Article by Ionuţ Coman, Alexandru Tomuțiu – Published Monday, April 13, 2026, 3:39 p.m. / Updated Monday, April 13, 2026, 3:39 p.m.
Flavius Stoican congratulated Ianis Zicu for the work done at the Lighthouse and said he wanted to talk to him. He will call him today. He said how he sees the team's situation and what he wants from the players.
Flavius Stoican: “I was not tempted by the financial offer”
“When it is quite difficult, I like to think that I succeed. But without the help of the players, it is practically impossible. What makes me happy is the fact that in the discussion with Gică Popescu about each individual player there were only words of praise. I can say that the team was also unlucky, it lost many points in the last minutes.
I think they didn't have a chance at certain times. Of course, in certain matches they had chances that were missed, then what happened happened. All in all, there are many points accumulated, and for that I want to congratulate Ianis Zicu. I'm going to have a talk with him today, I'm going to call him.
I want to know more about what happened at the team. I have a special relationship with him, we have known each other for a very long time. I am optimistic, I hope we can play well and collect points. I think we can do this, there are players who have qualities. It was really one of the questions I asked Gică, if the players are disappointed when a losing match ends.
He told me yes. It's important not to get careless, and they really suffer when they lose. They felt they could do much more. I hope we can show this on the field. You can see that I liked being searched with the Lighthouse. Working with Gică Popescu is a matter of pride. First of all, we want to continue in League 1.
Even if we are very optimistic that the players have qualities, anything can happen in football, we have to be very careful about this. Now we are interested in accumulating points. Especially since we are playing in the next round with FCSB, a team that played well in the last match.
I like football on many occasions, but we have to be careful and not concede goals, as happened in Sibiu, it was really disappointing. It was not the financial offer that tempted me”, said Flavius Stoican, at the press conference.
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