Article by Cezar Titor – Published Monday, April 20, 2026 23:41 / Updated Monday, April 20, 2026 23:47
After Farul – FCSB 2-3the match that drew the curtain over the fifth round of the play-out and which recorded the debut of Flavius Stoican on the bench of the “sailors”, the technician from Constanta offered statements in his unmistakable style, launching a real alarm signal on the difficult moment the team is going through.
With four stages before the end of the season, Farul is in the playoff spot, tied on points with Petrolul, an ungrateful position. Visibly affected by the outcome of the game, Stoican was disappointed by the superficiality with which his players managed certain moments of the game and is convinced that, with more lucidity and attention, the three points could have remained on the shores of the Black Sea.
Looking ahead to the next confrontation, the trip from “Francisc Neuman”, against those from UTA Arad, the new Farul coach sent a firm message to the dressing room: a quick change of mentality, more responsibility and an immediate reaction is needed.
Flavius Stoican: “We can't wait for Hagi or Gică Popescu to solve the match”
“We have a team that has potential, but I don't want to treat the phases with such superficiality. No one comes from the stands to solve the match, and we can't wait for Gică Hagi or Gică Popescu. We end up shaking our foot on the ball in the last stages.
Starting from the match in Arad, I want us to be more careful defensively, to be aggressive. We were 1-0 at half-time, then it was as if we were waiting for someone else to take the ball. One half diametrically opposed to the other. Not even FCSB, with the attitude we had in the first half, could unblock us. In the second…”, said Flavius Stoican, visibly affected by the performance of the game, during the flash-interview.
“It's just a game. We had a discussion now in the dressing room. The important thing is to wake up. The world has invested soul and money here. It all depends on me as a coach and on them. I have to change the style, probably. Brother, burn the shack, in Romanian! There is no more time for tactics and bluster. That's why I'm disappointed.
We could beat FCSB today if we weren't superficial in certain situations. I knew which team was coming, which players they had, I knew what the infrastructure was. To put them in, to set them in their brains, we have to move on to the bottom work: take the mop and the pickaxe. We give two or three, the others give three or four”, added the Dobrogeni technician.
I knew which players were injured, what the situation was, I'm not complaining. If it was good, I wasn't here. I like it when it's hard and there's joy after the line is drawn.
Hard to say who we can recover in the next period. Larie, Tîru and Narek are on the last hundred meters. We'll see what the doctor says. I hope to start next week, easy, with the team.
– Flavius Stoican, Farul coach
How the play-out standings look, with the “sailors” in the play-off spot:
