Article by Daniel Grigore – Published Friday, 01 May 2026 22:54 / Updated Friday, 01 May 2026 22:57
The one responsible for the team's preparation after the resignation of Mirel Rădoi believes that tonight, the red-blues lacked a central striker of the race. On top of that, he emphasized the importance of FCSB raising the level in the remaining play-out matches, also with a view to the qualification barrier in the Conference League.
Lucian Filip, after Csikszereda – FCSB 1-0: “We missed the striker today”
“Today we saw that we were missing a man to score, we were missing a striker and it showed on the scoreboard. We missed Bîrligea, but there is no point in talking about him. It is very important that fit players fill his absence.
In the second half we played quite well and created opportunities, we just lacked the inspiration of a moment to score… The pitch also mattered, much worse than the one at the National Arena. That's about it,” said Filip on DigiSport's “Footbal Club”.
“You don't want to think about the play-off games, they are the most important ones that remain for us, but I hope that in the next game we look much better than today. You can feel the pressure, as long as you are at such a big club you have the pressure to win every game”, admitted the former midfielder.
Finally, when asked how he perceives this period of intense discussion about who will take over the red-blue bank, Filip answered:
“As long as we're here, we think about doing our job as well as possible. We're already thinking about the next game. If the coach comes, fine. If not, we continue like this.”
