Article by Cosmin Nistor – Published Monday, 04 May 2026, 20:32 / Updated Monday, 04 May 2026 20:32
Unirea Slobozia drew at home with Hermannstadt, score 2-2in a match from stage #7 of the Superliga play-out. After the game, the coach of the Ialomi team, Claudiu Niculescu, spoke about the dramatic end of the game, about the individual mistakes that cost the team important points, but also about the pressure of the result.
The hosts led until the 90+8th minute, when Gjorgjievski restored the tie in the last phase of the game.
Claudiu Niculescu, after Unirea Slobozia – Hermannstadt 2-2: “They play with Metaloglobus, we play with FCSB”
The coach of Ialomi, Claudiu Niculescu, declared himself extremely disappointed with the way his team lost two points at the end of the game, talking about individual mistakes and lack of concentration in the decisive moments.
“Let's see if I can find them. I think I can find an explanation? It hurts, another game where we lose precious points because of personal mistakes. It's frustrating because I had really good moments and in the first half and second half, I made the changes I made because I had to.
There is nothing left for us to do, we have to pull our teeth, stop making mistakes. Due to some personal mistakes, we conceded some goals which brought us to this zone of the table. The team is learning, until I made the changes there was no step back. I was forced. Unfortunately, that made us take a step back because of the pressure of the result.
I kept shouting from the edge for him to go up, but he couldn't. The fight is tight, but they have the upper hand now. They play against Metaloglobus, we against FCSB. Those 10, 20 seconds that would make us leave with all the points were missing. The minutes of extra time seemed like a long time”, said Niculescu, according to digisport.ro.
The ranking from the Superliga play-out
