger or ecstasy. I'll try to talk to Ianis and get him to back off what he said. I'm not talking about plan B, there's only plan A”added Popescu, at Prima Sport 1
Ianis Zicu announced that he wants to resign
I'm not a coach who sticks to the chair, I think it's the right time for the club to be able to move on and find the solution, because the next game is in 10 days. At this moment there is only one thing: the Farul club should manage to save itself mathematically as soon as possible. At this moment I feel a mental exhaustion that I have had for a long time, I wanted more this year, health comes first.
– Ianis Zicu, Farul coach
