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“A very difficult match is coming up”

Article by Tudor Belivacă – Published on Thursday, 14 May 2026, 00:23 / Updated on Thursday, 14 May 2026 00:24

Filipe Coelho, the coach of the University of Craiovareacted after his team managed to win the Romanian Cup in front of those from U Clujscore 0-0 after 120 minutes, 6-5 on penalties.

The Portuguese coach of Craiova University praised his students for their performance in the Romanian Cup, but tried to keep his players grounded, given that they have a new important match against U Cluj, a game in which the championship can be decided.

Filipe Coelho: “It's important now to keep our feet on the ground. A very difficult match is coming up”

“It's a good feeling for everyone because we worked hard. The whole city deserved this trophy. We worked hard. When you get to the final, one of the teams wins and the other loses. I think we deserved to win in regulation time, but it came down to a penalty shootout.

The fans have always supported us since we came here. Mistakes are part of life, sometimes you make mistakes, but I think we should look more at the good things. We have a good championship, good players, good teams, that's the truth.

Sometimes you tell me I'm too nervous, but during the match there are a lot of emotions. I think that's my personality, if it's good or, that's my way of being. The most important thing is that I see my players happy and I am lucky to work with them.

It is important now to keep our feet on the ground. A very difficult match is coming up and we will prepare for it. It won't be easy, there is no easy match in the play-off, but we will give everything”, Filipe Coelho said, according to digisport.ro.

  • The match that could decide the title in the Superleague, Universitatea Craiova – U Cluj, was scheduled for May 17, from 8:30 p.m.

PHOTO GALLERY. While Craiova was celebrating the Cup triumph, the GSP photojournalist captured a colossal image with Nistor and Chipciu

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