Article by Cezar Titor – Published Monday, April 20, 2026, 9:29 p.m. / Updated Monday, April 20, 2026, 9:30 p.m.
In the epilogue of round number 5 of the play-out, Farul opened the scoring against FCSB in the 42nd minute, following a blunder by Stefan Târnovanu. The goalkeeper returned between the goals of the red-blues could not retain a ball centered by David Matei from the right lane and rejected directly in Eduard Radaslavescu, the former player of the champion of the last two seasons in the Superliga. He had to fulfill a simple formality, scoring his third goal of the season.
It was the very first shot on goal for the “sailors”, on the debut of Flavius Stoican, installed as A1 of the Dobrogeans, after Ianis Zicu resigned last week.
VIDEO with the goal. Ștefan Târnovanu “committed” with Farul, and Radaslavescu opened the scoring
After the match with Fenerbahce, on January 29, in which Ștefan Târnovanu was declared man of the match, it was pulled into the dead line: both because of Gigi Becali's dissatisfaction with his performance in the stinging failure with CFR Cluj, score 1-4, and because of the desire to use a player who fulfills the U21 rule between goals.
Matei Popa took the place of Ștefan Târnovanu, who also missed the play-off with Turkey at the end of March, but resumed his starting role since the last stage, when FCSB prevailed against Oțelul Galați, score 4-0, at the National Arena.
Recently, Ioan Becali, his manager, announced his departure from the red-blue gear: “I think he'll leave. Unless the boss says he's not leaving, it won't happen. Put him in the goal and make him a double contract. I say there's a very good chance he'll leave. And he wants to.
I'm already talking left and right. It's not the money we were talking about, but it's worth it. It's been some fabulous years. I think Rădoi returns his respect for the years he had”.
How the Superliga play-out standings look like:
