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“Coelho is a surprise for me”

Article by Maria Olteanu, Robert Vîrdol – Published on Sunday, 19 April 2026 23:42 / Updated on Sunday, 19 April 2026 23:48

University of Craiova – Rapid 1-0. Pavel Badea, director of CS Universitatea Craiova, came to the end of the game in front of the journalists, where he analyzed what happened in Bănie.

Badea is not subject to the embargo raised by the boss of the white-blues, Mihai Rotaru, who sent them to the club officials, after the failure with U Cluj, score 0-4, that they no longer have the consent to provide statements until the end of the season.

Pavel Badea is not in the organizational chart of the Superliga formation, and the embargo does not affect him either. Even so, Sorin Cârțu jokingly tried to attract his attention, in the first part of the interview, but Badea remained in front of the journalists for about another two and a half minutes.

VIDEO. The reaction of Pavel Badea, after the victory with Rapid

“A match with a great psychological load, where the three points were very important to give the team confidence, after the failure in Cluj. I hope we continue on the same line, the team looks good.

Craiova is the favourite, as are U Cluj and CFR Cluj. It will be an extremely important end of the championship, I hope we can enjoy it at the end.

I saw that everyone who entered today gave everything they could, 3-4 were cramping at the end, the emotional load combined with the physical effort spoke volumes.

In Cluj it was an incredible match, we started well, they scored a goal, after the red card and everything changed from there, although Craiova played football, they didn't cling.

There are 5 more finals, I hope he wins as many of them as possible so we can enjoy. The Cup match is a goal for this year, an event would be great!

Coelho is a surprise for me as well, after the red card he showed that he has an inner consumption that throws him out at times.

Fantastic tribune, a special gallery, the whole stadium cheers the team, not only the gallery, we are all with the team, we are happy to show that we have a chance, that we can show this. Craiova has attitude”, said Pavel Badea, after the match, in the mixed area.

VIDEO with the goal scored by Assad Al-Hamlawi

The best images from the match Craiova – Rapid

Assad Al-Hamlawi, Ștefan Baiaram in Craiova - Rapid, stage 5 play-off // photo: Cristi Preda (GSP.ro)

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