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Costel Gâlcă stormed off at the interview and made the reporter apologize!

Article by Maria Olteanu – Published Saturday, 09 May 2026 23:27 / Updated Saturday, 09 May 2026 23:42

U Cluj – Fast. Costel Gâlcă (54 years old), the coach of Rapid, drew the first conclusions at the end of the game in Cluj, which his team lost 0-1 in the 8th stage of the Superliga play-off.

The crisis is deepening in Giulesti, and the formation from Podul Grant is further away from achieving the goal, qualifying for the European cups. Gâlcă came to the post-match interview disappointed and was disturbed when he was asked when exactly he “broke” this season, in the context in which before the play-offs Rapid was seen as one of the favorites for the title.

“Mystery, where do you feel everything broke down in this playoff?”, Gâlcă was asked, who stormed off without letting the reporter finish: “I've said it before, I've repeated it before, at the home match with U Cluj everything broke”. That was when the reporter reacted, apologizing immediately: “Sorry”.

Costel Gâlcă's reaction, after the failure in Cluj

“We started the first half timidly, we didn't have any success, many mistakes, we did all the controls at the back, we gave them time to settle down, they had another opportunity near the goal. The second half we controlled the match, but we didn't have any achievements in front of the goal.

Many absences, but we have to count on those who have suitcases, we had to hope that we would get a good result, but it didn't happen.

Dobre felt sick, had the same thing again, had a bad mood, stayed at home, and in theory was supposed to come back if he was okay. He had no recovery time to come to the game, I couldn't count on him after what happened at the airport, he didn't sleep at night.

I've said it before, at the match against U Cluj at home, everything broke, the injuries started in a wave, it got worse and worse. The important thing is to go and get something out of the matches, today it was not possible. U Cluj is a mature team, which closed the spaces, we dominated in the second half, but we didn't have great opportunities”, said Costel Gâlcă, after the match, on the “Digi Sport Special” microphone.

The best images from the match U Cluj – Rapid 1-0

The ranking from the Superliga play-off

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