Article by Tudor Belivacă – Published Friday, 01 May 2026, 21:03 / Updated Friday, 01 May 2026 21:04
Mihai Pintilii clarified the situation after Mihai Stoica said that he was disturbed by the way he left the position of second coach at FCSB. Also, Pintilii denied the fact that he would like, in the event that he becomes a selector for the U20 national team, to take Alin Stoica, the current “principal” from FCSB.
Mihai Pintilii: “I had the decency to call MM if I wanted to take Alin Stoica. It was absolutely nothing”
“The injured person was not injured, I called him, I missed his voice. I called him to confirm that there is nothing true about the U20 national team and Alin Stoica. It was absolutely nothing. It was a discussion I went to the federation to inquire about the PRO license.
I spoke with Stoichiţă, he was with Mr. President Burleanu, but there is nothing concrete about the U20 national team. We talked about football, my career, why it happened at FCSB. Football stuff, absolutely normal.
Where do I get it? How do I get it? I think I had the decency to call Meme and ask for his opinion. Alin, if he wants to leave, he can leave tomorrow. I brought him to the big team. Alin is a boy who works very hard and I have a lot of faith in him. I know him as a coach. I told Meme that I want to take Alin Stoica. It helps us and continues to help them. He has something and he really knows”, said Mihai Pintilii, according to orangesport.ro.
Regarding his departure from FCSB, Mihai Pintilii claims that he informed Mihai Stoica that he would leave before resigning.
When you are nervous and you have nerves, you say a lot when you are nervous. It was the discussion on TV, Gigi came in at Prima, Charalambous announced his resignation. My nerves caught fire and I confirmed that I was going to leave as well. On the nerves. When you're nervous, you lose control.
I told Meme before that I will leave when the championship matches are interrupted. There were three more stages, including the one with U Cluj. That's how I sent it to him. I'm talking about me, I'm not talking about Elias.
I talked to him before announcing this. We talked, I'm not staying anymore, the season is over, haven't we achieved our goal? Good. At Meme I think it's from the fact that I didn't inform him that I was leaving. Here he is probably right. I did what I felt
–Mihai Pintilii
What Mihai Stoica said: “If I spoiled any of their combinations, I'm sorry, that's it!”
“Pintilii was hurt that I said in the shows that there were rumors that he would be the Romanian U20 selector and would want Alin Stoica second (no – FCSB employee).
I just said they were rumours. If I spoiled any of their combinations, sorry, that's it! If you have to explain to Iencsi (no – the current U20 coach) that it is true or not… Rumors are rumours. In fact, Stoichiță would have wanted Alin Stoica, not him, maybe they also opposed it.
That's how I found out that Pintilii left FCSB, he sent a message to Radu Naum! It's normal that I was injured, if we still discussed and we like to use this term”
