Article by Ionuţ Coman – Published Monday, April 20, 2026 23:02 / Updated Monday, April 20, 2026 23:49
The Ovidiu duel brought two teams face to face with totally different goals and with coaches in diametrically opposite situations. The first match for Flavius Stoican on the technical bench of those from Farul Constanța, probably the last for Mirel Rădoi at the FCSB champion.
And the halves were different, one won by the hosts, the other by the people of Bucharest. The first with encouragement from the stands, the second with swearing from the galleries.
What was not seen on TV at Farul – FCSB
Recovered on the last hundred meters, after he was injured in Thursday's training, Dan Sîrbu played for the second consecutive match as a defensive midfielder, after playing on the right side of the defense since the beginning of his career. From this position, the 22-year-old player met often with Darius Olaru, whom he did not care about at all.
At a tougher entry near the touchline, directly on the ankle of the visitors' captain, the two also contracted verbally. Moreover, the young footballer of the hosts reproached him in a harsh tone, using colorful words, to his much more experienced opponent for exaggerating. Surprised, Olaru asked the assistant Cristian Ilinca to intervene, but the spirits calmed down quite quickly.
The decisions of the center Viorel Flueran irritated the Constanta tribune, which reproached him for the double measure. Thus, in the first half, when David Miculescu suffered an injury, the referee from Olt stopped a promising attacking phase of the white-blues, so that the guest player could receive care.
Instead, after Cristi Ganea stayed on the pitch after a stronger intervention by Joyskim Dawa, but the game continued and the Bucharesters went on a dangerous counterattack. The fans got even more angry when they saw that the defender of the champion apologized for hitting his opponent, but Viorel Flueran did not give a foul.
After the goal scored by Eduard Radaslavescu, the Farul players went straight to the technical bench, where they celebrated with coach Flavius Stoican. They remained there during the VAR analysis as well, receiving instructions from the second Ștefan Bărboianu.
Striker Denis Alibec sensed the danger of the game resuming quickly after the success was validated and took a few steps into the opposing half of the field, with a water bottle in the water, to block the possibility of the visitors putting the ball in play.
In the second half, the 35-year-old player scored against the team to which he was registered in the first part of the championship and from which he left with scandal.
At the start of the second half, Mirel Rădoi lasted only 20 seconds on the bench. He then came to the edge of the field, where he constantly gave directions, the main target being Valentin Crețu. At the champion's third goal, the technician instructed the right defender to pass to Florin Tănase, who was alone at the edge of the box.
After the combination succeeded, Mirel Rădoi congratulated the 37-year-old veteran with a paternal pat on the back of the head.
After ignoring each other for over an hour, the two galleries started the “war” after the third goal of the guests. The tone was set by Peluza Marină, with racist chants, followed by the usual attacks, “You are not the Star” and “Gigi's slaves, you are Gigi's slaves!”.
On the other side, the people of Bucharest responded with insults to the Constanta club, but also with ironic chants, “The Future” and “You are the slaves of the Army”.
The guests celebrated the victory with the fans from Bucharest, singing in front of the lawn. The technical staff was a few meters behind, but the Bucharest gallery called to say hello.
“Mirel Rădoi is one of us”, was the chant that rang out at the end of the game, another sign that the supporters would like the technician to continue on the FCSB bench until the end of the season.
