Article by Cosmin Nistor – Published Sunday, April 26, 2026, 5:33 p.m. / Updated Sunday, April 26, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
Filipe Coelho, the technician of the University of Craiova, prefaced the duel on Monday evening, in stage #6 of the Superliga play-off, from Mioveni, against the revelation of the season, FC Argeș.
Craiova, the leader of the Superliga, can take an important step towards the title of champion in case of a victory, after Cluj University lost the city derby with CFR Cluj.
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The Olten coach emphasized the importance of the Mioveni match, highlighted the organization and aggressiveness of the Argeș team and insisted on the necessary concentration to get the 3 points, in an extremely balanced end of the season.
“It was a very short period in which we tried to recover our players and prepare the game as best as possible. It's an important game for us against a very good team that defends well and is aggressive. They won the last time we played against them. We go there with ambition and we have to focus, because it is a very difficult game, but we will try to get the 3 points.
Argeș is a team that has more or less the same style: they defend well, they are aggressive, offensively they have players who can unbalance the game, but they are also very strong in the fixed phases. They will play at home, it is a difficult stadium. If we look at the last play-off matches, they lost only one match, and that in the 90+3 minutes. Even in the Cup, after 90 minutes it was 0-0, so it will be difficult, but we will try to give our best.
Regarding the atmosphere in the Juves' locker room, Filipe Coelho emphasized that the goal of winning the title takes precedence over the current state of the team:
“I think more important than the atmosphere in the dressing room is the objective we have for this match, the tasks and what we have to do to get the 3 points. Of course, when we win the atmosphere is good, but also when we lose we maintain a good atmosphere, but the most important thing is to perform on the pitch.”
It will be a difficult match, those from Argeș have results that do not reflect their quality, they lost matches in the last phase. For us it is important, we have 5 finals to go, every game is important and they are tough, so we will look at the game as another final and we have to try to win it.
We know that Argeș is a team with quality, they have good players, they are aggressive, strong in duels, strong at home. We expect a difficult match, we have met them before and we already know what we have to do to win.
The atmosphere is good, we keep the positive energy, because it is important. This week we had the cup match, it's good that we qualified for the final, but our thoughts are on the championship, let's recover quickly and win every game, because it's the end of the season, and every game will be more and more difficult and we have to win them.
My message to the fans is to keep supporting us, believe in us, come to the stadium and keep pushing us from behind, because together
we are strong and can achieve great things.– Samuel Teles, midfielder Craiova
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