Article by Cezar Titor – Published Monday, April 20, 2026 10:52 p.m. / Updated Monday, April 20, 2026 11:14 p.m.
A few minutes after the final whistle in Farul – FCSB 2-3the epilogue of round number 5 of the play-off and play-out in the Superliga, Gigi Becali, 67 years old, the patron of the red-blues, went live on TV.
Immediately, just as it happened after the duel in the previous round with Oțelul Galați, his first “client” was the veteran Vlad Chiricheș, to whom he spoke several harsh words, even getting to enjoy the injury he suffered on the shore of the Black Sea.
The footballer who scored a splendid goal against Ajax more than a decade ago and who played throughout his career at clubs such as Sassuolo, Napoli or Tottenham, was the starter in the match with Farul. Visibly affected by medical problems, Chiricheș left the field in the 77th minute, being replaced by Lixandru. “I felt something on my quadriceps,” Chiricheș said after the game.
Gigi Becali: “It's good that this also happened with Chiricheș”
“I got rid of him, after all?! (laughs…) I don't know, I have no idea. Let me ask MM. Maybe God saved me from him. Not a serious injury, just one to get rid of him.
It doesn't even matter if I liked it, what's the point?! I won, I had no emotions. Those were not goals. Târnovanu said that he puts the ball in the goal, let it be 1-0 for them, maybe Gigi will let him go. Let it be better. I didn't have any emotion, what else… I didn't, it was clear from the game that the ball was only in our possession. They had no shots on goal. I had no emotion.
It's good that this also happened with Chiricheș, he won't have him anymore and that's it. If he recovers, let him do what he wants, I don't interfere. Until the decisive match of Europe. There I remove him from the list, if necessary”, were the hallucinatory statements of the FCSB boss.
How the history of the match between Farul and FCSB was written, in round #5 of the play-out
The “Marinarii” opened the scoring in the 43rd minute, through Radaslavescu, a former player of the defending champions, after an error by Târnovanu, who failed to keep the ball from David Matei's cross.
In the second half, the red-blues went wild and scored three times in the space of eight minutes: first through Joao Paulo, with an elegant execution from outside the box, then through Juri Cisotti, after an excellent foray into the lane by Octavian Popescu, and later through Florin Tănase, who scored wide, from 16 meters, taking advantage of the poor marking of Sîrbu and Dican.
Also after a mistake by Târnovanu, an accidental exit, Alibec reduced the difference and set the score at 3-2, in the 72nd minute. FCSB is in first place in the play-out, two lengths away from the pursuer UTA Arad and three away from FC Botoșani. Dobrogeni are in an ungrateful situation, at the end of the round.
How the play-out standings look like:
