Article by Daniel Grigore – Published Sunday, 10 May 2026, 08:48 / Updated Sunday, 10 May 2026 08:48
“A finished team”, in the sense that “as if it wants to finish the championship”, is the description given by Gabi Balint (63 years old) to those from Quickly after 0-1 with U Cluj.
The former striker of Stella commented, hotly, on the match between U Cluj and Rapid. The Giulești team failed to score a single shot and thus recorded their sixth defeat in this play-off, one that greatly complicates their mission to capture the European cups.
Costel Gâlcă's team had, in Balint's opinion, sterile possession and looked as if they wanted to get to the finish line as quickly as possible.
Gabi Balint, about Rapid: “Finished team. The game was always weak”
“He quickly changed [după pauză]regained possession. He posed no danger, though. You have no way to score, to finish. That alone was positive for Rapid, the possession. Those from U Cluj could still score.
It is quickly seen that it is a finished team. It's like he wants the championship to end. I don't get to finish. The game was always weak.
I like Gâlcă. It's interesting, we're also talking about the quality of the players. You are in the play-offs, you have to do something.
Something is wrong. Dobre was an important player in the championship, but in the play-offs, nothing,” said Balint to DigiSport. We remind that the goalscorer Alexandru Dobre did not make the trip in Cluj-Napoca, citing a feeling of unwellness before the express passengers boarded the flight to Transylvania.
Rapid would remain 5 points behind the 4th place holder, Dinamo, if they won against FC Argeș today. Giulești still have to play this season in Mioveni, with FC Argeș, respectively at home with Universitatea Craiova.
