Alexandru Barbu's opinion, according to CFR Cluj

Article by Alexandru Barbu – Published Friday, 08 May 2026 23:03 / Updated Friday, 08 May 2026 23:33
1. The summary of the match is the interval 45′-55′. Then the only two opportunities appeared, both missed by CFR Cluj, and there was a millimetric offside that spared Craiova that “11 meters” committed by the Russian.
2. The first half was like the commercials you can't wait to get rid of so you don't eat your popcorn before the movie starts. Both CFR and Craiova defended in a system that football coaches describe as overly cautious: 5-4-1.
3. CFR, with 3 traffic lights, stretched so much that it canceled the lanes of Craiova, Mora and Bancu. Bingo! But the hosts needed a win and entered the field anxious. That's how they came out. Cluj's concentrated game on the side looked like a balloon blowing device, Craiova's players were breaking them just by standing still.
4. And the atmosphere in Gruia struggles to close your eyes, between a deflection by Nsimba and an attempted run started by Cordea. In some regular season games, it's even worse in the CFR arena, generally deserted and boring.
5. In Craiova, it is no longer surprising that Filipe Coelho prepares 70 minutes for 0-0, so that then the best reserves in the championship wipe out his points. But what is the Portuguese training if his team has not sent a single shot on goal?!
6. What an irony, for Craiova University to finally win League 1 just the first time it does anti-football!
7. The end of such a clutch meant tension, desperate attacks, an avalanche of opportunities. QLED TVs broadcast the active substance of sleeping pills, not emotion.
8. CFR Cluj is eliminated from the fight for first place, it strengthens its 3rd position and will participate in the Conference League preliminaries.
9. If they don't return Pancu from the road to Rapid, CFR will lose a coach complicated to clone in the domestic suitcase with Pro licenses.
10. Craiova is crawling towards the title. He will play the same way with U Cluj, and with Rapid, he doesn't know any other way, and it will probably be enough.




