Article by Tudor Belivacă – Published Monday, April 20, 2026, 6:36 p.m. / Updated Monday, April 20, 2026, 6:37 p.m.
Bogdan Andone, the coach of the FC Argesheld the press conference prior to the Romanian Cup semifinal against Cluj University, scheduled for April 21, from 7:30 p.m.
Bogdan Andone prefaced the game with Cluj University and announced that he has batch problems, especially with Adel Bettaieb.
Bogdan Andone, before FC Argeș – U Cluj, semi-final of the Romanian Cup: “They are better than us and have a more experienced coach”
“It will be an extremely difficult game. It's like a final, being one game, you don't get a chance to come back. So we will have to be very careful, very focused and manage the moments of the game well.
It's hard to say or predict how the game will play out. In football there is always unpredictability, anything can happen at any moment of the game. You can take a goal every second, you can take a card that will change the game data. We have to be attentive, focused, have an attitude. We meet the team in first place in the championship, with the best attack, with the top scorer of the championship, with the best goalkeeper.
It's an extremely experienced team, with Chipciu, Nistor, players with a lot of experience, championships won, Cups, who know how to manage the game very well. They have a very experienced coach. So, I also said it after the championship match, U Cluj is the favorite. He beat us in the last two games. We will have to raise our level.
Same batch level issues remain. Bettaieb was also added. It remains a question mark. He didn't train today either. I don't even know if he could do the training or not. I don't have much information from the medical side so I'm also waiting to see tomorrow if somehow…
We will see if we manage to recover after the defeat with CFR Cluj. We are coming after a match in which we did not manage to score, we did not manage to get a point. There were matches where if we were more careful we should have won. I'm upset too and I'm waiting to see the reaction of the team and see if we can overcome our level. To qualify, we have to be at the highest level, otherwise we won't stand a chance“, Bogdan Andone said at the press conference.
A Cup game is atypical. It must be prepared in all its details. We will have to be ready for 90 minutes, but also for 120 minutes and penalties. We must have desire, positive attitude, but also chance.
U Cluj is the favorite. They have a much more experienced coach than me. They have a much better team, they have more financial strength. I don't know which one it can be… They beat us in Mioveni three weeks ago. Only if the boys have a fighting attitude, that's the only way we can succeed.
– Bogdan Andone
